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 INDUSTRIAL
ATTACHMENT REPORT
GADRI SENANU
0721300116
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT

LEVEL 100h
 A

REPORT OF THE INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT

WHICH TOOK PLACE AT BENCHMARK

ENGINEERING SERVICE LIMITED FROM 15th

AUGUST 2022 TO 30th SEPTEMBER 2022 AND

TO BE SUBMITTED TO

TAKORADI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT

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Industrial Liaison Officer
Takoradi Technical University
Post Office Box 256
Takoradi.

Dear Sir/Madam,

SUBMISSION OF REPORT ON INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT 15th AUGUST ,2022 -

30th SEPTEMBER ,2020

It is indeed a great pleasure for me to be able to hand over the result of my

attachment period which lasted from 15th August to 30th September 2022. This
report contains all needed information regarding to the institution and the attaché.
Attached to this letter is the main report. Thank you.

Yours Sincerely

……………………………

GADRI SENANU

(ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT)

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ABSTRACT

Tertiary education institutions are seen to be increasingly incorporating industrial attachment

as a training methodology. This is happening with the private and public sectors. It is of the
view that during the industrial attachment phase, the student is accorded an opportunity to
marry theory learnt in the classroom with the real field of work. Among other training
methodologies, industrial attachment was found to be key with respect to professional etiquette
doing extremely well in combination with other methodologies. This review paper covers
history of industrial attachment, benefits derived from the Industrial Attachment Program
(IAP) by the students, tertiary education institutions, host organizations and the industry at
large.

The paper also highlights challenges faced by the reporter in the circle of the IAP. The review
will assist in improving the way institutions of higher learning, government departments and
host organizations conduct the program to enhance the multiplier positive effects and minimize
the costs of the IAP.

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TABLE OF CONTENT PAGE NUMBER

TITLE PAGE……………………………………………………………………………….…………1
TRANSMITTAL LETTER …………………………………………………………………….…….2
ABSTRACT …………………………………………………………………………….……….…….4
ACKNOWLEDGMENT……………………………………………………………..………..……...5
DEDICATION…………………………………………………………………………...…….6
ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................................................... 3
ACKNOWLEDGMENT ...................................................................................................................... 5
DEDICATION....................................................................................................................................... 6
CHAPTER ONE ................................................................................................................................... 7
1.0 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................... 7
1.1 OBJECTIVES OF INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT.................................................................... 8
1.2 BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION ........................................................................... 9
1.3 VISION STATEMENT, MISSION STATEMENT, OBJECTIVES AND CORE VALUES ...... 9
1.4 NATURE OF THE INSTITUTION ........................................................................................... 10
1.5 ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE .............................................................................................. 10
CHAPTER TWO ................................................................................................................................ 11
2.0 NATURE OF THE SERVICES RUN BY THE INSTITUTION ............................................... 11
2.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK PERFORMED BY THE REPORTER ................................. 12
CHAPTER THREE ............................................................................................................................ 14
3.0 CONTRIBUTION OF THE REPORTER TO THE ORGANISATION .................................... 14
3.1 CHALLENGES, PROBLEMS AND DIFFICULTIES .............................................................. 15
3.2 KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE ACQUIRED ................................................... 16
3.3 GENERAL COMMENTS, OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS ..................................... 17
CHAPTER FOUR............................................................................................................................... 18
4.0 SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................ 18
4.1 RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................................ 19
4.2 CONCLUSIONS......................................................................................................................... 20
4.3 References ................................................................................................................................... 21

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

My profound thanks to God Almighty who has made it possible for this report to see the light
of the day and granting me the opportunity, strength and knowledge. My uttermost gratitude
also goes to the manager of Takoradi University-liaison and to my school-based supervisor Mr.
Atta Williams for giving me the opportunity to explore the field area of my program which has
offered me a clear and direct access to the realism of theorical fact of my studies.

I am equally grateful to my industrial based supervisor Mr. Abdul Bashiru Dawda for his
integrity and kindness that he exhibited to me during my industrial attachment.

I am sincerely grateful to all my colleagues attaches.

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DEDICATION

I am humbly dedicating this report to God Almighty for strength, knowledge and wisdom He
granted me in writing this report.

