Table of Contents

Table of Contents...................................................................................................................................i
LIST OF TABLES................................................................................................................................iii
LIST OF FIGURES..............................................................................................................................iv
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS................................................................................................................v
DEDICATION......................................................................................................................................vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.................................................................................................................vii
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.................................................................................................................viii
CHAPTER I: OVERVIEW/GENERAL PRESENTATION OF MATGENIE COMPANY.......................................1
I.1BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MATGENIE COMPANY....................................................................1
I.1.1 Brief history..................................................................................................................................1
I.1.2 Policy............................................................................................................................................1
I.1.3 Identification form.........................................................................................................................1
I.1.4 Products, Competitors and Markets...............................................................................................2
I.2 Organization chart of MATGENIE Company..................................................................................4
1.2.1 DEPARTMENTAL OR SERVICES AND COMMENTS ON CHART......................................4
I.3 Geographical Location of MATGENIE KUMBA Company............................................................7
CHAPTER II: PLAN OF INTERNSHIP AND TRAINING PROGRAM.............................................8
II.1 Plan of Internship Program.............................................................................................................8
II.2 Training program and weekly activities........................................................................................10
II.2.1 Week one: 3rd to 6th August 2021...............................................................................................10
II.2.2 Week two: 10th to 13th August 2021...........................................................................................14
II.2.3 Week three: 17th to 20th August 2021.........................................................................................16
II.2.4 Week four: 24th to 27th August 2021...........................................................................................19
CHAPTER III: ORGANIZATIONAL/DEPARTMENTAL/BRANCH CRITICAL AND SWOT ANALYSES.............20
III.1 Internal potency which will help to meet the goals/objectives/targets and fight off threads........20
III.2 Internal deficiencies hindering the organization’s efforts in achieving their targets....................21
III.3 External circumstances/trends/opportunities that favors the organization in achieving their targets
.............................................................................................................................................................22
III.4 External threats/challenges that will decrease the organization’s effectiveness and productivity.
.............................................................................................................................................................22

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III.5 Main problems.............................................................................................................................23
CHAPTER IV: CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES.........23
IV.1 Conclusion...................................................................................................................................23
IV.2 Recommendation.........................................................................................................................24
IV.3 Learning Outcomes.....................................................................................................................24
References/Bibliography.....................................................................................................................26

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 LIST OF TABLES
Table 1;Summary of activities------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ix
Table 2; Identification form----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2
Table 3; Identification of departments---------------------------------------------------------------------------------9

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1; Organizational chart of Matgenie---------------------------------------------------------------------------4

Figure 2;Geographical location of Matgenie kumba----------------------------------------------------------------7
Figure 3; plan of internship program-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------9
Figure 4;Dismantling of a piston--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10
Figure 5; Fault tracing on a piston------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11
Figure 6;Brake repairs---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12
Figure 7; Bleeding of a breaking system-----------------------------------------------------------------------------12
Figure 8;mounting of a 4 cylinder piston----------------------------------------------------------------------------13
Figure 9;Mounting of a 6 cylinder piston----------------------------------------------------------------------------13
Figure 10;Dismantling of a final drive pump and doing fault tracing------------------------------------------14
Figure 11;Dismantling of a ripper cylinder and fault tracing----------------------------------------------------14
Figure 12;Testing injector pressure and checking valve clearance--------------------------------------------15
Figure 13;Clautch dismantling and fault tracing--------------------------------------------------------------------16
Figure 14;Design and repair of a water pump using AUTOCAD software------------------------------------16
Figure 15;Design of a flow divider and a fly wheel using AUTOCAD-------------------------------------------17
Figure 16;Design of a 4 stroke engine using AUTOCAD-----------------------------------------------------------18
Figure 17;Design of a piston using AUTOCAD software----------------------------------------------------------18
Figure 18;design of a differential using SOLID WORKS software-----------------------------------------------19
Figure 19; Design of an engine block using AUTOCAD------------------------------------------------------------20

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 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
DG = Director General;
CA = Chef d’Atelier (Workshop Head);
HTTTC = Higher Technical Teachers’ Training College;
CAD = Computer Aided Design;
HSS = High Speed Steel;
PCA = the president of the board of directors;
CG = controller general;
DAG = administrative director;
DT = technical director;
DC = commercial director.

