Internships and traineeships in Italy

The Uno, due, tre.... Stage! pathway, curated by the employment guidance section of the Career service, aims to prepare people to make the most of their internship experience, providing useful guidance on the skills to work on and the behaviours to prioritise.

The first step of the pathway involves watching the video uploaded to the Career service office's mediaspace channel, by logging in with SSO.

The following topics will be explored in the video:

• behavioural aspects relating to settling in, especially during the first few days;
• aspects relating to communication in an organisational context;
• basic skills and soft skills to be developed for effective integration;
• the different roles of the parties involved: company tutor, university tutor and Career service support

The second part of the pathway involves choosing some modules on the Moodle platform to increase awareness of the main soft skills required in the world of work and of some of the dynamics involved in entering employment:

• teamwork,
• effective communication,
• problem solving and negotiation,
• organisational culture and ethics at work,
• succeeding in the workplace.

People enrolled on the University's degree programmes who are planning to undertake a traineeship or an internship may take part.

For further information: 049.827.3902 - 3317

In compliance with the provisions of Legislative Decree 81/2008 and subsequent amendments and additions, and the State-Regions agreements of 21/12/2011 and 07/07/2016, students, graduates, during the period of traineeship, are treated as workers; they must therefore receive adequate training in health and safety at work consisting of:

General training course, for which the promoting body (University of Padua) is responsible
The general training course (duration: 4 hours) is completed online before filling in the training agreement, and the details must be entered in the training agreement.
It is available on the University training Moodle platform (by logging in with institutional SSO credentials)

Specific training course, provided by the host organisation (company or body)
Depending on the level of risk to which the trainee will be exposed, the host organisation (company or body) is required to provide specific training for low risk (4 hours), medium risk (8 hours) or high risk (12 hours), taking into account any specific training already completed by the trainee.
In order to add value to the training pathway, the University of Padua has already activated the specific training course in e-learning mode for those employed:

• in office activities or similar, and in exclusively IT laboratories, specific low-risk training course (duration: 4 hours)
• in scientific laboratories (indoor and outdoor), specific high-risk training course (duration: 12 hours)

The specific training courses are available on the University training Moodle platform.
The certificate obtained at the end of one of the two above-mentioned courses may be sent to the host organisation (company or body) for the assessment of the specific training completed.

For further information:  https://www.unipd.it/corsi-formazione-sicurezza

To begin a traineeship, an agreement, a training agreement, and successful completion of the general safety training course for workplaces are required. Insurance cover for third-party liability and for workplace accidents through Inail is provided by the University: www.unipd.it/assicurazione

Agreement: if not yet concluded, this is the responsibility of the host organisation; please see the page dedicated to information for companies

Training agreement: it must be completed by the student according to the information agreed with the host organisation and the academic tutor, within their reserved area of the Unipd Careers portal, where the instructions for completion can also be found. The training agreement must be sent at least 15 working days before the start date, electronically signed in pades format by the host organisation, to our office (stage@unipd.it), which will start the electronic signature procedure for the person requesting the traineeship and for approval by the traineeship officer of the Bachelor's Degree Programme.

Once all signatures have been obtained, the document is complete and the traineeship may begin on the date indicated in the agreement.

Reserved area for students

For compulsory traineeships or, in any case, traineeships aimed at obtaining academic credits, please consult the dedicated pages of your Bachelor's Degree Programme, especially regarding the documentation to be submitted at the end for the recognition of credits.

The procedure is currently not active for students enrolled in degree programmes (first-cycle, second-cycle and single-cycle degree programmes) and for those enrolled in Post Lauream courses belonging to the following Departments:

• Medicine - DIMED
• Molecular medicine - DMM
• Neurosciences - DNS
• Women's and Children's Health - SDB
• Biomedical sciences - DSB
• Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences
• Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences - DISCOG

For them, the procedure for sending training agreements with handwritten signatures remains in place. For the completion and submission methods, each programme must refer to the instructions provided by its own teaching office / traineeship coordinators.

For further information:
https://www.medicinachirurgia.unipd.it/lmcu-medicina-e-chirurgia/tirocini
https://helpdesk.strutture.unipd.it/rexpondo/customer.pl
tirocinio.medicinachirurgia@unipd.it

In order to start a placement, an agreement, a training agreement, and successful completion of the general training course on workplace safety are required. Insurance cover for third-party liability and for accidents at work through Inail is provided by the University: www.unipd.it/assicurazione

Placements for graduates based in Veneto
To start a placement with an operational base in Veneto, graduates must use the forms downloadable on this page (Convenzione laureati Veneto and Progetto formativo laureati Veneto).
The training agreement must be sent at least 15 working days before the start date, electronically signed in pades format by the host organisation and by the academic tutor, to the office (stage@unipd.it), which will start the electronic signature procedure for the trainee and for approval by the person responsible for placements for the Bachelor's Degree Programme.
The agreement is the responsibility of the host organisation; the information is available at the following link: unipd.it/stage-tirocini-italia > stage per laureate/i con sede in Veneto.

The start of the placement is subject to the mandatory UNILAV notification by the host organisation, at least 24 hours before the start of the traineeship.

Placements for graduates based in Italy but outside Veneto

Graduates intending to undertake a placement outside the Veneto region must contact the office well in advance, indicating the region of the operational base, in order to receive the correct documentation.

The training agreement must be sent at least 15 working days before the start date, electronically signed in pades format by the host organisation and by the academic tutor, to our Office (stage@unipd.it), which will start the electronic signature procedure for the trainee and for approval by the person responsible for placements for the Bachelor's Degree Programme.

The post-graduation traineeship outside Veneto can only be activated within 12 months of obtaining the degree.

The start of the placement is subject to any mandatory notifications/procedures required under the different regional regulations

Any changes compared with what is set out in the training agreement must be promptly communicated by the host organisation to the email address stage@unipd.it.

For changes relating to requests for an extension, suspension, change of traineeship activities and change of company tutor, please send the relevant form completed and signed.

Any confidentiality obligations that the trainee must observe during the traineeship (regarding production processes, products or other information relating to the company of which they become aware, both during and after the traineeship), shall, where applicable, be governed by specific agreements between the host organisation and the trainee, who, for signature, is required to comply with the guidelines published below.