Secondly, I dedicate this report to all the staff of Electrical Department for their supports.

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 CHAPTER ONE

1.0 INTRODUCTION

As part of Government of Ghana ‘s policy of Ghana economy as a middle-income country and

to achieve this mission through the Takoradi Technical University have initiated a mandatory
practical industrial attachment as part of the student program.

This industrial attachment enables every Higher national diploma, bachelor of Technology
student to acquaint his/her with what has been learnt in lectures hall and also gives student an
exposure to the working environment. The industrial attachment brings greater benefit since
student have more opportunities to be involved in real practical work in organization and also
acquaint themselves through advancement through innovation of new techniques and a new
practice. Students are also exposed to the real world of work and its challenges which will
prepare us towards our future careers. Being a student of Takoradi Technical University
studying in order to fit well into the industry, it is necessary for me to know how some of the
industry operates. That is the main reason why industrial attachment comes in. The industrial
attachment helps one to understand the industrial application of the theories taught in class. It
also helps students to face challenges in the industry and in so doing the students try to find
possible solutions to such challenges. Industrial attachment complements the efforts of
lecturers and instructors as well as giving the student a first-hand experience of the activities
of the industry. The industrial attachment seeks to offer students a practical translation of the
theory they have been taught. It has also got individual benefit of liaising the university to the
industries, hence brightening the employment chances of the students in the university.

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1.1 OBJECTIVES OF INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT

• Industrial attachment create opportunity for the student at the job market after
completion.
• It is therefore required of every student to undergo industrial attachment in his/her
three- or four-year programme and also abreast themselves with knowledge about the
job market.
• The purpose of the industrial attachment is to assist student at work under new working
environment and supervision.
• It enables student to know how to relate well with co-workers and not as an individual.
• It also enables student to have a clearer view of what is really done in the companies
and the gap between industry and academia.

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1.2 BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION

Benchmark Civil Engineering Services, Inc. was founded in 1994 by Peter Terry to provide
personal, professional civil engineering and survey services to the local Lehigh Valley/Eastern
Pennsylvania Region. Which now has a branch in Ghana. The firm was originally offered
services in land development, line servicing, street light, traffic and transportation design,
topographic survey, construction stakeout, and boundary survey. As the staff has grown and
developed, municipal and expert witness services were added, while the traffic and highway
services became a particular strength of the firm. We value our staff and our clients as revealed
in our corporate values: Licensed Professionals

All of our engineers and our surveyor are licensed in the state of Pennsylvania. Benchmark
also has professionals that hold licenses for civil engineering in the states of New York, New
Jersey, and Florida and our surveyor is also licensed in New York. Our staff holds specialty
certifications including Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE), Project
Management Professional (PMP), Roadway Safety Professional (RSP), and Certified
Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control.

1.3 VISION STATEMENT, MISSION STATEMENT, OBJECTIVES AND CORE

VALUES

• Vision statement

To be a model of excellence in engineering services in the internal and external installation

and other manufacturing industries in Ghana, being recognized for the integrity of our people,
the ethics of our business practices and the quality of our services within 5 working years.

• Mission statement

To develop lasting client relationships by providing exceptional stakeholder value in an

environment of trust, professionalism and respect through consistent high quality and timely
service delivery, holding in high esteem safety precautions and legal regulations

• Proactive

We strive to understand the regulations and requirements so that we can get approvals for our
clients efficiently and cost effectively. We strive to remain updated on pending litigation and
often find out the new requirements before they are officially published.

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 • Quality

Our team understands the importance of clear and correct plans and reports. This is not just
drafting or typographical errors; this is the focus on the core elements of the design to ensure
both approval and constructability.

• Personal Guarantee

Benchmark’s design team understands that your desired results require top-quality elements
ensuring success. Our licensed, certified, and specially trained team prides themselves in
always giving you exactly what you need. They manage this by continuously learning and
educating themselves each year. In other words, they stay up to date with the most recent
engineering designs and elements. So, when you need accurate, fast, professional results, you
need Benchmark Civil Engineering Services. In short, we know we will never disappoint
with our expert services.