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 DEDICATION

I DEDICATE THIS REPORT TO MY

FAMILIES (ATEKE AND ETA).

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I will like to first of all acknowledge GOD Almighty for given me the strength and guiding
my path in other for the successful completion of this work.

I use this opportunity to express my deepest gratitude and special thanks first to the DG of the
company, MATGENIE, Mr. EBONGUE GUSTAVE.
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I also express my deepest thanks to Mr. LITUTE MANGA FERDINAND, the CA of the
company, for taking part in useful decision and giving necessary advices and guidance and
arranging all facilities to make life easier. I choose this moment to acknowledge his
contribution gratefully.

Mighty of thanks also goes to the ATEKE’s family for their moral, financial and spiritual
support and the EMILLIA’s family for encouraging me, not forgetting my uncle AYUK
ABEL AYAMBA for the sacrifices.
Also thanking the chief of service in charge for internship Mr. NWOANJIA JOHN for his
educational support and orientation on how to carry out internship.
Respect to all my lecturers in the department of mechanical engineering [HTTTC KUMBA]
for the support and encouragement.

Above all, mighty thanks to LOBE REBECCA FENDE for her patience, love and sacrifices,
and to all my friends far and near.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Internship report is a summary of a student’s experience that many employers require to
complete its time at their organization.
An internship is a period of work experience offered by an organization for a limited period
of time.

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Being part of training for obtaining a DIPET I in HTTTC KUMBA, I have been trained to
undertake this academic internship with the objective of developing my technical skills
(learning by doing) thereby initiating me in the domain of mechanical manufacturing.

I did my internship in KUMBA at MATGENIE Company from Tuesday 3rd August to

Tuesday 31st August 2021.

I thereby submit to your reading this report, fruit of my work. It is divided into four chapters:
 The first chapter presents the general introduction of the enterprise where I did my
internship.
 The second chapter describes the training I went through and the basic operations
and projects realised with respect to the gain in school carried during the various
weeks of work.
 Chapter three comes with the SWOAT analysis which examines the strength and
weakness of the enterprise.
 Finally, chapter four comes with conclusion and recommendation with reference to
the SWOAT analysis and learning outcome achieved.

At the end of this job training exercise, I realized three things which are:
- The duration for this academic internship is too small and short for us to grasp enough
technical skills – especially for those coming from the non technical background,
- The importance of setting up fabrication and manufacturing units or workshops all
throughout the country and
- The needs for our parents, government and civil society to foster technical education
through sensitization programs and the building of more equipped technical
institutions or schools.
PERIOD MATGENIE Company ACTIVITIES
departments
th
3rd – 6 Mechanical department -Contact with the CA and
August 2021 other workers.
-Use of instrument;
dismantling operation.
-adjusting.
-Coupling
10th – 13th Mechanical department -Cleaning of parts
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August 2021 -Testing for proper
function.
-Repairs and adjustment.
-coupling of parts.
-Mounting of the part.
Mechanical department -Cooling system repair.
-Fault tracing.
17th – 20th -Dismantling.
August 2021 -Repairs.
-Coupling.
-Maintenance
24th – 27th Mechanical department -dismantling
August 2021 -maintenance and
mounting
Mechanical department -dismounting
31st August -maintenance and
mounting
Table 1;Summary of activities

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 CHAPTER I: OVERVIEW/GENERAL PRESENTATION OF
MATGENIE COMPANY.

In this chapter, I shall be dealing/discussing the brief history of the company, its
identification form, geographical location, policy, products, markets etc.

