Hello, I am Syaheerah Nazeehah and I would to talk about my industrial training experience. I was able to do my internship at KEDAH CEMENT SDN BHD a subsidiary company of YTL Corporation Berhad. The reason I chose KEDAH CEMENT SDN BHD was because it was one of the biggest cement manufacture in Malaysia. I believed I could learn a lot of processes is this Langkawi Plant. Other than that, it was located in my hometown, Langkawi Kedah. The duration of my internship was from 27th July until 16th October 2020
The landmark of KEDAH CEMENT SDN BHD
To be able to experience working in heavy industry like cement manufacturing was a dream came true for me. Cement was essential in building the houses, towers, buildings and bridges. I was able to see and learn the process of cement production since Step 1 until the end of it. It was surreal because not everyday I could experience it.
As an industrial trainee, there was a lot of things that I was not familiar with especially involving the complicated process of converting raw materials into clinker and then into cement. Thankfully I was supervised by a kind supervisor Mrs. Rozana Hamdan the Chemist at Technical (Quality) Department. From her guidance, I was able to learn a lot things.
Me with Mrs. Rozana
In my point of view, Industrial Training program was a great platform for student like me to experience real life working world. Even though the work load of an intern was little but it helped by giving the hint what to expect when I finally step my foot in working world and what an employee able to do. I am able to mentally and physically prepared for the future and incoming challenges especially tough time like this year due to COVID -19. It also taught me about good work ethics, trust, responsibility and also good communication in a team are compulsory to make a harmony and comfortable work place.