The three students, Vetle Rasmussen, Martin Kristoffer Gløsmyr and Daniel Teigen have slightly different tasks for Yara. Daniel Teigen works primarily with 5G testing and equipment. Vetle and Martin Kristoffer work partly with 5G testing, but also participate in a study on what opportunities there are for a new communication system in the factories.
Industrial master's - a win-win
Yara, like several other companies in Grenland and Vestfold, has entered into a partnership agreement with University of South-Eastern Norway, USN, the Porsgrunn campus, to offer students industrial master's education. This is an education that combines practice and theory in the field of automation in a 3-year master's course. Students are employed in a 50% position during their studies.
Through the master's degree program, Yara, and other companies that participate in the scheme, gain access to updated expertise in an important field that is needed in the future, such as digitization. USN, for its part, has access to real issues, and can conduct relevant research. A win-win scheme.
Pick the best
Martin Kristoffer Gløsmyr, from Skien, has a bachelor's degree in automation from NTNU, and goes straight from a summer job to the industrial master's program this autumn. Daniel Teigen, also from Porsgrunn, is well underway with his industrial master, and intends to complete it in two years. Yara has hand-picked its master's candidates, and secures the best. The candidates write their master's theses for Yara.
Vetle Rasmussen, from Skien, has applied for a summer job with Yara Porsgrunn. He studies cybernetics at NTNU, has finished three years, and will return in the autumn and complete his master's in Trondheim.
Very pleased
Merete Østvåg Østby and Stig Myrland are responsible for following up the summer students.
"We are very pleased with our candidates and that we have joined the scheme with industrial masters. It is important for building competence and industrial development. The fact that we also have the opportunity to recruit our own summer temps to our department means that we are helping to build relationships and market Yara as an attractive workplace for important education in automation, digitization and process data," they say.
Relevant tasks
In field testing outside, Daniel talks about and points to several of Telenor's 5 antenna systems located outside on different buildings, ie 5 area zones. The EU's Flagship project, "5G-Solutions", carries out tests with advanced 5G equipment in the field involving those who use and operate the equipment. "Our test results are collected as experience data into the project," says Daniel.
The three students thrive at Yara. "The tasks are varied and we get an understanding of the processes. There is a lot of advanced regulation of these processes, and it is one of the most exciting things to get acquainted with," says Vetle Rasmussen.
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12. July 2022
