Solar Alert Sdn Bhd / Nor Athirah Zahari

My memorable and enlightening 6-month industrial training started at Solar Alert Sdn Bhd from March 1 until August 15, 2023. An industrial training programme is one of the requirements for students to achieve a Bachelor in Business Administration in Human Resource Management. Therefore, it is mandatory for me to undergo industrial training for a period of 24 weeks. Solar Alert Sdn Bhd is one of the local companies leading Malaysia's Oil and Gas and engineering industries that supplies equipment services to clients across the global market. Currently, Solar Alert Sdn Bhd has four branches in Malaysia, originally located at Shah Alam, two branches in Terengganu, and Labuan. In this report, it provides details about the company, such as company background, products and services, organisation structure, vision and mission, objectives, and goals. This part has provided insight and specifics about the companies of Solar Alert Sdn. Bhd. Next, this report will explain the various tasks and activities that I have been assigned since becoming a trainee at these companies. One of my responsibilities is to update the daily movement, update employee personal information such as training records, general administration (mailing, faxing, scanning, and photocopying of documentation), and do punch cards for all staff every month. Frankly speaking, this industrial training programme has made me a better person, been very educational, and boosted my confidence to become a competent employee in the future. Despite not having zero experience in the human resources department, with constructive feedback from my supervisor and assistance from all the staff, for which I am very grateful, I have come this far. In this report, I provide a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis that I have identified during my industrial training. One of the strengths of Solar Alert Sdn Bhd is that it gives good training to their employees to ensure adequate skills and knowledge. Moreover, one of the advantages is that they provide good benefits to their employees, which attracts their retention. Meanwhile, the weaknesses of the companies are a lack of interrelationships between each branch, a lack of usage of technology, and a lack of promotion of work-life balance. Solar Alert Sdn Bhd is one of the local companies leading Malaysia’s Oil and Gas and engineering companies and is opening a new branch in Thailand to strengthen its position and be able to compete with its rivals. Last but not least, the threat to the companies is a lack of initiative in learning new software and intense competition with their competitors. Overall, Solar Alert Sdn Bhd is one of the good companies, providing a good working environment and a good company's reputation. I believe that industrial training is one of the processes that allowed me to gain insight and make preparations before entering the real working world, as the working culture within the classroom is totally different. Therefore, industrial training is one of the most valuable experiences that I have had. I cannot describe how much it has helped me in my future career, especially as an HR practitioner.