HOW TO WRITE A GOOD TECHNICAL I.T REPORT FOR SIWES

Students Industrial Work Experience scheme also known as SIWES is a program that is designed by the university to expose students to the practical aspects of their course of study. It involves the attachment of a student to an organization in line with his or her respective course of study in the university that can provide the training and experience required in the industry, as these experience and  training cannot be obtained lecture rooms but the theoretical aspect or  knowledge being taught in lecture rooms shall be applied by the student in real industrial situations.

As a student Caleb University my course of study is Biochemistry, I have been able to get as much experience in my workplace, my SIWES program is to last for a duration of 6 months. Some other university give a  duration of 3 months well it all depends on what the university gives and as for Polytechnic have a duration of about 12 months.


FIRST STEP:

                                                    
                                                   TITLE
It is always necessary to have a highly concrete title consisting only of words that contribute directly to the report subject. Be sure that the title contains no filler and includes few abbreviations or acronyms, yet also be certain that it is complete. For example;

TECHNICAL REPORT ON STUDENT INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME

HELD AT

LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE IKEJA, LAGOS STATE


BY
OLORUNFEMI OLUWASEUN GABRIEL
MATRIC NO: 013984788663890
FROM

CALEB UNIVERSITY IMOTA, LAGOS

PRESENTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOCHEMISTRY (B.SC)



SECOND STEP:

                                       ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Acknowledgement is very important in a SIWES report because of the need to show appreciation to certain people for example;

"I would like to appreciate God Almighty for making this programme a success and for his favor that I enjoined all through my industrial training period. I will specially like to appreciate my training supervisors; Mrs. R.M.L Abiola, Mr. B.A Olukoya and Mr. O.A Olabisi for their endless guidance during my Industrial Training."

THIRD STEP:

                                                        ABSTRACT

Most reports require an abstract—a condensed summary of the report’s contents. In a journal article, more people will read the abstract than any other part of the paper, so its succinctness and accuracy are vital. The abstract is always self-contained, and is sometimes presented as a separate page. The best abstracts do these things, usually in this order:

• Summarize the specific nature of the investigation;
• Identify the rationale behind the investigation;
• Present the important findings and most significant overall data;
• Briefly interpret the pertinent findings.

FOURTH STEP:

                                                            INTRODUCTION

The introduction should offer immediate context for the reader by establishing why the problem being studied is important and by describing the nature and scope of the problem. You should describe your specific approach to the problem and establish how your investigative work meshes with the needs of the field or with other work that has been done. Most journals allow "we" or "our" to be used in the introduction, especially as you outline your objectives or summarize the common goals of researchers.

FIFTH STEP:

                                                      TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Table of Contents is important so as the readers of your report can know the pages to turn to for specific topics and all that. Table of content should be done after the whole report has been typed and arranged, it pays to be orderly with your table of contents so you don't write the wrong content for the wrong pages.

SIXTH STEP:

                                                   INTRODUCTION

The introduction should offer immediate context for the reader by establishing why the problem being studied is important and by describing the nature and scope of the problem. You should describe your specific approach to the problem and establish how your investigative work meshes with the needs of the field or with other work that has been done. The so called "funnel system" of organization—moving from a broad approach to a gradually narrowed scope—is highly recommended here. Present tense is also highly favored, especially as you present accepted scientific truths and the objectives of the report. Introductions range from one to several pages in length, and must always include a clearly worded account of the report’s objective, usually at the end of the introduction (Some writers even include a short separate subsection labeled "Objective"). Most journals allow "we" or "our" to be used in the introduction, especially as you outline your objectives or summarize the common goals of researchers.

SEVENTH STEP:

                                                     EXPERIMENTAL/PROCEDURES

Any of the above titles will usually do for this section. The goal is to summarize the WHAT, HOW, and WHY behind your specific experiment, with particular emphasis on the WHAT and HOW so that other researchers can repeat your procedures if they so desire. As necessary, this section includes a description of the relevant apparatus and materials used, and photographs and diagrams could be used, sparingly, to help clarify the procedures.

Stylistically, passive voice and past tense verbs are essential in this section, but be sure that your sentences are written efficiently and contain simple subjects and verbs when possible. The basic form of directly saying "what was done; why it was done that way" should be used over and over in the "Experimental" section.

EIGHT STEP:

                                                                    DISCUSSION 

Often this section is combined with "Results" into one "Results and Discussion" section; this allows you to interpret your results as you summarize them. Logical deductions must be made, errors of or ambiguities in the data should be discussed, and even simple causal relationships must be confirmed. It is important here not to rely on a table or figure to do the work for you—you must out-rightly and concisely interpret. Beware of making sweeping generalizations or unfounded statements. 

NINTH STEP:

                                                                  CONCLUSIONS 

In "Discussion" you supplied your reasoning; now you present the exact conclusions you have arrived at as they relate to your experimental objectives. Conclusions may be listed and numbered, and it should be made clear how they contribute to the understanding of the overall problem. In a sense, you are going back to the big picture provided by your introduction now, incorporating your conclusions into that picture, even suggesting where more work is needed. This section may be short—often about the same length as the abstract.