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Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme. (SIWES)

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OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAMME (SIWES)
The Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) is a skill training program, designed to expose and prepare student in institutions of higher learning for the industrial work situation they are likely to meet after graduation. The scheme is also meant to familiarize students with work methods and exposed them to the needed experience in handling such equipment and machinery that are not available in the educational institutions. It is finance by the federal government and managed by the Industrial Training Fund (ITF).
Employers of Labour are very important in the effective running of this scheme. They are to absorb a large number of the SIWES students in their various establishments to acquire the practical training.
Students are normally attached to identified industries or companies for a period of three months during the long holiday between 200 level and 300 level, prior to this period, the SIWES officer in the SIWES office of the university would have liaised with the various Industries and companies and the ITF office, The students are paid some sustenance allowance which is usually subsidized by industry.
In some cases, lecturers from the University pay scheduled visits to the industries to supervise the student work. Each student is given a SIWES Log Book, in this log book are recorded the students activities and experiences in industries, such logbooks have to be countersigned by the student, the University SIWES supervisor and the supervisor form the host industry.










Table of content
Title Page ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------i
Report Overview ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ii
Chapter One: Introduction
1.1 Background -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1
1.2 Objective --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2
Chapter Two: Description of the Establishment of Attachment
2.1 Location and Brief History of Establishment------------------------------------------------4
2.2 Objectives of Establishment --------------------------------------------------------------------5
2.3 Organization Structure (Including Organogram) ------------------------------------------6
2.4 The Various Department/Unit in the Establishment -------------------------------------6
Chapter Three: Works Actually Carried Out
3.1 Technical processing --------------------------------------------------------------------------11
Chapter Four: Continuation of Worked Carried Out
4.1 Current Awareness Service ----------------------------------------------------------------13
4.2 Archives ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13
4.3 Accessioning ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13
4.4 Experience Gain -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------14
Chapter Five: Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations
5.1 Summary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15
5.2 Conclusion and Problems -------------------------------------------------------------------------15
5.3 Recommendation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15

CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1:1 Background
Training is a key factor in enhancing the efficiency and expertise of the workforce. The Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) program prepares students for Labour Markets, and it has become an innovative phenomenon in human resource development and training in Nigeria.
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Date:   06/05/2012

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