1.4 NATURE OF THE INSTITUTION

• Internal and external installation

1.5 ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE

GENERAL DIRECTOR OFFICE

CONSULTING ROOM SERVICING OFFICE REGISTRATION UNIT

PARKING LOT CLEARANCE OFFICE FINANCIAL OFFICE

STORAGE UNIT SECURITY CHECKPOINT

MAINTENACE OFFICE

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 CHAPTER TWO

2.0 NATURE OF THE SERVICES RUN BY THE INSTITUTION

My period at the company was basically on internal and external installation which I have
explained briefly below;

• Line maintenance

Line maintenance plays a key role in the appliances. Unlike base maintenance, which is
planned ahead and organized sometimes months in advance, line maintenance must be
available at any time and deal with most unforeseen situations. Line maintenance is everything
that base maintenance is not. It includes daily and weekly checks, routine tasks such as
lubrication and, most importantly, the evaluation and rectification of any defects.

• Meter Servicing

This means all those functions required to maintain the integrity of the Metering Equipment
and the information extracted. The services include installation, maintenance, testing,
replacement and removal of meters, and exclude meter reading.

• Transformer Operation

Transformer can be thought of as an electrical component rather than an electronic component.

A transformer basically is very simple static (or stationary) electro-magnetic passive electrical
device that works on the principle of Faraday’s law of induction by converting electrical energy
from one value to another.

Transformers are capable of either increasing or decreasing the voltage and current levels of
their supply, without modifying its frequency, or the amount of electrical power being
transferred from one winding to another via the magnetic circuit.

• Street Light Servicing

Street lighting are usually owned by counties or cities and are seen in neighborhoods. Our
Street Lighting Maintenance crews furnish all labor, materials, equipment and supervise the
maintenance of many street lighting systems in our service area. Repairs include but not limited
to lamp, ballast and photocell repair and replacement; installation of light pole and/or
luminaries’ arms; complete fixture replacement, and cleaning or repair of components. Our
crews perform street light installation, street light maintenance and repair of conduit, junction
boxes, conduit bores, grounding; installation and repair to concrete foundations; locating,
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installing, testing, and splicing conductor cables; and modifications to service panels as
required.

2.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK PERFORMED BY THE REPORTER

WEEK ONE

Orientation on safety precaution

Re-insulation of tower line 6 tower 3/12

Collection of galvanized paint from procurement

Washing of kar power (Kp6 and Kp7)

Replacement of shattered insulators

Cleaning and packing of tools and equipment in the score room

WEEK TWO

Collection of deadened clamps from the stockyard

Safety meeting on aerial device

Replacement of shattered insulators on 2T2 330k transformer gantries

Cutting of signal phase and signal phase cable for servicing on meter

Operation on meter servicing at the agboblashie market for consumer use

WEEK THREE

Safety meeting on spines care

Pole mountain on site and pole digging

Passing of underground wires and underground wire termination

Stay digging and mounting

Packing of transformer tools and equipment for transformer operation

WEEK FOUR

Meter termination

Service wire or cable to meters to supply power. (service stringing)

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Packing of tools for work site and packing electric polls

Street light constellation

Transformer dressing and fixing of faulty transformer at Agbobloshie.

WEEK FIVE

Termination of meters, testing and checking of box number connected to breakers

Installation and servicing of street light in the market

100KA/11KV transformer operation at Abkobi- boi

Reading, checking and testing of meters inside the meter box for easy identification

Pole mounting and fixing it at the sankofa beach resort

WEEK SIX

Meter termination at abogloshie market

Packing of tools and equipment to work site

Replacement of shattered insulators in the transformer gantries

Passing of underground cables and underground wire termination

Pole digging and mounting at site s

WEEK SEVEN

Installation of meters and servicing at Abogloshie market

Transformer dressing at circle market

Passing of underground cables and meter termination

Testing of meter box and breakers

Mounting of signal cables and phase cables for meters operation

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 CHAPTER THREE

3.0 CONTRIBUTION OF THE REPORTER TO THE ORGANISATION

My contribution to the institution is enormous and highly spoken of my boss and other
supervisors I worked under. Am happy to state that, I make sure to complete all the works
given to me. Apart from contributing to the major duties of the section.

