UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE
FACULTY OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING INFORMATICS AND
COMMUNICATIONS
COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT LOGBOOK
PLACEMENT SUMMARY
STUDENT DETAILS
STUDENT’S NAME:
SAMANIKA ANDREW
REGISTRATION NUMBER:
R195870C
DEGREE PROGRAMME:
CTHSC
ADDRESS:
5611 173RD St Kuwadzana 7, Harare
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
+263712749421
EMAIL ADDRESS:
musicsamanika@gmail.com
PLACEMENT DETAILS
NAME OF COMPANY/ESTABLISHMENT
ATTACHED: KARIBUTECHS
TELEPHONE NUMBER:
FULL POSTAL ADDRESS OF COMPANY:
WEB SITE (IF APPLICABLE):
CONTACT/INDUSTRIAL SUPERVISOR’S NAME:
JOB TITLE:
TELEPHONE NO:
EMAIL ADDRESS:
1) START DATE:
2) COMPLETION DATE:
GUIDELINES TO TRAINEE
This logbook forms an important record of your practical training and assessment of
the industrial attachment. It will assist the student to keep a record of the training and
show the departments and sections in which the student has worked and the periods
of time spent in each. It also serves as a means of checking whether you would have
had balanced and adequate practical training. If and when you apply for employment
it may serve as proof of your practical training. It may also serve as proof of your
practical training when you apply for membership of professional bodies such as the
Zimbabwe Institute of Engineers.
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You are therefore requested to fill in the log book daily or weekly, detailing all
work done and tasks performed. Your detailed account of the training and
experience received should include (whenever applicable) statement of the
objectives for each area of training; information on method of training provided; a
concise description of each training task undertaken; a critical but constructive
appraisal of methods, materials, processes, equipment, etc. as found used in the
work environment; comments on the knowledge and skill gained, together with a
constructive appraisal of the effectiveness of the training; brief details of technical
reading, use of resource facilities and attendance in meetings, etc.
Any tasks performed that are not on the task list in this log book should also be
included.
Care should be taken to record all work done as accurately as possible and in
detail
Ensure that you present your log book to your supervisor regularly for
confirmation and signature
Read and understand the code of conduct. Failure to abide by it will lead to
disciplinary action being taken against you, which may lead to withdrawal from
the course.
GUIDELINES TO THE EMPLOYER AND INDUSTRIAL SUPERVISOR
The following are guidelines for the benefit of the employer and industrial supervisor
where a trainee is undergoing on the job training.
1. The trainee on the job training is expected to work as much as possible under the
supervision of a skilled worker.
2. The trainee should be placed in the normal operations of the organization and
afforded the opportunity where possible to acquire individual experience.
3. We request you to give the trainee guidance and assess his/her performance as
closely and as accurately as possible
4. Please fill in your objective assessment of the trainee in his/her log book once
every two weeks for record.
5. A skills task table has been prepared to guide you. These are in no way conclusive
and extra tasks/skills can be taught to the trainee.
6. We believe a trainee would have got adequate training if he/she covers at least all
the listed tasks.
7. Trainees who do not abide by the code of conduct may be withdrawn from the
course.
HEALTH AND SAFETY
It shall be the duty of every student while on industrial attachment:
a) to take reasonable care of the health and safety of HIMSELF/HERSELF and of
OTHER PERSONS who may be affected by her/his acts or omissions at work.
b) to co-operate with the employer by complying with all safety rules and
requirements, including attending any specific trainings.
c)
to use the prescribed or provided personal protective equipment (PPE) as
required. Students must know how to use such PPE and the limitations for such
use.
Students must be trained on machinery before use and if not sure, should not proceed.
In the interest of Health, Safety or Welfare no person shall intentionally or recklessly
interfere with or misuse any appliance, equipment or protective equipment provided.
It is important that you ensure ALL items on the checklist and any other local health
and safety concerns are explained to/and understood by you. Please remember the
organisation would rather you asked than assumed anything.
STUDENT PLACEMENT INDUCTION
This student orientation and safety checklist for placement students is for
guidance. All on site safety requirements MUST be adhered to. Below are
items you need to be made aware of.
ORIENTATION
1. Introduction to key staff members and their roles explained
2. Location of toilet facilities
3. Location of rest room and, canteen (where relevant), etc.
4. Lunch, tea and coffee arrangements
5. Place of work
6. Dress code
7. Work space
8. How to answer the telephone, transfer calls and deal with clients
HEALTH & SAFETY ISSUES
1. Means of fire evacuation from work area/building
2. Fire evacuation and assembly points
3. Location of fire alarm call points and extinguishers
4. First Aider and first aid facilities, accident reporting
5. Personal Protective equipment where issued (with instruction as
required) (You have a duty to report any damage, loss or defects of
issued items to your local supervisor)
6. Housekeeping, toilet facilities, locations where you can/cannot eat
and drink
7. Observation of safety signs e.g. noise areas, safety specifications
etc
8. Transport movement on site e.g. fork lift truck, etc
9. The known local safety hazards applicable to a process or
procedure
10. Permits to operate/work where applicable
11. Other issues:
DESCRIPTION OF WORK DONE
DAY/DATE DUTIES ASSIGNED
DUTIES
PROBLEMS AND
INITIATED
LESSONS
ENCOUNTERED
Week 1
12-18
April
1. Read on web

development using ReactJS
Framework
2. Application Testing and
data capturing for the portal 
Week ending
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Week 2

