Mammoet SA ICT Internship


Advertiser: Mammoet SA
Location: Johannesburg

To be responsible for the management, maintenance and development of all ICT equipment and the provision of technical advice and support for ICT curriculum related activities.

The purpose of this internship is to provide a suitably qualified student with the opportunity to work with Mammoet Southern Africa, to enable the candidate to gain work experience and better prepare them for a work environment.

Key Result Areas:
- Infrastructure / Systems Management
- Technical Operation (IT Business Continuity, Continual IT Service Improvement)
- End User Support / Incident Management
- ICT Project Management
- Service Level Agreement / Management

Key Skills:
Documentation and testing new software applications
Assessment of new application ideas
Research competitor offering
Develop applications (coding , programming)

Education & Experience:
Applicants should have excellent analytical and math skills, with the ability to work in a team. We are looking for top students who have completed their ICT Diploma or Degree.

Closing date: 6 June 2014

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Definitions:

Internship:

There are basically two types of internships:

  • The Undergraduate Internship: Usually with bigger organisations that pick undergraduates to attend the internship. It often takes places during the holidays and the average durations is a few weeks. In most cases the intern will receive some sort of stipend or salary and this type of internship may lead to a job offer to the intern once he / she is finished with their studies.
  • The Graduate Internship: This type of internship could be paid or unpaid and it is to gain practical work experience after the qualification has been completed and in a job related to the qualification. It could be from a few weeks or even one or two years long. This type of internship could also lead to permanent employment.

Learnerships:

A learnership is an occupational qualification and it consists of theory and work-based experience and practical skills, with formal assessment and a qualification. At the end of the learnership the candidate may be offered permanent employment.

In-service training:

In-service training is to gain practical work experience during studies. It usually takes place after a few years of theory has been successfully completed. It is essential work experience that is part of the qualification and the in-service training is necessary to achieve the qualification. It could be paid or unpaid.