I.1BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MATGENIE COMPANY

I.1.1 Brief history

MATGENIE COMANY [NATIONAL CIVIL ENGINEERING EQUIPMENT POOL]
is a company that was born in the year 27 of December 1967with there head quarter in
Yaoundé, it was created by the first president of Cameroon AHMADOU AHIJO. The
mission for the creation of the company is to assist the Government creates F roads [Like the
kumba mamfe road] and other infrastructural areas and is under the ministry of public
works.

This enterprise’s main activities are manufacturing, road construction, automobile repairs and
sheet metal-welding, with secondary activities being study and realization, industrial
maintenance, etc.

I.1.2 Policy
The enterprise has a very good policy which aims are:

 Marketing of the products;

 Assisting small and medium enterprises to grow;
 Automobile maintenance;
 General mechanic and automobile.
 Help in the sustainable development and creating jobs.
 Assisting the government.

I.1.3 Identification form

Social MATGENIE COMPANY
denomination
Moto Peace work fatherland
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 Date of creation 1967
Capital 30.000.0000 CFA Francs
Location Buea road – Kumba beside transport office
Postal box Southwest –Region Kumba537
Telephone (+237) 673038130;6354119
GSM (+237) 673038130
Email matgenie@camnet.cm
Website www.tractafrictae.com.
Activités Bureau d’étude – Fabrication Mécanique – Construction Métallique
– Construction Mécanique – Formation en C.A.O et D.A.O –
Maintenance des Systèmes Industriels – Conception des Systèmes
Mécanique, hydraulique et pneumatique – Chaudronnerie Tuyauterie
– Traitement thermochimique – Traitement thermique - Fonderie
Geographic Buea road beside transport office
location
Table 2; Identification form

I.1.4 Products, Competitors and Markets

a. Products
The company since its creation has been able to produce many products with a few being:
- Carried out road development in Kumba- Mamfe road.
- Manufacture of a clutch disc plate.
- Design and realization of a crankshaft.
- Production of supports.
- Manufacture of a grader blade, repairs and maintenance etc.

b. Competitors
Since its creation and also as a result of the type of products which it delivers as stated in (a)
above, many other companies have also been created which provides competition for
MATGENIE Company. These companies try their best to outsmart it but face difficulties.

Some of the immediate competitors are:

 RAZEL CAMEROON
 ARAB CONTRACTOR
 TRACTAFRIC COMPANY
 ENEM Ingénierie et Construction Métallique.
 NICAM BTP

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c. Markets. MATGENIE Company has a very good market as a result of the
quality products it delivers and good work. It has rendered quality services to many
fellow industries with its trustworthy clients being:
 MAG SARL LEGAREAN
 CAMACOM
 CAMI TOYOTA
 CAN Banks
 TEXACO
 TMS
 SOCADA
 TRACTADAPT

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 I.2 Organization chart of MATGENIE Company
Below is the organizational chart of the company which was lastly modified in the year 2008.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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BOARD OF DRECTORS

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Figure 1; Organizational chart of Matgenie

1.2.1 DEPARTMENTAL OR SERVICES AND COMMENTS ON

CHART
From the organizational chart above, we realize that the company has a total number of four
hundreds (400) permanent workers 250 operators and 150 Technicians. Below is a brief
description of the duties of each of these workers as per the constitution of the company.
General Assembly. The general assembly has 12 members and there are the people that
decide how the company should function.

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President of board of directors: is the one that calls his own members and they will debate
on what has assign them.
Director General: He executes all what the general assembly and the PCA have given to him
to do.
The sectary Part: He or She is the one to represent the president of the board of directors in
case of his absence.