Both tasks comleted
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1. Generation of report
screens
19-23
April
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Week ending
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Week 3

Obtain necessary

data types required
for custom data
generation
Captured the data
whilst testing the
work efficiency of
the portal
N/A
Research on how to 
use PowerBI
software package
to generate visuals
Request for
reviews

completed task
Delay in delivery of the
completed reports due to
Power outages
 Rescheduled my time
shifts accordingly
Misunderstanding the proper
design of a report
 Request for clarity on
design procedures
Research on web 
development using
wordpress
Deployed the
necessary initial
website files

Domain access denial through
FTP protocol
 Communicated with the
hosting providers to look
into the case
Task completed
1.Development
of
Insurehub website
the 
26-2

May
Week ending
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Learnt about how insurance
consultancy firms operate
regarding to project
development procedures
MONTH: APRIL
MONTH: MAY
DAY/DATE DUTIES ASSIGNED
DUTIES
PROBLEMS AND
INITIATED
LESSONS ENCOUNTERED
Week 1
3-9
CONT’D
 Base templates design
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May
Designed the base 
templates for the

website
Request for review
N/A
Learnt efficient web design
techniques through use of
templates and themes
Research on proper 
web design

principle
Site restoration

Drafted a list of
content
requirements for
each of the base
templates
Started content
addition
completed task
Site crash due to plugin failure
Learnt more on good web design
priniples from my supervisor
Learnt on the application of
navigation, hierachy and color
coordination to web designing
Research on

ecommerce
development
methods
Setup a subdomain
for development of 
the eccomerce
store
Difficulty understanding the design
concepts at first

As this was my first
ecommerce website design, I
reached out to my supervisor
I learnt about the good design
principles of ecommerce websites
such as product categorizations
and benefits proper backend
management
Week ending
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Week 2
10-16
May
CONT’D
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 Content Addtion to the
Website
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Week ending
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Week 3
17-23
Insurehub site design
completed
1. Development of the
ecommerce subdomain
website
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May
Week ending
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Week 4
24-30
May
CONT’D
 Base templates design

Designed multiple
base templates
required
Week ending
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MONTH: JUNE
DAY/DATE DUTIES ASSIGNED
DUTIES
PROBLEMS
INITIATED
Week 1
30 May-6
June
CONT’D

 1hr per day reads on
Sales Force
 Content Addtion to the
website

Week ending
Drafted a list of
content
requirements for
each of the base
templates
Started content
addition
ENCOUNTERED
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Week 2
7-13
June
CONT’D
 Review on the
website’s neatness and
color coordination
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CONT’D
 New Parlours section
design and product
categorization
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
Adjusted the colour 
consistances for the
multiple templates
Redesigned some
other templates to
suit the new look
Difficulty in understanding
some
of
the
insurance
terminology at first
 Read more of insurance
articles to understand how
the policies are assigned
and the application
procedures
Site crush
 Luckily as I was advised
to always have a backup
of the site I recovered the
state of the site from my
recent backups
Week ending
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Week 3
14-20
June

addition of package
products
redesign of the
logo and main
navigation sections
Week ending
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Trainee’s
Signature:
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Date: …………….…….…
Industrial Supervisor’s Signature: ………………………………………………….…..
Date:………………..……
Academic Supervisor’s Signature: ………………………....……………….………..
Date: …….…….………..
ASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCE
Note to the Industrial Supervisor:
You are encouraged to discuss your responses with the student in a positive and
objective manner, just as you would review job performance with your
employees/colleagues. You are provided with 10 criteria in the table below upon
which to base your assessment of the student and award him/her the appropriate
grade on a scale of 1 to 10.
Criteria
Mark
Below
Average Above Outstanding
4, 5
Average
9, 10
Average
6, 7, 8
1, 2, 3
1
Organizes work well/ work
attitude
2
Completes assigned tasks on
time/punctual at work
3
Initiative/resourcefulness
4
Accuracy of work
5
Adapts to working
conditions
6
Has ability to get along with
others at work
7
Follows up on assignments
8
Has ability to communicate
with superiors
9
Has ability to apply theory
in practice
10 Has ability to judge or take
decisions
Total mark