INDUSTRIAL TRAINING TECHNICAL REPORT FORMAT.
Nigerian students studying Engineering courses in their 200, 300 & 400 level depending on their course of study are supposed to embark on industrial training for a period of 3 months or 6 months and this carries about 2-6 units in their second semester credit load.
After the industrial traiing (I.T) period each student is supposed to write a technical report of his or her I.T experience this bears 25% of the total siwes marks.
ALLOTMENT OF MARKS AS APPROVED BY ITF.
Log book Record/ Presentation: 25 marks
Technical Report: 25 marks
Attitudinal Observation: 10 marks
Employers Report: 25 marks
Oral interview by department (I.T defence): 15 marks.
This makes the technical report a major issue in gaining good grades from siwes.
What is a technical report?
It is a mini project that summarizes all the activities carried out during Industrial Training, experiences gathered and possible recommendation.
In writing a technical report the following format should be used:
NB: the format presented below is just the basic requirements.
COVER PAGE :
This should contain the Name of the school, students name, department, matriculation Number, period of attachment (dates should be quoted), your employers name and location.
DEDICATION PAGE
for example . I dedicate this report to the almighty God or to your parents.
ACkNOWLEDGEMENT
Here, you acknowledge the help rendered by a few individuals towards the success of your technical report. Write their names.
E.g I will like to acknowledge my parents for their immense support, my lecturers and all who have contributed to this point in the success of this technical report.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
This should contain a chronological detail of what you wrote chapter by chapter.
CHAPTER 1 :
1.1 History of DEPT
1.2 FUNCTIONS/AIMS OF DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 2:
COMPANY'S PROFILE
2.1 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN THE COMPANY
CHAPTER 3:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT
3.1 TYPES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE MACHINES USED DURING IT.
3.2 INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND PRECAUTIONS
CHAPTER 4.
BENEFITS OF THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING
4.1 PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED
4.2. RECOMMENDATIONS
4.3 CONCLUSIONS
4.4.GLOSSARY(OPTIONAL)
PLEASE NOTE;
√ A technical report should not be more than Thirty(30) pages.
√ Diagrams, graphs and sketches should be used where necessary.
√ Always learn to reference the source of your information.
√ During typesetting, double-line spacing is ok for a technical report for clarity, you could do otherwise depending on the content of what you wrote.
√ Use fonts types and size that are visible. (Times new romans, size: 14) is very much OK.
√ the use of unambiguous grammatical sentences should be used.
Feel free to inbox me if you are confused.
Writen by Jazzy
