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Company name and location of internship: SUNWAY CONSTRUCTION; Bangi
Which year did you do your internship? 1st year
At what point in your academic journey did you do your internship? Summer of my first year
Which field was your internship in? Civil Engineering
How long was your internship? 3 months
Was your internship a location-based or virtual? Location-based
What was the application process like?
Smooth, simple and quick
What were you looking to gain from the internship experience?
To improve upon my soft skills and understand the actual reality of working revolving the construction industry
What attracted you to the company for internship?
Globally known, well established
What did you enjoy the most about your internship?
The constant flow of challenges that will be fallen upon me every day
What did you enjoy the least about your internship?
Long working hours
What is the typical working day like?
As I’m working in a construction site. Every morning at 7.50 am, we would be having a morning briefing with our team to discuss about all the issues came up onsite. At 8.30am, I would then enter the actual site area to look at the progress and supervise the activities onsite. Besides, I would initiate conversation with the work leader from all SubContractors to gain info information regarding the challenges they’re facing which might halt progress. At 10.00 am, I would return to site office to do paperwork. At 12.00 pm, lunch. Usually, at 3-4.00 pm, I would have meetings with subcontractors and project director to discuss about our targeted goals and dates.
What tasks were assigned to you during your internship?
1. Responsible for supervising steel structure installation onsite 2. Writing reports including Minute of Meeting, Daily Site Report, Steel Fabrication and Delivery report. 3. Conducting meetings with Subcontractors and Project Director to give updates on site progress and set out targeted dates for our subsequent work trades on ensuing days
What was the most challenging part of your internship? To catch up with all our impending work trades that was unfortunately delayed as a result of the lockdown (MCO)
How did the experience benefit your career in the future?
I truly gain and insight and able to grasp on the job scope of being an engineer working onsite.
Rate your overall internship experience: 5/5
How much did you learn during the internship? 5/5
How was the general atmosphere during your internship? 5/5
How difficult is the internship application process? 3/5
How valuable is your internship opportunities in deciding your future career path? 5/5
Are you satisfied with the salary you got from the internship? 4/5
How were the networking/social event opportunities? 5/5
To what extent did you feel being valued during the internship? 5/5
Any advice you would like to give to the others who are looking for internship?
Try your best and never give up! Recruiting you into their company would be the first step, the real challenges comes right after!
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