HOW TO WRITE A GOOD SIWES/I.T REPORT 2019/2020

 

    Most students won’t start writing their report until it is about one week to the deadline for submission. This is actually a formula for writing a poor report. I urge you to start NOW as writing is like painting a master piece, it needs time and concentration.

     All students needs the proper guide on  How to  Write A Good SIWES/IT Report, Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) is a program for a period of 3 months to one(1) year for students in science based courses and other selected courses which carries about 3 and sometimes more than 3 units in their second semester credit load.

     After concluding  the 3 months to a year  Industrial Training (I.T), every student is required to write a technical report of his/her I.T experience, which is basically on all your activities in the work place, which carries A very high percentage of the total SIWES marks. As a result of the high tendency of the SIWES/IT program in boost students CGPA, every student really have to learn very well especially on d best way To Write A Good SIWES/IT report.

Immediately after the industrial training, Industrial Training Fund (I.T.F), is to allocate marks to the reports.

Technical Report: 25 marks

 Log book Record: 25 marks

Observation: 10 marks

Report from employer/company: 25 marks

Oral defense presentation including questions and answers on what learnt: 15 marks.

To writing a good technical I.T report, some steps are to be followed strictly to get a high mark in this 3months to one year program, even if you where engaged in any other thing which could not permit you to go to work everyday…lolz, like some of my friends experience theirs at the Ondo state water co-orperation,…I say Hi to some of my good friend, Akinropo Damilola I.,Omodaratan Folake.G.,Ikuesan Peter., Alhaja to tall ….. with this small write ups,I think you can write better than some who have spent every of their seconds in the work place.

       The steps to follow are as simple as how to drink satchet water with egg roll just like the easiest course to pass by a lovely friend (Adams Z. a.k.a Paragon)…..

Steps to takes in writing it perfectly... 

1. Front Page- this is the first thing anybody sees when looking at your report so it should carry basic info about your SIWES training. It should contain a title, the company or organization’s name, the duration of your Industrial Training (IT), your name, matriculation number, the department to which you are submitting the report and the month of submission. Please find a sample front page in appendix section.
2. Acknowledgement- here you thank everyone ‘thank able’ e.g. people from work, your parents, lecturers etc.
3. List of tables and Figures- here you list all tables and figures, their titles and the page in which they fall in ascending order. Don’t combine both tables and figures in the same list.
4. Table of contents

 5. Summary- this is also known as an abstract; it is a summary of points usually presented in a skeletal form; also something that summarizes or concentrates the essentials of a larger thing or several things . It should be concise yet just enough to give the reader an overview of your 6 month industrial training. It should not be too long probably about 200 words and one paragraph long. It should have an introductory part followed by a brief description of your activities during the IT period and then a conclusion. You can only write a summary after you have finished the main text. Please check online for how to write an abstract or a summary. Please ensure to confirm if a summary is necessary from your departmental office

     Now lets hold hands and walk it round to see the next fish to jump up in our sea...

First thing is to Choose your words wisely.

 they must connect and your report must be logical and coherent. Failure to do this would seriously obscure whatever you are trying to pass across to your examiner.

 Use simple words as much as possible except for scientific terminologies
Remember this is a somewhat formal and scientific report, so adhere to all rules guiding scientific writing such as writing generic names in italics, using and putting SI units where necessary, correct spelling of scientific terminologies and names.
    In order to give your work an aesthetic look, I recommend that you do not combine tables or figures (especially figures) with text on the same page except when you have no other option. I would advise that you put figures on a separate page with not more than two on a page. All tables and figures should be properly titled. Always refer to tables and figures in your text.

       Use double line spacing and justify your text; that way it’s easier to read and (takes up more space).
Avoid short paragraphs of 2-5 lines. Combine short paragraphs in a logical way. Too many breaks in your writing makes it tiresome to read.
I know you will probably be eager to just fill your report with protocols and operating procedures from your IT (even the ones you never had anything to do with). It is important to note that it’s a report and its essential to always highlight the roles you played during the IT
Your introductory and closing paragraphs are very important, so pay special attention to them
The most difficult aspect of writing is the ‘starting’, most people don’t know how to start. I recommend that before you start, you make a list of everything you would like to talk about in your report and in what order you would want them to appear. 

         Divide everything you want to talk about into segments or heading or subheads usually not more than 3 headings, one for each chapter in your main text. Also ascertain how much information you have on each of the things you have listed, if there is anyone you don’t have so much info about, I recommend you strike it off your list (truth being that you really can’t write everything u did for 6 months). By so doing, you would be creating an outline to guide your writing.
       Also do your first draft in a notebook and not by typing directly into the computer from your head. That way when you start to type it, you would be doing your first proof reading as you are typing and would make corrections along the way. Eventually when you are done typing, it would be easier to proof read the report as there won’t be too many corrections to make.

CHAPTER ONE 

This is your introduction first to SIWES AND ITF .The beginning of any text is the most crucial, it sort of determines whether they would just skip or actually read the entire text. Even though your supervisors are obliged to read the whole text so as to grade you it is essential to make sure they enjoy reading your work or what do you think?. Please pay serious attention to your introduction.
    Since this is a report, you should go straight to the point start like this
A brief description SIWES,SCOPES,AIMS AND OBJECTIVES and

give a brief description of the company i.e. its date of establishment,employment capacity, what it does, its location,production and raw materials capacity if its a production company etc
       Describe its organizational structure, add organogram
List its departments indicating the unit(s) under which you functioned 

CHAPTER TWO, THREE AND FOUR.

This is  the MAJOR and the technical parts of your report, where you will detail all activities of your IT. Please use tables and figures liberally in this part as they save you a great deal of writing and also help make your report bulky. Or  what do you think?

    I would recommend you start each chapter with a small intro on the unit you want to elucidate explaining its functions and sub units (if available), then move to the activities or sub units that make up that unit explaining them one after the other, highlighting your role in each activity (generally, you write form the general to the particular), and adding tables and diagrams to beautify your text.

      Chapter FIVE- 

      Challenges, Conclusion and Recommendation
Here you state your challenges during the duration of your IT, then you make a conclusion and recommend. (You could join both conclusion and recommendations in one long paragraph if you don’t have much to write)
Please note that your concluding paragraph(s) is very important, a poor conclusion could mess up a good report and a good one could make a poor report look a bit better. (Need I say more?)
References- this may not be compulsory but it gives the impression that you know what you are doing. You should state all sources of external material such as protocols diagram e.t.c.
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