TECHNICAL REPORT

ON

STUDENT INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME (SIWES)

HELD AT

THE BEST TECHNOLOGY GROUP

OJA TUNTUN JUNCTION, BABOKO ILORIN, KWARA STATE

PRESENTED BY

ADEFALU OLUWOLE ADEMOLA

ME/ND/F20/1886

SUBMITTED TO

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
THE FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC OFFA,
PMB 420 OFFA, KWARA STATE.

IN

PARTIAL FULFILMENT AND REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF

NATIONAL DIPLOMA (ND) IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

JANUARY – APRIL 2022.

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 CERTIFICATION

This is to certify that this Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme

(SIWES) report was written and compiled by ADEFALU OLUWOLE
ADEMOLA with matriculation number ME/ND/F20/1886, on the basic of Siwes
programme in partial fulfillment and requirement for the award of National
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering.

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SIWES SUPERVISOR SIGNATURE & DATE

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SIWES COORDINATOR SIGNATURE & DATE

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HEAD OF DEPARTMENT SIGNATURE & DATE

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Head, Liaison and Placement Officer SIGNATURE & DATE

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 DEDICATION

This report is dedicated to Almighty God.

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

All praise and adoration is due to Almighty God, the one who was, who his
and who is to come, the creation of heaven and earth, the beginning and the end of
everything.

My everlasting thanks goes to my beloved parents Mr. and Mrs. Adefalu, for
their love, care and parental role. Thanks for always been there for me.

My thanks also go to Mechanical Engineering Department HOD,

Coordinator, Supervisor and all staffs of Mechanical Engineering Department.

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 TABLE OF CONTENT
TITLE PAGE
CERTIFICATION
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
CHAPTER ONE

1.1 INTRODUCTION

1.2 OBJECTIVES OF SIWES

1.3 BODIES INVOLVED IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SIWES

1.4 FUNCTIONS OF THE ABOVE AGENCIES

CHAPTER TWO

2.0 BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION

CHAPTER THREE

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE GAINED DURING THE PROGRAMME

3.0 INTRODUCTION OF TOOLS

3.1 USES OF THE TOOLS USED IN THE WORKSHOP

3.2 WORK DONE DURING THE SIWES PROGRAMME

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0 SUMMARY
4.1 CONCLUSION

4.2 RECOMMENDATIONS

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REFERENCES

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 CHAPTER ONE

1.0 HISTORY OF SIWES

SIWES was established by ITF (Industrial Training Funds) in the year 1973 to solve the problem
of lack of adequate proper skills for employment of tertiary institution graduates by Nigerian
Industries (SIWES Handbook). The Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) was
founded to be a skill training programme to help expose and prepare students of universities,
polytechnics and colleges of education for the industrial work situation to be met after
graduation. This scheme serves as a smooth transition from the classroom to the world of work
and further helps in the application of knowledge(SIWES Handbook). The scheme provides
students with the opportunity of acquainting and exposing themselves to the experience required
in handling and managing of equipment and machinery that are usually not made available in
their institutions (SIWES Handbook).

Before this scheme was established, there was a growing concern and trend noticed by
industrialists that graduates of higher institutions lacked sufficient practical background for
employment. It used to be that students who got into Nigerian institutions to study science and
technology were not trained in the practical know-how of their various fields of study. As a
result, they could not easily find jobs due to the lack of working experience (SIWES Handbook).

Therefore, the employers thought that theoretical education going on in higher institutions was
not responsive to the needs of the employers of labour. This was a huge problem for thousands of
Nigerians until 1973. It is against this background that the fundamental reason for initiating and
designing the scheme by the fund in 1973/74 was introduced (SIWES Handbook).

The ITF organization (Industrial Training Fund) made a decision to help all interested Nigerian
students and established the SIWES program. It was officially approved and presented by the
Federal Government in 1974. The scheme was solely funded by the ITF during its formative
years but as the financial involvement became unbearable to the fund, it withdrew from the
scheme in 1978. In 1979, the federal government handed over the management of the scheme to

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both the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the National Board for Technical
Education (NBTE) (SIWES Handbook).

Later, in November 1984, the federal government reverted the management and implementation
of the scheme to ITF. In July 1985, it was taken over by the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) while
the funding was solely borne by the federal government. (Culled from Job Specifications on
Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme) (SIWES Handbook).

1.1 GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF SIWES

SIWES is strategized for skill acquisition. It is in fact designed to prepare and expose students of
universities, polytechnics and colleges of education to the real-life work situation they would be
engaged in after graduation. Therefore, SIWES is a key factor required to inject and help keep
alive industrialization and economic development in the nation through the introduction and
practical teaching of scientific and technological skills to students. (Culled from Detailed Manual
on SIWES Guidelines and Operations for Tertiary Institutions). Objectives of the Students
Industrial Work Experience Scheme include:

1. To provide an avenue for students to acquire industrial skills for experience during their
course of study
2. To expose students to work methods and techniques that may not be available during
their course of study.
3. To bridging the gap between theory and practice by providing a platform to apply
knowledge learnt in school to real work situations
4. To enable the easier and smoother transition from school by equipping students’ with
better contact for future work placement
5. To introduce students to real work atmosphere so that they know what they would most
likely meet once they graduate

1.2 IMPORTANCE OF SIWES

 It provides student with an opportunity to applied the theatrical knowledge in real life
 It prepare the student for their future employment
 It gets the student exposed and to interact to people in the placement organization.
 It gives student more knowledge of what has been thought in school.

