Submitted by 30 May. Failure To Comply With This Requirement Will Lead To Incompletion

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Guidelines on writing Industrial Attachment Report
The Industrial Attachment (IA) Reports are an integral part of the total attachment
program and are an essential component for fulfilment of the IA requirements. The
reports should be submitted to the Departmental Office quarterly with the last one
submitted by 30 May. Failure to comply with this requirement will lead to incompletion
or failure of IA, hence delaying a student’s graduation status.
The student is required to write these reports during the industrial attachment. These
reports should be written in consultation with the person at the placement organisation
responsible for the supervision of the student. The Supervisor’s role is to check on the
accuracy of the information and to screen for confidentiality and pass information for
publication. Should the organisation allow confidential information to pass for
publication, then the report should be marked ‘confidential’ on the cover.
A well-organized and easily readable report is expected. The grading of the report will
therefore be based primarily on the manner of presentation with some evidence of
technical reporting skills. The following points are provided as general guidelines on
writing a good report:
1. Keep a diary to help you record information/events as they happen. This step is to
ensure that the information is recorded when still fresh.
2. Straightforward functional style of writing is recommended. Describe all
pertinent facts, work experience, and observation without extraneous information.
3. Clarity and readability may be improved by ensuring that:
· Coherent ideas are grouped in separate paragraphs;
· Sentences are grammatically correct;
· Punctuation marks are properly placed;
· Words are correctly spelt; and
· The report should be typed.
4. The report should be written under headings arranged in the following manner:
· Report Cover
· Title Page
· Table of Contents
· Executive Summary
To summarise your industrial attachment experience in not more than 100

words.
· Acknowledgements
To acknowledge training provided by the management of the
company, the assistance received from other persons during training,
etc.
· Main Text
The attachment program, its schedule, assignment and objectives may

be described. The assignments undertaken in chronological sequence,
the technical and other implementation details may also be described.
The report should capture, among other things, the following details:
1. Description and analysis of the organisation’s in relation to its

(a) Historical Development
(b) Vision, Mission and objectives
2. An outline of the work-placement company/organisation in terms of its operations;
considering the following:
(a) The principal services and characteristics
(b) The main markets/community/audience/clients served and their characteristics
(c) Considering the application of theoretical concepts, outline the host organisation
in terms of:
o The industry in which the organisation operates.
o The principal products or services.
o The main markets or stakeholders served.
o The suppliers of the main inputs.
o The main sources of competition and the company’s position in the rivalry.
o The impact of the changing environment, social attitudes, the economy and
Government policies upon the market served by the company, the industry to
which the company belongs and the company itself.
o The types of technology used.
3. Outline the work-placement company/organisational structure, specifying the department
or section in which the work experience is being undertaken.
4. Describe and analyse the work roles, tasks and responsibilities of the work experience.
5. What are the organisation’s strengths and weaknesses and how are these being exploited
and/or avoided?
6. Identify special opportunities and threats and the means adopted for exploiting these
during the period under review.
7. Describe and analyse the operations of the company/organisation, examining its
successes and failures as measured against the organisation’s mission and declared
objectives.
8. Assess the market/clients’ perception of the organisation and its operations.
9. Identify and analyse any differences/discrepancies between the degree programme in
terms of theory studied at college and the work practices carried out at organisation of
placement.
o Conclusion
Concluding remarks on the work performance, observations and attachment program.
· References
If any, references to manuals and other pertinent literature should be listed.
Submission Details
§ Reports should be typed and spiral bound.
§ Font 12 and 1.5 spacing
§ The first three to be submitted quarterly i. e. end of respective third month.
§ The fourth will be submitted on presentation day to be advised

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The Report

Guidelines on writing Industrial Attachment Report

To summarise your industrial attachment experience in not more than 100

The attachment program, its schedule, assignment and objectives may

1. Description and analysis of the organisation’s in relation to its

Concluding remarks on the work performance, observations and attachment program.

If any, references to manuals and other pertinent literature should be listed.

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