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GUIDELINES FOR INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT REPORT
The field attachment report should be well written in good English and should at least
contain the following:
COVER PAGE:
This should show the following in the given order:
a) Name of School
b) Student’s Year of Study
c) Name of department
d) Site location where field attachment was undertaken
e) Field attachment period e.g. May – August 2023
f) Name of student, student’s Registration Number;
g) JOOUST Assessors and field Supervisor’s Signature.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
The student should acknowledge all those who assisted in contributing to the success of the
field attachment and report writing.
SUMMARY/ABSTRACT:
This should provide a summary of the most important practical work the student learnt as
well as the major challenges, conclusions and recommendations.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
A table of contents should be generated which shows the contents of the report and the page
numbers for easy reading and referencing.
LIST OF FIGURES:
All figures must be captioned at the bottom, with figure numbers shown against each
caption. The pages where particular figures are found should be indicated for easy reading
and referencing. Figures should be preferably numbered according to the chapter numbers.
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LIST OF TABLES:
All tables must be given headers and with table number shown against each table header as
well. The pages where particular figures are found should be indicated for easy reading and
referencing. Tables should be preferably numbered according to the chapter numbers.
LIST OF ACRONYMS/ABBREVIATIONS:
All acronyms or abbreviations used in the report should be included in this section, with their
full meanings.
INTRODUCTION
i) Background of the field attachment program (refer to the brief guiding information
hand-out)
ii) Objectives of the field attachment
iii) Background of the organization attached to
iv) Organizational structure of the organization with emphasis on the department where
student is deployed
v) Major activities and focus of the department
EXPERIENCES
i) Duties and responsibilities
ii) New knowledge and skills gained in each of the duties and responsibilities assigned
iii) Level of accomplishment of the duties/responsibilities assigned (may indicate your
contribution in terms of new knowledge and skills provided)
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iv) Relationship with other staff
v) Things enjoyed most and why
vi) Things enjoyed least and why
vii) Problem experienced and how handled
viii) Major benefits derived from field attachment program
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
a) Conclusion
Remember to include the major strengths and weaknesses of the field attachment program.
b) Recommendations
Include recommendations for strengthening the field attachment program as part of the
teaching curriculum at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology; and
for improvement of the services delivery at the place you have worked.
REFERENCES
All relevant citations such as textbooks, personal communications, internet material, codes of
practice and guidelines which student used during the field attachment and/or report writing
must be quoted using the Harvard style of referencing e.g. [Atoniou J., Gusherie P., De Veen
J., (1984) “Building Roads by hand (An Introduction to Labour Based Road Construction”
Published by John Wiley and Sons Inc.].
APPENDICES IF ANY
This should include any other annexes to the report such as drawings, design charts,
photographs etc.
