Landal Greenparks Sonnenberg

Placement organization

Name of organization: Landal Greenparks Sonnenberg
Town/city: Leiwen
Country: Duitsland
Website: http://www.landal.nl/sonnenberg

Student

Name of student: Tom Clarijs

Specialist area: MRO
Placement period: 2012-2013

Information about placement organization

Type of organization: holiday park and camping
Organization’s activities: Give guests a welcome stay
Target group of the organization: Families with children till 14 years
Company culture: Informal
Number of employees: approx. 50
Dress code: casual / formal
Did the organization meet the agreements you made beforehand? Yes

Information about your placement

In which department(s) are you working? Worked as assistant manager and in the retail
Brief description of your daily activities: Was there as assistant of the manager and helped him out with several jobs, but mainly trying to make more money with the retail.
Brief description of your company assignment: Trying to make more money with the retail.
Comment briefly on your supervision by the organization: Liked it a lot and they understand me and worked some things out.

Requirements for students on placement

What kind of personal skills are required for this placement? Independent, teamplayer, sociable, stress-proof and representable.
Additional company requirements for this placement? Word and Excel
English: Intermediate
Spanish:
French:
German: Advanced
Italian:
Other languages: Dutch excellent

The trip

Mode of transport to reach your destination: Car

Accommodation

How did you arrange your accommodation? company
How did you go to work every day? foot

Visa / work permit / vaccinations

Do you need a visa? No
Do you need a work permit? No
How did you arrange the necessary documents:
How much time did it take to arrange the necessary documents?
Did you need certain vaccinations? No
How long in advance?

Language course

Did you take a language course before you started your placement? No
Would you recommend to have a language course prior to this placement? –

The costs in euros

Travelling expenses (e.g. return ticket): € Don”t know
Accommodation (monthly): € free
Local transport (monthly): € don’t need transport
General costs of living (monthly): € don’t know
Costs of visa: €
Costs of work permit: €
What did the company pay for/to you? EUR 350,00 per month, transport to Germany (EUR 220,00) and accommodation.

Culture

How did you prepare for the country’s culture?
I already worked in Germany before.
Did the culture of the country influence your performance during the placement in any way? No

Future students on placement

Future students are free to contact me for further information: Yes
My e-mail address: 112797@edu.nhtv.nl

Other information

Recommendations on what to do and what not to do: It’s in the wine district so you should taste some Riesling wine.
Leisure possibilities in the city/surroundings of where the placement took place: Panorama swimming pool and Trier the city is close aswell. When you have a car you can go tour around there is much to see.

Media

Youtube link Youtube placement video link