Controller General: He is the one that controls all what the company spent.
Administrative Director: He there one that is in charge of all administration of the
company.
Technical director: His main duty is to provide technical direction on business decisions and
execution of the specific projects, also in charge of repairs and maintenance of the company
equipments.
Agencies: They are 10 agencies in the 10 regions of Cameroon.
The Commercial Director: He is the one who makes market for the Company; he is the
head of the agencies and responsible for its administration.
The Commercial Director of MATGENIE KUMBA; he is the head of administration of
MATENIE KUMBA.
Secretariat; He\She receives message or letters and makes the minutes of any meeting.
The Commercial Office; He is the one in charge of receiving customers and does the bills
for the customers.
The Chief Of Service for Personnel; He is the one in charge for keeping records for
workers.
Cashier; He is in charge of receiving money and money that should be spent by company
base on the authority given by the chief of agency.
Design office manager: He ensures structural drawings and designs are produced on time
and to a high quality.
Methods office manager: receives the projects from the design office and ensure there are
all necessary equipments to execute them.
Projects manager: He has the overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning,
design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a project.
The Technical Service; Is headed by the chief of service. He is the one controlling all the
repairs of equipment.
The Chief Of Garage; He is in charge of repairs.

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The chief of special duties; in charge of repairing light vehicles and maintenance of
electrical equipments.
The chief exploitation; He is the one who receive road repairs and open the there order for
the repairs to be done and he is also in charge of finance.
Store; Is the to keep equipments for usage when necessary and replace and replace when any
of the part is lacking.
Fabrication mechanics section manager: He ensures the smooth functioning and oversees
the fabrication department.
Welding and site section manager: He directs all the welding activities of the company and
proceeds to site viewing.
Metal construction section manager: He sees to it that all metal construction related
activities of the company are executed.
Chief electrician: He carries out all electrical maintenances and installations of the company.
Milling chief: He’s in-charge of all operations to be done on the milling machine.
Turning chief: He’s in-charge of all operations to be done on the centre lathe machine.
Sheet metal chief: He creates, installs and repairs sheet metal products.
Welding chief: directs and controls all welding works.

Engine chief: He’s in-charge of all works related to engines in the company.
Security Guard: the safety of the company is in the hands of the guard. Being just one, he
works 24hrs/24 making sure that all things are where they are supposed to be.

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 I.3 Geographical Location of MATGENIE KUMBA Company.
Since its creation in the year 1967, the company is located in Meme Division, at Buea road
Kumba beside transport office – Kumba- Cameroon as the map below indicates.
Express Pharmacy
union

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Figure 2;Geographical location of Matgenie kumba

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 CHAPTER II: PLAN OF INTERNSHIP AND TRAINING
PROGRAM

II.1 Plan of Internship Program

I carried out my internship at MATGENIE KUMBA located beside transport office Buea
road- Kumba. It is a large size company involved in mechanical manufacturing, automobile
repair and fabrication, engineering and expertise, sheet metal, welding, realization of
machines and industrial maintenance with respect to the demands of the society, government
and in the training of young potential manufacturers, mechanics, welders and sheet metal
workers, preparing them for the industrial world.

I carried out my internship in the mechanical department which includes fabrication

mechanic, automobile repairs, etc. The mechanical department has about 250 machines which
are listed below and later presented on the workshop’s machines plan thereafter.
A. Radial drilling machine
B. TIANGON Machines
C. Horizontal milling machine
D. Toyota helux
E. Engine lifter
F. Final drive pump
G. A ripper Cylinder
H. Grinding machine
I. Two jaws bench vice
J. A fuel injector testing pump
K. A valve fitter and removing machine
L. A six stoke cylinder engine
M. Five hand grinding/cutting machines
N. A front loader
O. An oxy-acetylene welding post

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 Figure 3; plan of internship program

While working with a team of young and old, qualified and dynamic workers, I benefited
professional knowledge and how to use the equipment’s of first hand like lathe machine,
universal milling machine, welding post, machines to fabricates automobile parts( manual
and conventional), oxy-acetylene torch, etc.
 The internship effectively started on the 3rd of August 2021 and ended on the 31st of
AUGUST 2021.
 Work effectively starts at 7:30am and closes at 4:00pm.
 Training was very effective in the fabrication mechanic, sheet metal, and welding
department and Automobile repairs.
 The secretary of direction comes at 7:30am and closes at 4:00pm.

