SUBJECT:
ASSISTANCE
WITH PLACEMENT OF
STUDENTS FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
The
Technikon Witwatersrand requires the assistance of industry in providing
our students with opportunities for experiential
learning.
The
National Diploma: Production and Operations Management offered at the
Technikon requires a minimum of three months (120 notional hours)
in industry during the third year of study. Students attend classes
during this period only on Mondays thus making it possible for students to
be in industry on other days. With
the economic situation being what it is at present, it has been suggested
that students be employed under somewhat different conditions to those
that have been prevalent in previous years.
The
suggestions made are as follows:
That
the student be offered a minimum
premium sufficient to cover traveling and resusitation expenses of being
employed by the firm. (Note: better wage an option of the company)
That
the student be employed for a minimum period of 3 months (120 notional
hours) to carry out an agreed programme of learning in an approved
operations environment beyond which there is no further commitment on the
part of the employer. (There will be an agreement on experiential learning
by means of a contract for
experiential learning between the employer and student. The student will
also sign a memorandum of understanding regarding experiential learning
with the Technikon).
Students
need to do experiential learning in the following disciplines: layout /
work-study/ quality / location and productivity. The company needs to assign
a mentor to coordinate the entire process. The Technikon will
assign an industrial co-ordinator
to assist in the process.
Students
have already completed the theory and some practical aspects
of Operations Management during their first two years of study. They
have thus sufficient grounding in
such topics as Production Processes/ Method Studies/ Plant Management,
Worker and Machine Utilization Calculations/ Resource Productivity
Determination/ Workplace Layout, / Facility Planning/Distribution, MRP/
ERP.
Who
would be able to utilize the services of these students?
Any
employer in the industry – small firms / large firms / banks / building
societies / local government / correctional services / developers / mines
etc.? Any organisation
involved in any aspect of operations
management could provide work at least for a limited period to
cover the experiential learning.
We
appeal to all employers within industry to assist in this regard.
There
may be some incentives from your respective
SETA’ s to reclaim some of
your expenses from the Skills
Development levies paid.
Please contact:
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