REPORT ON STUDENT INDUSTRIAL WORK
EXPERIENCE SCHEME (SIWES) TRAINING PROGRAMME
AT
FOTECH
COMPUTERS
BY
NAME:
MATRIC NO:
FROM:
SCHOOL:
FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, AKOKA
SUPERVISOR:
DEDICATION
I dedicate this report first and foremost to
Almighty God who has been there right from the beginning to this very point.
Special dedication also to my uncle for his relentless support and compassion
toward me during my SIWES training.
To God is the glory.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
My appreciation goes to the industrial training fund
for these opportunity given to me.
I am grateful to Fotech computers for providing me
wiyh the necessary skills to be exposed in my field.
I also want to say a big thank you to my industry
based supervisor Mr Somala Olajide and my colleague for making my stay at
fotech computers an existing and blissful one.
To my uncle and friends thank you all for your moral
and financial support.
I am deeply grateful to God almighty, the giver of
all wisdom, knowledge and understanding without whom I would have achieved
nothing at all.
Finally, to my institution based supervisor Mr
Akinpelu S.O for his support.
My sincere appreciation also goes to everyone that
has been by me all this while.
A big thanks!!!
ABSTRACT
This industrial report provides the experience
gained during my fourth(4) months of training at Fotech computers.
My training was on deskstop-publishing and web
design.
This report discusses the technical skills gained
during the training period.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Title Page
Cover page
Dedication i
Acknowledgement ii
Abstract iii
Table of Contents
iv
CHAPTER
ONE
Introduction
The aims and objectives of SIWES
When SIWES was established
Success recorded by the scheme
CHAPTER
TWO
Brief historical background of organization
The organization profile
The organization chart
CHAPTER
THREE
Activities
Problems/ challenges
Prospect
CHAPTER
FOUR
Conclusion
Recommendation
Reference
CHAPTER
ONE
INTRODUCTION
The student industrial work experience scheme (SIWES)
popularly called industrial training (IT) by Nigerian students is a yearly
program design by the institution in collaboration with the industries to give
students the opportunity to gain practical working experience in their various
field of study or area of specialization. It is an effort to bridge the
existing gap between classroom theories and practical’s in engineering,
management and other professional program in the Nigerian tertiary
institutions.
Training is a key factor in changing experience of a
workforce. The world is passing through one of the worst economic crisis in
recent time. Both the development and the developing economics are experiencing
serious economic downturn.
Globalization has turned the world into one big
village and whatever happens in one economy will have effects in other
economics, and the growing concern among our industrial is that graduate of our
institution of higher learning lack adequate practical background studies. So
as to help in the industries led to the fixation of student industrial work
experience scheme (SIWES) by ITF 1993/1994.
It is through the industrial training that the
educational systems aims at helping students acquire appropriate skills.
AIMS
AND OBJECTIVES OF SIWES
o
To provide an opportunity for student in
Nigerian institutions to acquire industrial skills and experience in their
respective fields.
o
It strengthens employer involvement in
the entire educational process of preparing institution graduates for
employment in the industry.
o
To make students understand the
technical implication of their profession.
o
To expose students to method and
techniques of handling equipments and machines.
o
To provide adequate practical skills to
student.
o
To ensure the transition from school to
world of work and enables students contacts for job placement
WHEN WAS SIWES
ESTABLISHED
The
student industrial work scheme (SIWES) was established in 1973 under the
leadership of the head of state Yakubu Gowon, retired after the establishment
of industrial training fund (ITF) by degree number, 97 on the 8th
October 1970 when industrial and commercial activities work in existing due to
the gap between the real and educational sector.
SIWES was essentially established in 1973 to solve
the problem of lack of adequate practical skill preparation for employment in
industries by Nigerian graduates of tertiary institution.
WHY SIWES WAS
ESTABLISHED
The
scheme was established in order to:
·
Promote and encourage the acquisition of
skills in handling machine.
·
Help students to be self-reliance after
graduation from school
·
Focus on the central goal of developing
human potential in every aspect
·
Generate a proof of indigenous trained
personal difficulty to meet the need of the economy.
SUCCESS RECORDED BY THE
SCHEME
The
scheme has recorded tremendous achievement since its creation among which are:
v It
has helped students by exposing them to practical knowledge of things they were
taught in the class.
v It
has been able to restore students making them assumed of their competence.
v It
has also help student get acquitted to the method of their various career.
CHAPTER
TWO
BRIEF HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND OF ORGANIZATION
The
establishment is called Fotech
computers
which is located at no 4, Paul odulaja street, ifako-gbagada
It
was created on the 22nd of September 2010 and was headed by mr
somala olajide.
THE ORGANIZATION
PROFILE
Fotech
computers has at present a staff of strength of fifteen (15) and have in its
structure four (4) department.
1. Desktop
publishing
2. Web
designing
3. Computer
training
4. Cyber
cafe’.
CHAPTER
THREE
ACTIVITIES
CARRIED OUT
I started my SIWES with Fotech computers in
September 2019 to December 2019. The period of four months of my SIWES
experience in the aspect of practical and knowledge gained. in the period of my
industrial attachment I was made to understand how to use some icon and tools
in Microsoft-word, Microsoft-excel, power point and corel-draw.
I was taught how to work on some machines like the
photocopier, laminating machine, printer, scanner and camera.
I was also taught how to send document from one mail
to another and also from flash drive and how to print out document in black&white
and colored printing on A4 paper.
I was also taught how to snap, print and cut
passport using camon camera.
PROBLEMS
AND CHALLENGES
At the workshop, the major problems were due to the
fact that the software we use was outdated and there was a problem getting
genuine software and applications for users. As such we resulted in purchasing
substandard software or downloading them from the internet which takes a lot of
time.
There was also a time when the number of IT students
at the work shop was small and this resulted to some students being overworked.
CHALLENGES
During the course of my industrial attachment, I
encountered some challenges which slow down my learning process such as
shortage in transport fee, slow in typing.
PROSPECT
The SIWES training exercise is indeed a bridge of
gap in the process of building sound reliable human resources:
Ø It
brings efficiency in labor as graduate come to market with industrial
understanding.
Ø It
fosters a good relationship between academicians and the labor market.
Ø SIWES
is going to be a way of creating job opportunities to many students who
performed this training very well like me in particular
CHAPTER FOUR
SUMMARY
In the summary of chapter one of
this report is the introduction of the scheme, it let us to understand why and
when SIWES was established and success recorded by the scheme and achievements.
Chapter two is about the history of
the organization.
Chapter three relates to the
experience gained and knowledge acquired during the training exercise,
activities carried out, challenges and problems encountered during the
industrial attachment.
Chapter four is the last chapter of
the report, it includes the summary, conclusion and recommendation so as to
provide solution to the problems encountered and avoid future occurrence.
CONCLUSION
The industrial work experience
scheme which involved my attachment in planning has been immensely successful
and beneficial as I had gained experience in both studio and planning field
thereby given me the opportunity to understand what is involved to be a
professional planner. The SIWES program in all sincerity achieves a lot in
assisting the student to understand and know more about his/her profession.
I want to appreciate the effort of
my school authority federal college of education akoka, Lagos for making SIWES
compulsory for their NCEII students to acquire relevant experience in their
field of studies practically.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Based on my experience, I recommend
that the department of desktop publishing should emphasize more on Microsoft
packages such as Microsoft word, Microsoft excel and power point by
incorporating them into the school curriculum.
Student should ensure that proper
attention is paid to technical relevance of the scheme rather than the financial
motive in terms of securing placement.
REFERENCE
