BCT3302 Industrial Training II

The course enables students to experience what happens in industry by allowing them to work alongside practicing engineers on the design, operation and handling of equipment. The student is required to participate in the day-to-day activities at the organization's premises as a regular worker. This activity lasts at least eight (8) weeks starting immediately after the end of examination of Semester II of the second year of study.

Course Objectives

• Expose students to practical aspects of engineering and construction activities 
• Provide an opportunity to students to relate the knowledge obtained during lectures to actual field operations
• Create an understanding of the roles played by different project personnel during project execution
• Enable students learn how to work in a team (casual workers, technicians, engineers, etc).
• Teach students different engineering ethics necessary for career building
• Enhance problem solving capacity of the students using available appropriate technology and surrounding conditions
• Enable students to have a hands-on with tools and equipment not readily available in the University laboratories and are of great importance in the engineering field.
• Enable students appreciate various challenges faced in the field and critical areas necessitating further research studies.
• To give students an appreciation of engineering practice and introduce them to engineering decision making in an industrial environment.

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, a student should be able to:

• Identify and describe the major activities of the sections where he/she was attached 
• Describe the technical aspects of the training that was undertaken
• Identify technical areas of improvement of the sections where he/she was attached
• Write a clear and understandable technical report