The table below indicates my period of duration of stay in mechanical department.

DEPARTMENT DURATION
Mechanical department 3rd – 6th August 2021

Mechanical department 10th – 13th August 2021

Mechanical department 17th – 20nd August 2021

Mechanical department 24th - 27th September 2021

Mechanical department 31st August 2021

Table 3; Identification of departments

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II.2 Training program and weekly activities.
Here, I will be presenting the different activities and description of assigned tasks which we
did in the enterprise. It’s been classified by weekly activities during our stay from 3rd August
to 31s August 2021.

II.2.1 Week one: 3rd to 6th August 2021

Tuesday:
Tuesday the 3rd of August marked my first day at the enterprise and I was there early enough
so as to get acquainted with my new environment. At exactly 7:30am I had a brief meeting
with the CA who reiterated on my requirements and how I need to behave in the company.
After that, I was introduced to the workers who are working in the company, and we were
assign with my other interns with whom are doing internship in the same company to
organized and keep the workshop clean, so as to have enough space..

Then to closed the day, I was given brief description on how to manufacture a piston and its
operation, the possible fault and how they can be remedy, so I was assign to do fault tracing
on the piston and repair it; I did so.

Figure 4;Dismantling of a piston

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 Figure 5; Fault tracing on a piston

Wednesday
I had a brief tour round the workshop in order to see and know the different machines the
company was made of and also to discover the various offices comprising the company.

We were also given lectures/explanations about the cutting and grinding operations using the
hand machines. In these lectures, the positioning of the operator and the machine, the holding
and cutting action was emphasized.
I was asked to do fault tracing of an airlock system, I did cleaning of the fuel pipe to remove
dirt particles, clean the fuel tank of an engine incase of any blockage and after cleaning has
been done I now fill in fuel into the tank.

Thursday
Upon arriving at the workshop in the morning, we were asked to jack a car that we are to
work on, which has a brake failure, I checked first there master cylinder if the is sufficient
hydraulic, later clean the system for blockage of dirt and I changed the brake path of the front
brakes. See figure below.

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 Figure 6;Brake repairs

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 Figure 7; Bleeding of a breaking system

Friday
Continuation on the maintenance of the vehicle. See figure below:
Upon arriving in the morning, the CA asked us to mount the piston which we did work on,
see figure below.

Figure 8;mounting of a 4 cylinder piston

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 Figure 9;Mounting of a 6 cylinder piston

Later on, we went to meet the head of the welding department who had already started to
weld a connecting rod that had a breakage and he introduced us to the welding process.
Being the last day of the first week and also a half day, I was assigned to work on final drive
pump, I checked if the pump is producing enough power, I noticed that the oil seals were
bad and had to replaced. There coupling of the pump had a shaking so I adjusted, see figure
below.

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 Figure 10;Dismantling of a final drive pump and doing fault tracing

We then proceeded in cleaning the workshop which is a routine every Friday by interns.

II.2.2 Week two: 10th to 13th August 2021

Tuesday
I started the new week by dismantling of a ripper cylinder for power lost. See figure blow.
I was assigned by the CA to open the cylinder to know what the fault was, I open the cylinder
using a torque wrench, after removing the piston I discover that it has a bended area so had to
adjust, after strengthening the piston I couple back there cylinder.

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 Figure 11;Dismantling of a ripper cylinder and fault tracing

Wednesday
A summary of how a final drive pump operates, I was assigned by the CA to repair it for a
drop in pressure, I opened the pump and noticed that the seals inside the pump were bad, I to
replaced the seals, coupled the pump, mounted it back and it worked.
Thursday
Testing of injector pressure using an injector testing pressure pump, tight on a bench vice
operated to a max level. After that I was to check the valves, I open the top cylinder cover,
check the various valves to see if the valve system was functioning properly.

