FORMAT FOR SIWES TECHNICAL REPORT

&
ASSESSMENT OF TECHNICAL REPORT/ORAL DEFENSE

November, 2019

GUIDELINE FOR SIWES TECHNICAL REPORT

TITLE PAGE/COVER PAGE

1
A TECHNICAL REPORT ON STUDENTS INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE
SCHEME (SIWES)

UNDERTAKEN AT

NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC), KADUNA

PERIOD OF ATTACHMENT: APRIL 2014 TO SEPTEMBER 2014

SUBMITTED BY

NAME (MAT NO.)

TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ……………………………..

KADUNA STATE UNIVERSITY
IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT
FOR THE AWARD OF B.Sc. …………………………..

DECLARATION

I ……………………., declare that this technical report was written by me. It comprises
of the summary of all the work done during my period of attachment in Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Kaduna. I therefore submit the report work as partial
fulfillment of the requirements for the student industrial work experience scheme of the
Kaduna State University.
2
--------------------------- ------------------------
NAME: Date

CERTIFICATION

I ………………………… with matriculation number ……………………… hereby

certify that I undergo six (6) full months of Industrial Training Programme at Nigerian

3
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Kaduna and that this report is written by me to

the best of the practical knowledge I gained during the course of the training programme.

--------------------------- ------------------------
Departmental SIWES Coordinator Date

--------------------------- ------------------------
Head of Department Date

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The acknowledgment should contain a brief note of appreciation to all who have in any

way helped or contributed to the success of the students’ training.

4
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

This is a listing of the various sections and subsections of the typed report and indicating

the pages they occur.

5
Title Page -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Declaration ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Certification --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dedication ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Acknowledgment --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Abstract----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Table of Contents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

List of Tables--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

List of Figures ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Appendices ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER TWO: ORGANIZATION HISTORY

CHAPTER THREE: ACTIVITIES DURING THE SIWES PERIOD

CHAPTER FOUR: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

REFERENCES

LIST OF TABLES

This is a listing of table(s) in the various sections and subsections of the typed report and

indicating the pages they occur.

6
 LIST OF FIGURES

This is a listing of figure(s) in the various sections and subsections of the typed report and

indicating the pages they occur.

7
APPENDICES (If Any)

8
Detailed description of working principles of most apparatus, equipment or devices may

be reserved for the appendix section. Only in exceptional cases when the apparatus is the

main focus of training should detailed description form part of the main report.

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

9
This should contain the brief history of the SIWES, give the aim and objectives of the

scheme.

CHAPTER TWO: ORGANIZATION HISTORY

This should contain the brief history of the organization where training was carried out

give information on; organization chart, objective etc.

CHAPTER THREE: ACTIVITIES DURING THE SIWES PERIOD

This is the most important part of the report and the student must show own innovations.

The plan and order sequence should include:

 The operation and maintenance training received.

 The specific work done must be given adequate coverage.

 Any design, calculations, and analysis must be carefully, but briefly recorded.

 Supervision and any leadership role played in a given project or assignment (if
any) must be briefly reported so as to leave no one in doubt as student’s actual
involvement.

 Sketches, diagrams, graph and drawings (if any) must all have titles and
designated as Fig. 3.1, 3.2 etc. and each must be referred to at least once before in
the text before shown.

 Experimental test, together with the tables of results must also be given adequate
coverage. Each table should be given a title in sequential order (Table: 3.1, 3.2 etc)
with related titles, and must be referred to at least once in the text before shown.

CHAPTER FOUR: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

10
Here, the student should state again what he has achieved, contributed and learnt during

the industrial training.

REFERENCES

A list of references may be necessary. It should be listed alphabetically as appeared in the

report.

IMPORTANT

 All Chapters are expected to begin in a new page.

 It should be noted that a technical report should not be more than twenty (20 max.)

pages. Diagrams, graphs and sketches should be used where necessary.

11