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Objectives of Industrial Training

· Provide an avenue for students in institutions of higher learning to acquire industrial skills and experience in their course of study, which are restricted to Engineering and Technology including Environmental studies and other courses that may be approved by National Universities Commission (NUC).

· Prepare students for the industrial work situation they are to meet after graduation.

· Expose students to work methods and techniques in handling equipment and machineries that may not be available in their institutions.

· Make the transition from school to the world of work easier, and enhance students contacts for later job placement;

· Provide students with an opportunity to apply their knowledge in real work situation thereby bridging the gap between theory and practice; and

· Enlist and strengthen employers’ involvement in the entire educational process and prepare students for employability in industry and commerce.

Modules of Industrial Training

The Industrial Training Coordinating Centre runs three modules of Industrial Training Programmes as stated below. The Students’ Work Experience Programme (SWEP) module has the objective of introducing students to shop floor activities. This is undertaken by only 200 -Level students of Faculty of Technology. All the modules run during the long vacation at the end of each academic session expect for the 6-month /24-Week module which runs from the beginning of mid-semester break.

a. SWEP - 8 Weeks

b. SIWES - 12 Weeks

c. SIWES - 24 Weeks

Welcome

Students’ Industrial Training started at the University of Ibadan in 1972 with the creation of a unit known as Industrial Coordination Unit in the then Institute of Applied Science and Technology which later transformed to Faculty of Technology. This Unit was modelled after the Cooperative Education & Career Services Centre of the University of Waterloo in Canada. It was established to coordinate industrial training of Engineering and Technology students in the Faculty. The initial handling of the coordination of the students’ industrial training activities was by the Canadian experts who were brought in by Canadian Industrial Development Agency [CIDA] who facilitated the programme.

Process of Industrial Training Programme

The process of participating in Industrial Training begins with students’ registration at the beginning of a new session. This registration is subject to the receipt of the list of eligible students from the participating departments and evidence of payment of the prescribed fees. Students are then issued with registration forms and student manual especially to those participating in the programme for the first time. The student manual explains what the students need to know concerning the programme from the beginning to a successful completion of the exercise. For health reasons, pregnant students are not allowed to participate in SIWES. They are however allowed immediately they are strong enough to cope with the rigours of the industrial training.