What is a SIWES Report?
The SIWES Report also known as Industrial Training or Internship Report is an overall
documentation of experiences gained, activities, topics, projects, jobs carried out by internship
students at their workplace during the industrial training period.
This report is usually type-written using MS Word, printed, binded and is to be submitted by the
students to their school lecturers/supervisors or department at the end of their training’s for review,
presentation and grading.
The report should give succinct details of all work-related activities that took place in the place of
industrial attachment.
It should be written in such a way that a layperson or one who hasn’t been to the workplace would
easily and clearly understand the activities, projects, jobs carried out and products produced by the
firm.
Also, the report should be free of grammatical errors.
Format for SIWES Report Writing
The general format used by most schools and students in the SIWES report writing using MS Word
is:
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Paper – A4 Sized White Paper
Font – Times New Roman
Font Size – 12
Line Spacing – 2.0 (Double Line)
Aligned/Justified on Both Sides
Part of the SIWES/I.T Report
The SIWES/I.T Report is usually divided into three (3) main parts, namely:
(1) Preliminary Pages
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Title Page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Abstract (Report Overview)
Note: The Preliminary Pages are numbered in Roman Numerals (i, ii, iii, iv etc.) at the bottom of each
page.
(2) Report Body (Chapters)
(3) References
Preliminary Pages
A TECHNICAL REPORT
ON
STUDENT INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME (SIWES)
UNDERTAKEN AT
BARAU DIKKO TEACHING HOSPITAL, KADUNA
KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
BY
ISAAC HYUK DANIEL
KASU/2022/PHY/0001
SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, FACULTY OF SCIENCE,
KADUNA STATE UNIVERSITY, KADUNA
KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (BSc) DEGREE IN PHYSICS
AUGUST, 2022
The Title Page gives a brief introduction and shows the purpose of the report.
You’ll have to include the following on this page:
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Your Full Name
I.T Company Name & Address
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Matriculation or Reg. No.
Department, Faculty and School
Date
The date to include can be the month and year you’re to submit your report to your department for
grading or do your defense/presentation.
It can also be the duration of your training i.e. when you began and ended your training
e.g. 01/01/2022 – 30/06/2022.
Note: The font size for the title page is 14 and in bold capital letters throughout.
2. Dedication
DEDICATION
This report is dedicated to my parents Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hyuk for their love and support.
The dedication page is mostly for appreciation and thanks to your creator, parents, guardians,
sponsors etc.
3. Acknowledgements
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I wish to register my profound gratitude to God Almighty for HIS guidance and grace
Throughout my life.
I’m grateful to my institutional supervisors, Dr. Peter Waziri and Dr. Aliyu Isiyaku Kabiru,
my industrial supervisors, Mr. Jide Musa Chidi and Mrs. Esther Mohammed for their
support and guidance throughout my industrial training experience.
My gratitude goes to my amazing parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hyuk, who financially
supported my educational pursuit, may God continue to bless and keep you, amen.
In this page, you’ll have to show gratitude to some or all of those who contributed to the success of
your training.
4. Table of Contents
The Table of Contents should show the orderly and sequential arrangement of the aforementioned
pages including the activities, projects carried out by you at your workplace.
This page enables a reader to easily know and find the exact pages of a particular topic or activity of
interest without having to read the entire report.
5. Abstract
ABSTRACT
The student Industrial Work Experience Scheme established by the federal Government of
Nigeria was aimed at exposing students of higher institutions to acquire industrial skill and
practical experience in their approved courses of study and also to prepare the students for
the industrial work situation which they are likely to meet after graduation. This technical
report is based on the experiences gained during my six months of industrial training at
Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria. This report highlights
how patients are managed and also the several tests carried out for patients such as: Full
Blood Count (FBC), Packed Cell Volume (PVC), White Blood Cell Count. Differential
Count, Stool Examination etc. I was opportune to work in five (5) laboratory sections,
which are: Phlebotomy Section, Hermatology/ Immunohematology Section, Serology
Section, Clinical Microbiological Section and Chemical Pathology Section. These sections
exposed me to the safety precautions, rules and regulations, patient’s diagnosis and the
various test analysis. Finally, this report also describes the activities carried out, experience
gained and problems encountered during the period of my training and suggestions on how
to mitigate these problems..
Summary of the report.
Note: Don’t give paragraphs when writing the report abstract, because it is usually jam-packed, as you
can see in the picture above.
Report Body
The body of the SIWES report is usually divided into Four (4) Chapters, although you can have up to 5
or more Chapters.
But, it’s always advisable to make your report brief, except you’ve a lot to write about.
You’re not actually writing a textbook.
In short, your lecturers/supervisors may not have the time to read the complete report.
They will probably scan through important parts/pages of your report looking for errors, mistakes or
interesting facts (activities).
Sometimes, “Quality over Quantity”
The manner and approach you’ll use in writing your report usually depends on the firm you work with,
departments you worked in and activities carried out by you.
The length should also be 1/2 (half) or 3/4 (three-quarter) of the page you’ll be writing it on. Use single
line spacing (i.e. 1) for the abstract.
For example, the way a SIWES report of an I.T student who worked in a medical laboratory is written,
differs sometimes from the report of those who worked in fast food, bakeries, construction sites, farms,
etc.
1. Chapter One
This chapter should contain the:
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Summary of your activities at your I.T place.
Challenges you encountered during your training e.g. cost of transportation, no payment, poor
attitudes of customers or fellow workers/employees, night shifts etc.
o Personal suggestions, recommendations towards improvement of industrial training in the
firm, state or the country at large.
o Conclusion
References
This should come at the end of your report writing.
You can’t say that you actually wrote your SIWES report by yourself without making use of the internet,
textbooks, materials, your workplace handbooks/manuals or copy and pasting.
This section is where all sources referred in writing are listed.
Referencing is also known as a bibliographic listing of information sources cited or consulted at the
end of every research. You must give credits where due.
“American Psychological Association (APA) Style of Referencing” is recommended.
The references must be arranged in alphabetical order.
All citations must be consistent, reflected in the references section and must conform to standard
scientific format.
The references above is based on/related to report i.e. training undergo in a Poultry Farm.
Your report can’t be about laboratory tests and you’ll now be having reference sources and articles of
water or bread production. It makes little sense. It has to be related.
If you undergo your training in two different companies, you can choose to write just one or two different
SIWES reports.
But, I’ll recommend you write only one report i.e. merge both together.
Below is the Table of Contents for six months training (report) undergo in two different companies (D
Kings Kid Conglomerates and OUI Ozonized Water).