Objective

The objective of the Apprenticeship Training Scheme is to provide live / industrial training to holders of National Trade Certificate (Industrial Training Institutes / Centres) in the trade of Computer Operator and Programming Assistant (COPA) so as to enhance their employable skills.

Eligibility

A pass in 10+2 + 1 year ITI diploma in COPA trade. Selection is made from the eligible candidates passing out from the state of Tamil Nadu and union territory of Puducherry.

Duration, Intake and Stipend

The duration of the programme is One Year. The sanctioned intake is 10. Each apprentice is paid a monthly stipend of Rs. 1090/ - as per norms of the government of India.

Terminal Behaviour

On completion of the training the trainee is expected to be able to: provide assistance to Systems Analyst in their day –to-day work in program coding system analysis and design preparation of technical documents/specifications provide assistance to the System administrator manage the standalone computer system, develop program to generate reports or ad-hoc queries prepare Documents/presentation using a standard office automation tool.

Course Content

System Administration During this period the apprentices shall assist the System Administrator and learn/do the activities give below. The apprentice shall be advised to refer to the manuals as well to know more about the various setups Requirements. Thus creating a habit of going through manuals in case of trouble shooting. Review Computer fundamentals - MS-Windows - Office Automation Tools - Local Area Network OS Administration (Windows/ Linux/Unix/Netware) OS Instillation - OS setup - Add/Remove Programs - Driver’s setup - Security setup (User/Password, Permissions) - Disk Management - Backup/Restore - Virus Protection - Printer Setup - Network setup - Email/Internet setup - Resource sharing - Troubleshooting - Working with different kind of editors - Software Documentation Reference Server setup Web server - Domain Name server - Mail server - Proxy server Other Administrative Tasks Computer Centre Management Application Development During this period the apprentice shall work under a systems Analyst and assist him/her in preparation of System documentation preparation of flow charts/diagrams, writing programs, preparation of presentation. The apprentice shall be thus given the habit of self learning. The apprentice shall learn the following. System Documentation Programming using C++/visual Basic/Java or other latest development tools RDBMS (Oracle/Sqlserver/Ingress/UDB etc.) ODBC/JDBC Object Oriented Development Web Based development using HTML/ASP/ Java Applets/ Java Script etc. Software Development Tools manual Reference.

Passed out Batches

The first batch of trainees consisting of 10 was admitted in the year 2006-2007. The Computer Centre also provides assistance for placement of these students. Currently the fourth batch is on. List of passed out apprentices and their details are provided seperately.