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 Figure 12;Testing injector pressure and checking valve clearance

Friday
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I was assigned by the CA to work on the clutch of a car that had a fault in disengagement, I
first checked the clutch master cylinder if the is sufficient fluid in, after I dismantled the
clutch disc and checked if it was the springs that are weak, and found that the disc is worn out
so I replaced with a new one and mounted it back. See figure below.

Figure 13;Clautch dismantling and fault tracing

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II.2.3 Week three: 17th to 20th August 2021
Tuesday
I carried out the continuation of working on a cooling system of a car for engine overheats. I
checked first but the radiator if the is sufficient water. Later on I found that it’s the water
pump that had a cracked; so I replaced the water pump as declared by the CA.

Figure 14;Design and repair of a water pump using AUTOCAD software

Wednesday
We commenced the day’s activities by listening to the head of the welding department
explain the manual rolling machine which was design and manufactured by the enterprise and
I then proceeded to work on a flow divider because of lack of constant flow. I dismantled the
flow divider; I open to know what the fault was, I realized that the springs were weak and so I
had to replace and coupled it back. I was asked to dismantle a flywheel and check for wear,
and I did so.

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 Figure 15;Design of a flow divider and a fly wheel using AUTOCAD

Thursday
Continuation on a brief explanation on how the engine functions. The various strokes on how
the engine goes through, that is induction, compression, power, and exhaust. How the
cylinders are manufacture through casting using cast iron; the study of the cycle.

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 Figure 16;Design of a 4 stroke engine using AUTOCAD

Friday
As the day’s activities were about to begin, I was assigned by the CA that as a manufacturer
to design a piston, we need to first draw it down, before fabricating the part. So he said I
should design a piston using AUTOCAD software. See figure below.

Figure 17;Design of a piston using AUTOCAD software

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II.2.4 Week four: 24th to 27th August 2021

Tuesday
Working on a differential of a vehicle, I was assigned to design a differential in 3D using
solid works, and it was done for that day. See figure below.

Figure 18;design of a differential using SOLID WORKS software

Wednesday
I was asked to give the function of an engine block, its operation and how it’s been
manufactured.
The possible fault that can occur in an engine block and how it can be remedied, design an
engine block using AUTOCAD software. See figure below.

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 Figure 19; Design of an engine block using AUTOCAD

Thursday
I was asked by the supervisor to sketch a flywheel with its details, it’s necessary dimension,
and the procedure on how it can be manufacture.
Friday

Revision questions from the supervisor about all what we have done from the previous
weeks, arranging and cleaning of the workshop.

CHAPTER III: ORGANIZATIONAL/DEPARTMENTAL/BRANCH

CRITICAL AND SWOT ANALYSES.

III.1 Internal potency which will help to meet the

goals/objectives/targets and fight off threads
MATGENIE Industries is financed by its owners and also by the income from contracts, and
in terms of human resources it poses a very big workshops with hundreds of machines as
listed in Chapter two above.

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The enterprise is a prestigious society rendering services.

Its mission is to assure:

 Marketing of the products;

 Assisting small and medium enterprises;
 Assisting the government;
 General maintenance;
 General mechanic and automobile.

With the technological experience

 The personnel have a great professional conscience.

 The satisfaction of their clients while respecting the fabrication norms and respecting
the drawing norms of ISO.

It has very highly qualified personnel in the different post of activities (industrial,
computing…).

