Local Training

SEEIT Local Field Training (CE391, CS391, and ECE391)

A) Regulations

1. SEEIT students MUST complete local training for 160 contact hours in a company that is working in a related field to the student’s major.
2. Field training is a prerequisite for the German Year. Local Training must be completed by the time the student is required to fill the German Year application.
3. The only prerequisite for Local Training is to finish at least 0 credit hours prior to starting training. 
4. For training to be approved, it must fulfill the following criteria:

• The training should consist of 160 contact hours such that the four weeks (i.e., 160 hours) of training must be done continuously. Besides, the whole training must be spent in one company. 

• The training must take place only within the semester breaks or semesters in which the student is not registered. Any training hours that intersect with the academic calendar are not counted (no exceptions are allowed).

• All students must get school approval prior to training. Any training that the student does without the school's approval will not be counted.

• The company in which the training is conducted should not have any next of kin person (for example parents, brothers, or any blood relatives) of the student.

• The training must start after the student gets the official school approval/authorization. Any training hours before the approval will not be counted regardless of the reason.

• The school must agree on the training duration before the training starts.

• Once the student gets school approval to train in one company, it is not allowed to change this company. If the student needed to change the company, he must repeat the training procedure for the new company.

 * Violating any of these conditions will result in rejecting the student’s training

B) Procedure

1. The procedure for all students begins by finding a company willing to train them within their field of specialization and not violating any of the above mentioned conditions.
2. For the host training company, students  need to find a company that has a well-described profile and that offers training within their specialization. 
3. Once you find a suitable company, you need to get an approval from the department head on the company offering the training.  
4. Once the student finishes training, he must provide the school secretary with the local training forms properly filled and then signed and stamped by his supervisor, with a list of the tasks that the student performed during his training as provided by the company. (Local Training Forms)
5. The department head reviews the evaluation and training report and if approved he provides his signature for approval which is followed by the Dean’s signature for endorsement.
6. The evaluation is then sent for registration to be processed. Students who finished training should be able to see local training on his/her transcript before the end of the semester that follows his/her training.
7. Copies of the approved evaluations will be kept in the school throughout the semester that follows the training. Any requests for copies of training evaluation after that must be directed to the Registration department.