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General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University

Faculty of Engineering (Font size: 12)

Department of Civil Engineering (Font size: 14)

Title of the Visit

Student Name : A.B.C. Pieris

Service/Index Number : XXXXXX
Instructed by : Mr. X.Y.Z. Doe (Lecturer name or Instructor name)
Stream/Intake : CE/Intake 37 (Font size: 12).
Module Code/ Name : CE 2011 Industrial Visits and Report Writing
Date of submission : State the date of submission of Assignment (Font size: 12)
Table of Contents

Table of Contents.......................................................................................................................ii

List of Figures...........................................................................................................................iii

List of Tables............................................................................................................................iii

Acknowledgement…………………………………………………………………………… iv

Chapter 1 Introduction...............................................................................................................1

Chapter 2 Industrial Process.......................................................................................................3

2.1 Title 1...............................................................................................................................3

2.2 Title 2...............................................................................................................................3

Chapter 3 Observation................................................................................................................4

Chapter 4 New Knowledge gained............................................................................................5

Chapter 5
Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………..6

References..................................................................................................................................7

Appendices…………………………………………………………………………………….8

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List of Figures

Figure 4-1 Sample caption.........................................................................................................3

List of Tables
Table 3-1 The text inside table should be of font size 11 or larger. Caption above tables........3

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Acknowledgement
Acknowledge the different parties who helped to make the visit success. Assistance provided
by another person or organization should be acknowledge here.

Your Name

Date

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1 Introduction
Introduction should be a brief description of the site/ place you visited. You can include the
information about the institute/ purpose of the particular project.

1.1 Tables and Figures

Tables and Figures are used to give clear & summarized information. All the Tables and the
Figures should have a Caption. Figures/ images/ graphs should be captioned as figures. The
text inside them should be of font size 9 or larger and should be embedded into the figure.
Figure captions should be put below the figures and must be center aligned. All figures and
tables must be center aligned. Table captions must come above the table, preferably center
aligned. If you are left aligning the table caption, do so in the entire report.

All the figures and tables should be referred in the text. Locate in text as close as possible
after the first reference.

Figures/ images/ graphs

Figure 1-1 Sample caption

All the figures and tables should be referred in the text. Locate in text as close as possible
after the first reference.

Table 1-1 The text inside table should be of font size 11 or larger. Caption above tables.

Heading 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
A
B
C
D

Tables must not overflow from the margins.

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2 Industrial Process
Briefly describe the Industrial Processes relevant to the project you visited. Information other
than what you observed during the visit can be included here by referring to any other source.

2.1 Headings

2.1.1 Sub Heading 1

All the chapters should start with a new page. Always use a page break at the end of a chapter
to start the next chapter in a new page. Headings should be numbered according to
importance, using decimal numbering system.

2.1.2 Sub Heading 2

All subheadings should be numbered following the format in this document. Avoid too many
sub-headings; preferred limit is 3rd level (e.g. 2.2.1). 4th level sub-headings (e.g. 2.2.1.1) to be
avoided.

2.2 Format of Pages

 Pages – A4 size, printed single side

 Margins- Usually 1” at all sides

 Title page not numbered; all other pages numbered.

 Roman numerals for preliminaries (I, II, III etc.)

 Arabic numerals (1,2,3,4 etc.) to number text from Introduction to end of Appendices.

 If required, use Headers & Footers.

2.3 Format of Font

Use Times New Roman throughout the report. Normally 12 point font. 9 or larger but less
than 12 point can be used inside Figures & Tables, if required. Italics can be used to
emphasize text, where necessary. Underlining should be avoided.

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3 Observation
Briefly describe what you observed relevant to the industry. Photos should be included.

3.1 Format of the Text

Full justification (right & left margins) preferred throughout the documents. Line spacing
should be 1.5. Extra line spacing can be used to separate paragraphs, figures, tables etc. from
text.

3.2 Technical Language

Effective use of technical language is a critical part of report writing. Important aspects of
technical language are structure, grammar, vocabulary and punctuation. Report must be
written appropriately for its audience. Purpose of a report must be decided before writing
begins. Once it is clear why a report is being written, then how to write will become more
evident.

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4 New Knowledge Gained
You can list out what new things you observed in point form. Include figures if required.

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5 Conclusion
Briefly write your conclusion. Should not go more than half a page.

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 References
[1]        L. Cohen, L. Manion, and K. Morrison, Research Methods in Education, 5th Edition.
London: Routledge, 2002.

Include any References you used in the report using the above format.

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