Internship Technician - Free State at The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)

Purpose

The purpose of this 12 months graduate programme is to provide effective & efficient support of technology, operations and resources to install, sustain and provide administration of broadcast systems/ facilities, equipment, servers and networks in order to ensure optimum, functional, secure and available facilities/ equipment for SABC Technology. The successful interns will be placed in different provinces as indicated above.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities:

• Assist with asset management tracking and transfers.
• Assist with repairs and maintenance of equipment in line with SABC technical & operational broadcast standards
• Adhere to service delivery standards of the Division.
• Submission of ad-hoc incidence fault reports with findings and repairs.
• Prevention of on-air technical faults to less than agreed SLA percentage
• Response time to match urgency for technical assistance in accordance with delivery requirements (in support of ‘on air’ systems)
• Effective technical support to users in order to reduce downtime.
• Correct configuration & testing of digital equipment to ensure no technical on-air faults.
• Ensure functional, streamlined and reliable digital systems.
• Follow up reported faults.
• Daily/ Monthly proactive system health checks against checklist & replacement of faulty components
• Report and escalate risks

INHERENT/MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• 3-year National Diploma (S4/T3) in Electrical Engineering (Light Current, Communications, Computer Studies or Information Systems/ Technology/ Electronics) (NQF6)
• BTech for the Electrical Engineering for the above formal qualification an advantage
• Driver’s License advantageous.

KNOWLEDGE

• IT Network knowledge Essential. Computer literate (A+) and Network knowledge (N+)
• IT Network knowledge advantage CISCO CCNA (ICDN1 +ICDN2) certified.
• Physical attributes: Excellent hearing and eyesight (no colour blindness). Physically able.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a team and lead the team if required.
• Proficiency in MS Office, i.e. Excel, Word, Outlook and Power Point.