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 CHAPTER TWO

2.0 BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION

THE BEST TECHNOLOGY GROUP situated at Oja Tuntun Junction, Baboko

Ilorin, Kwara State was established in the year 1995 by Engr. Mohammed Ajayi.

The workshop consists of the following sections;

Machine workshop and automobile workshop.

ORGANIZATION CHART

MANAGING
DIRECTOR

APPRENTICE

WELDING CONSTRUCTING
WORKSHOP WORKSHOP

MACHINE
WORKSHOP
STUDENTS

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 CHAPTER THREE

3.0 EXPERIENCE GAINED DURING MY SIWES PROGRAM

INTRODUCTION TO SAFETY AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT

Safety Equipment

 Helmet
 Hand glove
 Safety boot
 Apron
 Welding goggle
 Welding shade

Function of some safety equipment

Helmet: It is use for head protection during activities

Hand glove: It is use to protect hand from contacting dangerous and injurious
metal and chips.

Safety boot: This is use to protect leg from injuries chips and metals in the
workshop.

Apron: Apron is use to cover body and protect body from dangerous or hot chips.

Welding goggle: Goggle is use for eye protection during welding process

Welding shade: It is use for the protection of eyes in the process of welding.

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 WELDING SHADE HELMET

COVER-ALL SAFETY GOGGLE HAND GLOVE

SAFETY BOOT HELMET

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INTRODUCTION TO TOOLS

 Measuring Tape
 Scriber
 Engineering saw
 Sledge hammer
 Arc Welding machine
 Electrode
 Plier
 Vice
 Electrode holder

ELECTRODE HOLDER ELECTROD

ELECTRODE HOLDER MEASURING TAPE

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ARC WELDING MACHINE ENGINEERING PENCIL

ARC SAW

VICE

SLEDGE HAMMER

PLIER

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Construction of electric cooker

Steps taken;

- Sketching out the structure

- Measurement taking
- Cutting of the metal
- Welding of the metal
- Installation of coil to the constructed space
- Installation of gaphanize plate, coal pot, angle iron, glass and element
- Painting of the cooker (electric)
- Installation cap burner and cylinder hose
- Putting of industrial sticker on the plate

CONSTRUCTED GAS POPCORN MACHINE

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Construction of electric cooker

Steps taken;

- Sketching out the structure

- Measurement taking
- Cutting of the metal
- Welding of the metal
- Installation of coil to the constructed space
- Painting of the cooker (electric)

CONSTRUCTION OF ELECTRICL COOKER

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Construction of pounding machine

Steps taken;

- Framing out the structure

- Installing the engine frame and fixing the driven Pulley
- Installation of the Pounding Bowl/Stainless Pot
- Fixing the Rotating Shaft and Gas burner
- Fixing the Petrol Engine
- Installing the Yam Boiling Compartment and yam pounding Compartment
- Painting of the pounding machine
- Putting of industrial sticker on the plate

CONSTRUCTION OF ELECTRICL COOKER

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Construction of charcoal cooker (coal pot)

Steps taken;

- Sketching out the structure

- Measurement taking
- Cutting of the metal i.e. mild steel (square hole low)
- Welding of the cooker
- Painting of the cooker

CHARCOAL COOKER

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 CHAPTER FOUR

4.0 SUMMARY

The purpose of this SIWES program is to bridge the gap between classroom and
industry so that students will be well prepared for the task ahead after their
schooling. So these four months SIWES program has exposed students to real
electrical industrial works.

It has really helped me to bridge the gap between practical and theory aspect this
industrial training really gave me an insight to tasks that lies ahead of me in my
carrier in Mechanical Engineering.

So the industrial training report is aimed to picture the various tasks that is been
carried out in the industries on the field of Mechanical Engineering, the skills
acquired and the challenges on the aspect of innovation and Creation in other to
make the world a comfortable place for human.

4.1 CONCLUSION

During the course of four months period of SIWES I have acquired skills
and knowledge as I took part in the activities involved in the Programme and also
chance to experience the application of some of the knowledge procured in the
class room.

Therefore, my SIWES has been Successful because I have gained experience that
might not be obtained in the institution.

4.2 RECOMMENDATIONS

The SIWES Programme should be extended so that students can easily gain more
experience during his/her Programme.

Student should be paid during the attachment or internship especially for their
transport fair.

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REFERENCES

Adigun, M. A; Adeyemi, and Oyedoyin G.O. (2017) Report of sub-committee on harmonized

SIWES grading format, Industrial Liaison and Placement Unit Federal Polytechnic, Offa
Nigeria. Industrial Training Fund Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES)
information and guidelines for student industrial work experienced scheme revised 2016

Bankole, A.F. (2017) Report of the SIWES sub-committee on objective of SIWES.

Olanipekun N.O. (2017) Industrial Liaison and Placement Office, Federal Polytechnic of Offa,
Nigeria.

SIWES Handbook (2019). The Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State.

School of Engineering Student Handbook (2019

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