The reporter with the aid of other co-workers has contributed immensely to the success of this
above-mentioned company. Even though some of the machines in the company were broken
down in fact the timely arrival of the reporter to the management of the company, was a
blessing because, in the absence of the handy guy of the company, the reporter was the one the
company did rely on for more hand help work to be executed. The reporter has really helped
the industry both physically and intellectual wise.

• Assisted in the company’s project.

• Improving team work.
• Keeping the environment clean everyday daily before and after work.

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3.1 CHALLENGES, PROBLEMS AND DIFFICULTIES

Some of the challenges I encountered;

• The student was unable to acquaint a lot because of unavailability of effective

machines in the company.
• Quite difficulties comparing what is learnt in the classroom to the practical work on the
field.
• Contradiction between what is taught in the school and what happens on the field.
• Transportation challenges in terms of stress in getting car from home to work.
• Works were sometime overloaded on attaché.
• Not much workers to assist attaché.
• Lack of well-established canteen for trainees at an affordable cost.

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3.2 KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE ACQUIRED

Throughout my attachment, I acquainted on new knowledge and skills that would hopefully
build my self-confidence and also help build a better career life. Some of these skills attained
are expatiated below;

• Effective communication skills

Knowledge acquired in communication skills helped me to covey messages and listen

effectively to the people I interacted with.

• Time management

Having learnt in school that time management is of paramount importance in human life, I
was able to work effectively. I was always available at work and tried my maximum best to
complete all work assigned to me on time.

• Interpersonal relations

I applied knowledge and skills acquired in school on how to relate well with people in the
work place.

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3.3 GENERAL COMMENTS, OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS

• General Comment

I realized that the attachment was really good and this will help student to acquire new skills
and improve their studies at school and after school. Thus, when they are employed at any
company.

• Observation and Impression

I have learnt a lot during the attachment through observation and impressive throughout from
all angles of the institution. I am also very satisfied with the rate at which I could identify
most of the work done in all the department and the help I had from my colleagues. The
training has also generated my confidence in life, it has helped me to interact with people. I
might not have known and has opened me to different group of people.

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 CHAPTER FOUR

4.0 SUMMARY

The industrial attachment was successfully experienced and this report has its activities
recorded and containing some history about the institution. The attachment period was seven
weeks which I attached myself to my course of study area.

Based on the above report and skills gained, I believe will be perfect bedrock for my future
career. My work-related learning period at the really transformed me into a responsible
student who is capable of completely working in an industry. It really gave experience of the
real working environment. I was able to familiarize myself with new ideas and aspects in the
industry. Now I have finalized my attachment period, I will be able to balance between
theories I learnt at school with the practical experience that I gained in the Organization.

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4.1 RECOMMENDATIONS

I recommend that, the school supervisor should visit companies or institution to search for
places for students to do their attachment. Students should be exposed to more industrial
aspect of our course to improve our creativity and productivity level of which the institution
will be proud of.

• Since the attachment is a supervised programmed, visiting supervisors should please

visit students on their places of attachment to ensure proper assessments students.
• The attachment is very beneficial to students as it assists them to blend academic
work with that. There should be an extension in the period of attachment. The school
authorities should help students get places for their attachment. during the period of
attachment.
• The Technical University should help students to embark on series of industrial trips.
• The Technical University should make sure all students attend the industrial
attachment.
• The Technical University should make sure allowances are provided for students for
transport.

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4.2 CONCLUSIONS

In conclusion, the supervised industrial attachment of the Takoradi University gives students
the opportunity to apply knowledge in real work, exposing students to work methods not
taught in the school and provides access to products equipment not available in the University
as well as assessing students' interest in the occupation he or she plans to undertake.

Undoubtedly, the impact of this attachment with the Benchmark Engineering service limited
cannot be quantified. Based on the experiences, challenges and new. Skills acquired the
attachment has really been helpful to me. Most importantly, I acquired more work ethics,
familiarized with working conditions and improved my human relations, interpersonal and
interrelationship skills. I thereby conclude that; the industrial attachment training is very
essential and encourages every student to take it seriously when the opportunity arrive.

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 4.3 References

http//Google,attachment.hub.base/’/.com

www.attachmenthub.com

www.lologattachment/report.com

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