III.2 Internal deficiencies hindering the organization’s efforts in

achieving their targets
 The number of workers in the enterprise as a whole: Being considered as a large
enterprise, it fails in its duty to pay workers and as a result most of the workers
abandoned their post in the company and went. Some of them only come back when
there is a huge contract that has been awarded to the enterprise while at the same time
new ones are also called upon. And so, it makes work to be very tedious and
impossible as the few workers who are there when there’s no big work that has to be
present at particular posts of work when all the interns are not around thus making
maneuvering very difficult.
 There is no first aid box in the workshop: Considering the fact that while operating
the machines unwanted circumstances such as accidents, etc. may occur, there are no
first aid boxes in the workshop which will help incase case of any accident occur.
 Lack of energy source; no generator to support the organization due to the excess
light failure in Kumba, and excess dropped in voltage.
 The mismanagement of time to execute a project in a given period: knowing that
time is a very important factor in industries, the projects carried out in the workshop
are sometimes ready only after the deadline of the execution of the project. This is
because there is a limited amount of workers and other works which cause failure to
respect the specific time to execute.
 Too much relying on interns: The industry relies so much on interns in maneuvering
work. This makes it very difficult for interns to have enough time to operate the
available machines and discover new things or have more skills.

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  Non-payment of staffs: the first day I arrived at the enterprise, though I was hoping
to meet a bunch of workers as stated on the organizational chart, I was left perplexed
when I discovered that just five (05) persons were on active service. After asking
some questions, I was made to understand that the other workers only come in when
there is a mega contract that has been won as was the case for the Kumba-Mamfe road
contract. This is because the company cannot afford to place all the workers on its
payroll when there is no contract to be carried out; like now workers have not been
paid for about 10 months. This means that the workers enrolment only attain its
maximum when there is a job to be done which hinders the growth of the company at
the time of their absence, the load of work available rest on the shoulders of the very
few available.
 Non respect of break time: though the enterprise has as rule for the workers to have
their one hour break between 12 and 1pm daily whether there is too much work to be
done or not, most at times it is not respected. So I recommend that the hierarchy tries
to respect it at all times and not only when work is less for the well being of its
employees. The well being of its workers should be the top priority of every
enterprise because if the workers are not well, then work won’t be accomplished.

III.3 External circumstances/trends/opportunities that favors the

organization in achieving their targets
 It has faithful and reliable clients (costumers): It has very faithful and reliable
clients like Mag sarl legarean, CBB,NODA ,TALLA REG Authority and CAMI
TOYOTA, who always provide them with markets to work on.
 Good geographical position which can be accessed at any time of the day: It is
located at entrance of the economic capital from the SouthWest which is situated in
Meme located a few miles away from BICEC junction, just beside transport office.
This makes it assessable at any time of the day.
 Some of the examples of the advantages they enjoy include: Accessibility, with
the presence of a good network of roads linking them to the other parts of the town
and the country as a whole and is a major junction in kumba town BICEC zone.
 Tax declaration: The enterprise tries its possible best to completely declare its
taxes as per the law. They prepare for the payment of taxes as per the latest finance
law.

III.4 External threats/challenges that will decrease the

organization’s effectiveness and productivity.
 The face serious competitor: Their products face serious competition from other
companies like NICAM BTP, RAZEL, TRACTAFRIC and CONTRACTOR etc., in the
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 competitive market in terms of wining contracts and providing professionally skilled
workers the flied.
 Payment of taxes to the state: the unpaid taxes to the state treasury may cause the
state to shut it down because of unpaid taxes.

III.5 Main problems

Though the company has some external problems which may hinder it from progressing in
the job market, there are also some internal problems which need to be addressed. These are:

 Some interns don’t respect the security rules.

 Insufficient amount of cutting tools and measuring tools.
 The mismanagement of the staff.
 Lack of holding element of the work piece on the pillar drilling machine during
machining, etc.

CHAPTER IV: CONCLUSIONS,

RECOMMENDATIONS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

IV.1 Conclusion
For the whole month of August, I had the privilege of carrying out my academic internship in
the enterprise MATGENIE KUMBA which has a very calm and encouraging entourage.

The enterprise MATGENIE KUMBA. is a very good version of the society and country as a
whole because it is aimed at training highly skilled technicians, helping small and medium
company grow with the help of their highly trained and skill expertise and experience in the
professional field and the various dozens of machines available at their disposal to train them.

