INDUSTRIAL TRAINING REPORT DONE AS AN

INDIVIDUAL WITH KAMBASU ZIBIDAYO

BUILDING COMPANY ABOUT BRICKWORK AND
LAYING, PLASTERING AND PAINTING.

Submitted by;
MASEREKA GEOFREY
UBT212/2022/M/C/M/476

Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement of the

award of a NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN BUILDING
AND CONSTRUCTION(NCBC)

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION DEPARTIMENT, UGANDA

BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL EXAMINATIONS BOARD.

August - September

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 APPROVAL

This is to certify that MASEREKA GEOFREY, Reg; No. UBT212/2022/M/C/M/476 a student at

Kasese Youth Polytechnic has finally completely carried out his semester One Brick laying
training with Kambasu Zibidayo Building Company in the department of Building
Construction under our supervision.

Sign: ……………………………..

Date: ………………………..

Name: KIGUNDU STEVEN

Title: Field Supervisor

Am pleased to receive this industrial training report submitted to UBTEB for the requirement
of the award of a NATIONAL CERTIFICATE IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION.

Sign: ……………………………..

Date: …………………………….

Name: MS. MUGABIRWE KENESTER

Title: Academic Supervisor

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 DECLERATION.

I MASEREKA GEOFREY, Reg; No. UBT212/2022/M/C/M/476 a student at Kasese Youth Polytechnic

officially declare that this is my originally collected and compiled data and that it has never been
submitted to any Public or Private Institution for academic consideration.

…………………………………………………..

MASEREKA GEOFREY

UBT212/2022/M/C/M/476

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 DEDICATION

I dedicate this report to my fellow students especially,

Mulibondo Milton, Bahitya Ronald, Instructors like;
Kabikyire Dickson, Tumusiime John, relatives, friends,
brothers and sisters for their both financial, care and
advice throughout this Industrial Training, May God bless
you abundantly.
I also dedicate this report to the upcoming students of
KYP for their academic excellence.

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

 I would like to thank the almighty God for his protection and guidance during

the period of my IT.

 Special thanks go to my lovely parents for having been there for me financially

and supportive to me. May God bless them.

 My sincere thanks to my instructors, supervisor and Kambasu Zibidayo Building

Company for enabling me do my IT there including their continuous support and

guidance.

 With much pleasure, I thank UBTEB for initiating IT which has improved on my skills

and creativity in BC.

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 ACRONYMS/ABBREVIATIONS

BC Building Construction

CONC. Concrete

S/NO. Serial Number

UBTEB. Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board

REG NO. Registration Number

IT. Industrial Training

PL. Plastering

BW. Brick Work

PT Painting.

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 ABSTRACT

This IT is a course unit that enabled me to gain a lot of practical skills

in the field of BC.

ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT

 Site Clearance
 Steel work
 Excavation
 Setting
 Brick laying
 Painting
 plastering

CHALLENGES
 We faced a problem of hostile bees and wasps which stung
some of us causing pain.
 We lacked enough safety gears like hand gloves where we
attained injuries during the hacking activity.
 Faced a problem of insufficient water in the company where
Progress in work stopped for some days.
 Faced a problem of hectic labour where the work was tiresome.
 Poor accommodation facilities at the construction site.

CONCLUSION

 The company should make sure all bees and wasps are sprayed to avoid injuries at site.
 The company should hire more workers next time to reduce on work.
 The company should make sure water is sufficient at site to avoid work delay.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

COVER PAGE…………………………………………………………………………………. I

DECLARATION………………………………………………………………………….…… II

APPROVAL……………………………………………………………………………………. III

DEDICATION…………………………………………………………………………………. IV

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT…………………………………………………………………… V

ABBREVIATION……………………………………………………………………………….VI

ABSTRACT………………………………………………………………………………………. VII

PHOTOS……………………………………………………………………………………...…. VIII

CHAPTER ONE

1.0 INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………………...1

1.1 OBJECTIVES………………………………………………………………………….……1

1.2 LOCATION…………………………………………………………………………...….1

1.3 MISSION, VISION…………………………………………………………………...…...1

CHAPTER TWO

2.0 INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………..............2

2.1 SITE CLEARANCE…………………………………………………………………..……2

2.1.1 SETTING OUT……………………………………………………………..……….….2

2.12 MORTAR MIXING……………………………….……………………………..…....2

2.1.3BRICK WORK…………………………………………….………………………..……2

2.1.4 PLASTERING……………………………………………….…………………………...2

2.1.5 PAINTING…………………………………………………….………………………….2

2.1.6 HOUSE PLAN…………………………………………………….………………………2

2.1 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES……………………………………………….2-3

2.2 NEW KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS GAINED…………………….……………….3

2.3 WORK RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS………………………3

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2.5 CHALLENGES……………………………………………………………..……………..3

CHAPTER THREE

3.0 CONCLUSION……………………………………………………………………………4

3.1 RECOMMENDATION……………………………………………………………..…4

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 PHOTOS

 PLASTERING

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  BRICK WORK

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3.0 INTRODUCTION

Industrial training is part of the curriculum design which was I introduced by UBTEB that bases

on practical and skillful tasks carried out on site by trainees under the supervision.

