Industrial Attachment System
Importance and Purpose
Both the Students and TCT as an institution can get some benefits from Industrial
Attachment system. The purpose of Industrial attachment includes
 To cultivate the student’s professionalism, aptitude, attitude and adaptive
skills in real-life situations;
 To further develop the student's interpersonal and collaborative skills through
working with fellow colleagues;
 To boost the student's technical and design competency;
 To prepare the student for ready absorption into the workforce in Alternative
Energy (AE) or Electronics & Telecommunication (ET) or Information
Technology (IT) industries;
 To help forge and support a closer relationship between the AE, ET and IT
industries and TCT.
Objectives
Trainees will be able to:
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Appreciate the importance of human relationships and work attitudes.
Understand the constraints of working life and functional relationships within
and between organizations.
Be orientated towards work processes.
Apply theoretical concepts and school based skills to practice.
Develop work attitudes like curiousness, self-confidence, maturity and selfreliance.
Obtain knowledge of potential careers and develop new areas of interest.
Employers will be able to:
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Know future skills availability.
Improve the training delivered at training institutions
relevance.
Influence the training of future generation of employees.
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The Industrial Attachment System Operation
The attached student would work in the office of the company for the whole
duration of the attachment. He/she would be working on the assigned project
under the direct supervision of an AE/ET/IT trained staff from the company, whom
we would term as the Training Supervisor. The attached student would abide with
the company’s operating hours, dress code and any other human resource
requirements. He/she could be given an allowance, determined by the organization.
There would be a staff from TCT, whom we termed as the TCT Supervisor who will
liaise with the Training Supervisor and with the company to oversee the
attachment. At the end of the attachment, the student would be graded on his/her
overall performance.
Role of Student
The student would be required to report to the company to which he/she is
attached. He/she would be accountable to the Training Supervisor from the
company throughout the duration of the attachment.
The student would be expected to demonstrate his/her professionalism, good
attitude, adaptive and collaborative abilities, besides the technical and design skills
that he/she had learnt. The student could be assigned as a member of a project
team or work individually at the discretion of the training supervisor. The student
would be required to maintain a student log throughout the duration of the
attachment. He/she would be responsible in filling the weekly summary of work
done with regards to his/her tasks and assignments given during attachment. This
should be endorsed by the Training Supervisor as specified in the log book.
At the end of the attachment, the student should submit the student log book
together with an industrial attachment report on the project highlighting his/her
individual effort and contribution. The student should give a demonstration and/or a
presentation of his/her contributions to the industrial attachment. Students would
be evaluated jointly by both the Training Supervisor and the TCT Supervisor.
Role of the Training Supervisor
The Training Supervisor is a staff of the company appointed to jointly assess the
student's performance in the industrial attachment project.
The following are the roles that the company's Training Supervisor will play:
 He/she should be able to assist the student in adjusting to the company and
also in providing technical guidance with regards to the project.
 He/she will be responsible for evaluating the student's performance based on
the student's attitude, reliability, quality, productivity, teamwork, and
initiative and communication skills.
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He/she will work with the TCT Supervisor who will provide the necessary
assistance and liaison.
 He/she would highlight to the TCT Supervisor for any disciplinary issues or
concerns.
The industrial attachment report should be vetted by the Training Supervisor before
submission to ensure that confidential information of the company or project will
not be accidentally divulgated. Thus, the submitted report may be desensitized if
necessary. The information in the report would be kept within the premises and
will only be used for assessment purposes.
TCT Supervisors
The TCT Supervisor would be appointed to oversee the smooth running of the
attachment. The role of the TCT Supervisor includes the following:
 liaising with the Training Supervisor of the student in the company,
 checking on the student’s hard and soft skills performance,
 ensuring that project objectives are met,
 Making visits to the attachment and assessing the efforts and contributions of
the student to the project in consultation with the Training Supervisor.