It's Me!

Hello, my name is Daniel Heckhausen, I'm 22 years young, and I come from germany near Cologne.
My hobbies are hearing music, meet friends, play Computer and do party at night.

I start my job training in August 2011 as an IT-System-Electronics by the big company called RWE Power AG. The company is the biggest power supply and gas provider in Europe. So they have a lot of power stations, surface mines, railway facilities and water supply works. Now I'm in the second academic year and participate on an external internship in Malaga. The receiving organisation is our partner school I.E.S. Campanillas in Spain. There i will learn very much about the configuration of networking devices, the reparation of IT-Hardware and script creation. Furthermore I have to build an web blog about my time in Malaga.

About my Company and my job

Today I want to tell you something about my company RWE Power AG in Germany and my job there as an IT-system-electronics technician. First I had to mention that RWE Power AG is one of the leading companies for energie recovery and generation in Germany. As such a big company RWE can use his own materials for power and gas production. RWE wants to reach the objectives climate protection, security of supply and economy. The company is always looking for new technological innovations. RWE Power AG employs circa 15.500 people and they has an volume of sales about 2,7 billions of euro.

Now I'm going to explain you something about my vocation as an IT-system-electronics technician. The vocation period is about three years, separated in business and vocation school. You had to do two exams, one in the middle and one at the end. The exit examination is written and you must do a project and a technical discussion. There are a lot of requirements, for example logical intellectual power, good english knowledge, fun with technology, flexibility, mobility and craftsmanship. The training content is about hardware, software, electrical engineering, business process, client service and support and accounting system. During the education procedure you will stay in the training center and in undertakings. After you have finished the education, you have a lot of training opportunities such like going to university or do a advanced training.

My first two days in Malaga!

 
We (three german students from Cologne) eventually arrived after two and a half hour in the plane in spain at the airport. Then we rent a car to explore the whole city and to see all about the beautiful landscapes here around Malaga. First of all we had to go shopping. We buy a lot of delicious food and tasty drinks in the supermarket. The spanish traditional specialitys are so awesome. After that we drive to the downtown. There are very much funky and unique shops, so I really like it to walk through the city. I have a lot of fun there and it was very interesting for me to explore such a big town.

The next day we drive to the mountain called "The Rock" in Gibraltar, which is really nice for sight seeing and a spectacular view over the city Gibraltar with the famous harbor. If the weather is good, it is possible to look very closed to Africa. The fantastic panorama there is so amazing!!! Have a look to some pictures we recorded there:

"The Rock" in Gibraltar

 

The streets are very small and tight, so we must be very carefully and watch out that our car will not be damaged. Although we have a lot of fun. At the upper hill live a lot of wild apes, which aren't very dangerous, because they will be feed by all the people, who explore the mountain. Maybe it is possible to stroke one of them! Here you can see my experiences with the apes:

At the end of our "roadtrip" we drive over an airport, so we can see how a plane start his flight!!! This was very crazy: Watch our video!

My work experience!

At my first work day I meet my teacher, Mr. Sergio Bandera, in our partner school I.E.S. Campanillas. He is a very friendly, kind and helpful person, equally as all other spanish people here in Malaga. I really like the spanish quest-friendship. First we have breakfast together, this was very lovely.

Then we go to the company AT4Wireless, where my two colleagues from germany will work for the four weeks. There we get to know all about the knowledge, skills and competence we will be acquired. I will work in the school for the whole time. So we speak about my tasks and functions in school. This was very interesting for me because I have to learn all about the spanish system, how it works and how the daily routine expires. Now I will show you my workplace. Have a look to the computer sciences office!

Departamento de Informatica

My workplace

Then I meet spanish students in their classroom. We talk to each other and they could ask me all about the german dual system. This was a little bit hard for me because it wasn't usual for me to talk so much in english, but still I have a lot of fun with the guys :) They were listening very interested to what I have to explain about germany. This was a very nice day, so I hope the rest of my time in Malaga will be as well as this first impression.

Another task for me was to configure some computers. I have to reinstal the operating system Ubuntu and to recover all data from the pc. Therefor I have to make a backup and then I resave all programms, photos, videos and drivers. I think this was a good job, so I can learn something about the spanish hardware devices and the necessary software programms.

My free time activities!

Now I want to tell you about my activities here in Malaga after I finished the work day!! From my point of view it exists a lot of funny things to do, so you can have very much fun. At one beautiful, sunny day I go to the very sweet beach from Malaga.

Malaga Beach

There I relax for a few hours, just lying in the sun and enjoy the fantastic atmosphere! The sound of the sea, the sand under my feet and the awesome sight gives me a very good feeling, so I really want to come back as soon as possible.

Another day I drive to an very old castle. This was quiet interesting for me, because it was so big, with a lot of towers inside, strong cannons and dark and scary dungeons. I love Malaga for his funky tourist attractions. On top of this I could eat and drink there some typical spanish things like tapas, buritos and fresh pressed orange juice. This tastes very good!! I have spend there a good time, so I really want to recommend it.

At the weekend we drive to the city. There are a lot of exciting shops, where you can buy many funny things. On top of this we found some epic bars and clubs, so we enjoy the tasty spanish cocktails and tapas. We had a lot of fun in Malaga, so we are very happy to be here!!!