My work placement was a very important part of my training.
It lasted two months from May 27th 2017 to July 07th 2017
The company where I did my internship is called PLAYADES. It is located at 22 cours d’Herbouville in the second district of Lyon.
To get there, I took the subway and the bus.
It’s a very small SARL with just 2 employees and my mentor.
-my mentor’s wife is in charge of the administrative part
-The business woman
-My mentor, the boss of the company
I did my internship with Xavier, one of my classmates
We mostly did maintenance of pinballs including cleaning and visual control. The most common problems are in the « fronton ». This part hides all the electronic card. Sometimes, some pieces burn or die after many years of use. We mainly had to change small pieces which look like capacitors or electric coils. We should remove the broken part, and replace it by a new one. An intervention lasted aproximately 30 minutes. Sometimes, we did not have the new piece. On this situation, we had to order it. We kept the pinball in our offices.
We did some pinball, table football and pool table deliveries too. It was the most physical part of the work placement. A normal pinball weighs 100 to 120 kilograms ! On average, we delivered 3 or 4 pinballs at the same time! It was grueling but very cool !
The atmoshpere was very cool ! my tutor is awesome ! He did not impose us any dress code
I really enjoyed my internship, we did a lot of things. We did not have time to get bored ! The people I met are great, and I learned to be effective and I developped dexterity and self confidence.
Renaud