3.1 OBJECTIVES

 To equip students with more skills and hands on

 To acquire knowledge and creativity by the students in order to gain more

experience.

 To activate the learners because they seen to pay much attention to

practicals.

 To improve on the infrastructural development.

 To help students translate theory into practicals.

3.2 LOCATION

Industrial training was done at Kambasu Zibidayo Building Company found in Kyababinga, Kirembe
Ward Kasese Municipality in Kasese District.

3.3 MISSION

 To meet the students' requirement in acquiring hands on skills for development

and knowledge to transform into creativity.

VISION

 Breaking the world record in performance, reliability, value and service excellence.

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2.0 INTRODUCTION

In this chapter, the activities carried out while on IT we’re summarized and discussed. The activities

among others include; Site Clearance, Setting Out, Brick Work, Plastering.

2.1 SITE CLEARANCE

The site was cleared by removing all unwanted objects like machines, pipes, iron bars and dust

from site to avoid colliding with the building lines during setting out of the building.

Tools and equipment’s used during site clearance were as indicated in the table below.

S/NO. TOOLS EQUIPMENTS

01 pang Wheelbarrows

02 hoes Brooms

03 slashers Spades

2.1.2 SETTING OUT

Setting out being the interpretation and transferring of measurements from the paper plan to the

ground, it was done mainly by the foreman who was our field supervisor and then directed us on

what is to be done and how to do it.

The house was a self contained with three bedrooms,a dinning and TV louge ,partry and a corridor.

The following tools and equipments were used during the setting out of the buidling.

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  TOOLS
 Nail hammer
 Tape measure
 Lines and pins
 Building square

 EQUIPMENT
 Hoe
 Pegs.

2.1.3 MORTAR MIXING

This was done manually were the mortar was to be mixed on the mixing platform made of bricks in the
ratio

of cement to sand used was 1:3 respectively and healed on the platform simultaneously by volume. The
materials were dry mixed three rounds until a uniform colour was obtained altogether.

A depression was formed in the middle of the uniform mixture obtained and sufficient water was

poured into and then mixed properly until a workable mortar was obtained.

The equipments and materials used in the process of mixing we’re as follows;

 EQUIPMENTS
 Wheelbarrows
 Spades
 Hoes
 Jerrycans

 MATERIALS
 Sand
 Cement
 Water

2.1.4 BRICK WORK

Walls were stretched upwards from the trench in header bond to the level of the Damp proof course.
Thereafter the DPC layer was laid at the distance of 150mm above the ground where the super structure
was erected.

The following tools and equipments used were as follows;

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 Trowels
 Joint boards
 Lines and pins
 Spirit levels
 Squares
 Tape measures

 EQUIPMENTS
 Wheelbarrows
 Spades
 Hoes

2.1.5 PLASTERING

Plastering involved the applying of gauges onto all the walls inorder to obtain a straight and accurate
wall and then workable mortar was applied on the internal and external walls and after the mortar on
had initially

setted, a straight edge was used to cut excess mortar that had gone beyond the gauges and after the

parts which needed more mortar inorder to obtain a flat wall were then filled and after cut with the

straight edge again until the flat wall was obtained.

After water mixed with some cement powder was poured onto the walls and then a wooden float

was passed onto the wall accompanied by a steel float in order to obtain a smooth and nice looking

wall and finally the walls we’re left to dry and then after we’re cured to avoid cracks.

The following tools and equipment’s were used during the plastering.

 TOOLS
o Building trowels
o Wooden floats
o Steel floats
o Hammer

 EQUIPMENTS
o Spades
o Hoes

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2.1.6 HOUSE PLAN

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REASONS FOR HAVING A HOUSE PLAN.

 To transfer correct measurements directly from the paper to the ground.

 to fulfil the customer’s desires.

2.2 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The duty and responsibility was only being a trainee.

2.3 NEW KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS GAINED

As a student, I gained the following

 How to mix mortar by hands.

 How to apply mortar on a wall.
 How to set out a building using square method.
 How to apply a rolling brush on the wall during painting.
 How to use a float during plastering.

2.4 WORK RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS

There was a good relationship between departments of mortar mixing and department of

wall construction as these responsible for mortar mixing and carrying were doing their work

willingly which eased the construction work.

2.5 CHALLENGES

The following challenges were encountered;

 Insufficient water in the company.

 Hostile bees and wasps during the excavation work.
 Tiresomeness due to overworking.
 Insufficient funds to cater for the trainees.

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3.0 CONCLUSION

The IT was beneficial to me as a trainee as I acquired skills during brick laying, plastering, painting,

excavation among others.

Therefore, IT is more educative and practical’s and should remain on the curriculum of the students

to gain more skills.

3.1 RECOMMENDATION

 The company should emphasize sufficient water within inorder to prevent construction delay
 Safety precautions should be put in place in case of any injury obtained on site.
 Bees and wasps should always be monitored and in case present should be sprayed right away
to prevent stinging.

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