Keppel Wood Industries (M) Sdn Bhd / Siti Nur Aliyah Johari

My memorable and enlightening 6-months industrial training began here at Keppel Wood Industries (M) Sdn Bhd within 14 weeks to fulfil the requirement for Internship (MGT666). The training started from 1st March 2023 and ended on 15th August 2023 with estimated duration of 24 weeks. Keppel Wood is a manufacturer of furniture factory in Malaysia originally known as Keppel Furniture. The internship training was located at Jalan Kesang, Muar, Johor. During internship training, I experienced new tasks, work cultures and values in Accountant department. This is the first time I experienced real hands-on working environment since Accountant department quite different from what I studied in Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons.) Marketing. However, here are courses related to accounts in Part 1which is Intermediate Finance (ACC 406), Financial Management (FIN420) in Part 2 and Personal Financial in Part 4. Initially, I felt difficult and challenging to adapt to the new environment and the changing nature, but eventually I managed to adapt and keep learning from my fellow colleagues at Keppel Wood. The experiences in the real work at Keppel helped me to improve myself better and prevent from repeating the same mistakes. My supervisor always gave constructive whenever I did some mistakes and I found that it is quite helpful for me to learn and adapt to the new environment. I learned that as a human being; it is normal to make mistakes but somehow, we can avoid the mistakes from happening twice by following the procedures. Other than that, the internship program exposed me on how the company runs which is totally different from what being taught in the classroom. Moreover, I'm able to improve my knowledge and responsibilities towards the task given during the internship period. This can be considered as a preparation for me before starting my future career path. In a nutshell, I believe that this Integrated Internship Program at Keppel Wood Industries (M) Sdn Bhd provides me with various work experiences, work cultures and work values which is crucial for me to begin with my future career path. By completing the internship training I believe that this program helps the student in adapting and preparing with the real work environment. I also learned that students should prepare themselves better in language proficiency especially in English and have to learn the third language that is Mandarin so that it is an advance strength that can stand out ahead.