But with their high version in mind and with respect in respect to the emergency plan of 2035
by the head of state, they enterprise must try and solve most of it internal problems or
deficiencies hindering the company advancement in the midst of serious competitors.

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The company must be able to pay taxes to avoid been shut down and if this happens it means
the clients might turn somewhere else, which will seriously cause harm to the enterprise in
terms of fall in their market. And moreover the company has a very good geographic location
which is very advantageous to them in terms of accessibility.

I have been enshrined with various methods and techniques used in enterprises. At the end of
the last week I was acquitted with the various machines and how to use them.

IV.2 Recommendation
Even with the results obtained which proved to be far more satisfactory, there is still much to
do as regards my personal improvement. Below are some recommendations that will enable
future interns to be more comfortable and that will generally improving the working
conditions at MATGENIE KUMBA.

- Install a radio program: I would like to recommend that the management of

MATGENIE KUMBA workshop come up with a radio program that will help
sensitivity the locality of BUEA, and Cameroon at large concerning the services they
render at the company such as mechanical diagnosis, electrical diagnosis,
construction, manufacturing, automobile and welding. They should also go along to
adopt the principal language which is English at their place of work rather than
pidgin. More so, the closing time should be respected.
- Renovate the intern’s restroom: Knowing that the rest room is very important fact
in every enterprise which enables workers to change their clothes and perform other
issues, the director general most do all that is possible in his power to renovate the
rest room which will enable workers and interns do their necessary clean up at the end
of the day.

As for the university’s internship programmed they should enhanced and help students do
their internships in companies where the student will actively participate in the day to day
work in the company’s workshop so that at the end of the internship, the student must have
been able to work and not looking as if it was a video and leave the place with some
knowledge in mind.

IV.3 Learning Outcomes

During my internship in MATGENIE KUMBA Enterprise, we carried out three main projects
which are:

 Design (01) piston, repairs of a Final drive pump and a ripper cylinder.

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As a result of these projects, many tasks emerged which enabled me as an intern to gain a lot
of professional experiences. These tasks are:

 Coupling of the ripper cylinder.

 Coupling of the final drive pump.
 Machining of screws to be used in the mounting of the pump; turning and facing on
the Centre Lathe Machine.
 Mounting of Ripper cylinder.
 General maintenance.

There are also some aspects of my responsibilities that I liked during my stay at the
enterprise.

 The manner in which they receive me; they were very hospitable.
 The workers took time to briefly explain a project before embarking on it.
 They workers were very friendly, very conscious, dynamic and concentrated
when it time for work.
 They encourage interns to be courageous, believe in their self and always have
team spirit.

I liked the following aspects above because being one of the English speaking intern and
more over bilingual, it gave me an upper hand on understanding of certain principles in the
workshop and express myself better in French also.

The application of theoretical knowledge acquired from H.T.T.T.C Kumba courses like:
Strength of materials, technical drawing/ CAD, manufacturing and workshop practice was
efficiently applied in practical situation I was confronted with.

All pieces realized in this period was first drawn with a freehand sketch then preceded by
using CAD to draw it.

The internship was destined to impact my career advancement with a lot of professional
knowledge on how and when to use the ideas both in the teaching and professional flied. And
it has enhance some basic ideas in me like observing, analyzing and with this two ideas it
with help me very much in career advancement.

My internship at the enterprise had a lot of implication there because it has encouraged the
workers to learn English because in the profession, they are many technicians with different
languages and has also laid a path for future interns to make that their internship to be very
interesting and ready to learn no matter the conditions.

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References/Bibliography
 AUTOCAD.
 SOLID WORKS.
 www.matgenie.com
 Technical, administration, financial, commercial procedure manual MATEGENIE 2009.
 Industrial internship logbook.
 MATGENIE Magazine 2015.
 Shop manual kamatsu seres GD510 and GD520.

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