EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED BIOLOGY
A TECHNICAL REPORT ON
STUDENT INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME (SIWES)
HELD AT
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, BROWN BUILDING CENTRAL AREA, ABUJA
PRESENTED BY
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Date
DEDICATION
This report is dedicated to God almighty for he has been my source of inspiration and wisdom
ACKNOWLEGDEMENT
I wish to thank God almighty for me given the opportunity to undergo a six months SIWES programme in federal ministry of environment.
My sincere appreciation goes to my industrial based supervisors Engr W.C.G Gomwalk andMr Ebenike C. for their love , care and their immense contributions during the short period of my industrial attachment.
I will also like to use this medium to thank the general board of Environmental Impact Assessment division (EIA) and the entire staff and management of the Fedral Ministry of Environment for giving me this opportunity to undergo my SIWES programme in the Ministry.
I also thank my parents Mr/Mrs. Okpara, my sister Favour Okpara, my brother Miracle Okpara, Ephraim Okpara, for their moral support, financially and materially. I also want to thank the National University Commission for providing this kind of rare oppurtunity to have this form of experience in a work environment to augument the theoretical/practical aspect of biological science
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION TO SIWES
1.0 Aims and objectives of SIWES
• To provide job opportunities to students after completion of their studies.
• To develop students with practical knowledge and skills in their respective field of studies.
• To make industries/organizations have confidence in abilities and competence of the graduates.
• To help students acquire experience and working relationship outside their academic environment.
• To provide exposure to students outside their academic environment.
• To provide an avenue for students in the Nigerian Universities and other higher institutions of learning to acquire industrial skills and experiences in their course of study.
• To expose students on how to handle and operate some of the equipment and machines that is not available in their various institutions.
• To provide mutual interaction between students and various institutions of higher learning participation in the SIWES programs.
• To promote and encourage the acquisition of skills in commerce and industries with a view to generate a lot of the indigenous trained man power.
• To ensure students obtain practical knowledge and skills of the theoretical aspect acquired at the school.
Experts are of the opinion that there is a yearning gap between the learning acquired by graduates of Nigerian Universities and the skills application required in the work place. Clearly, academic learning and theoretical market knowledge alone will not usaully prepare an educated person or the world of work.
Discussions on the general deterioration in the quality of graduate in the Nigerian Universities in the recent past are open secret. Employers believe Nigerian graduates bring sufficient theoretical knowlegde to the job but that they generally lack hands on or practical skills that would make them productiive and efficient in the work place. Consequently, a worker must not only be knowledgeable but must also be versatile in the application of skills required to perform defined jobs and work. This requirement is particularly crucial for graduate or science, engineering, agriculture and technology disciplines.
1.1 THE INDUTRIAL TRAINING FUND (ITF)
The Industrial Training Fund is an agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria, which is charged with the responsibility of mediating between the tertiary institutions and industries in order to enable students to participate in industrial activities prior to their graduation. The participation in industrial activities is expected to prepare the student to fit well into the industrial system when tey secure employment in the industris after graduation. In this way, there would be the bridging of the gap between the theory acquired in school and the real industrial work after school. The Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) apparently offers a veritable means of redressing the gaps between the skills repertoire possessed by Nigerian graduates and relevant production skills required by employers.
1.2 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF SIWES OPERATIONS
The vision of the Industrial Training Funds, when it initiated the Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) in 1973, was the provison of an avenue for students to acquire practical industrial exposure in their respectives disciplines during the course of their studies. Such exposure, it was envisaged, would prepare students to fit, more readily, into an industrial work enviroment after their academic carrier. The scheme was also designed to offer lecturers the oppurtunity to evaluate the relevance of the training to the needs of industry.
The scheme commenced in 1974 with eleven(11) institutions. By 1978, when the number of intitution had grown fron eleven to thirty two(32), the ITF was forced to reduce the number of approved programmes to engineering and technology desciple in universities, polytechniques and colleges of technology. In 1979, the Federal Ministry of Education made it compulsary for students of Polytechnics and Colleges of Technology to undergo one year industrial attachment. This new arrangement created a financial burden which was too high to be shouldered by ITF. The scheme is a tripartite programme involving the students, the universities and the industry (employers of labor). It is funded by the Federal Government of Nigeria and jointly coordinated by the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) and the National Universities Commission (NUC). The student’s industrial work experience scheme (SIWES) is an essential part of the preparation by student for a Bachelor of Degree in the participating faculties and departments. The successful completion of the scheme is a requirement for graduation. Industrial training therefore should be taken seriously and not treated as a mere vacation job.
CHAPTER TWO
2.1 HISTORY AND STRUCTURE OF THE ORGANIZATION
The Federal Ministry of Environment was established at the inception of the Civilian Administration under the leadership of Chief OlusegunObasanjo in June 1999 to ensure effective coordination of all environmental matters, which hitherto were fragmented and resident in different line Ministries. The federal ministry of environment is located at No: 340 independent way, central area F.C.T. Abuja. The creation was intended to ensure that environmental matters are adequately mainstreamed into all developmental activities.
In line with the above and in consonance with the administration’s policy thrust of Environmental Renewal and Development Initiative (ERDI), the Ministry has the following mandate to:
* Prepare a comprehensive National Policy for the protection of the environment and conservation of natural resources, including procedure for environmental impact assessment of all developing projects.
* Prepare in accordance with the National Policy on Environment, periodic master plans for redevelopment of environmental science and technology and advise the Federal Government on the financial requirements for the implementation of such plans.
* Advise the Federal Government on National Environmental Policies and priorities, theconservation of natural resources and sustainable development and scientific and technological activities affecting the environment and natural resources.
* Promote cooperation in environmental science and conservation technology with similar bodies in other countries and with international bodies connected with the protection of the environment and the conservation of natural resources.
* Cooperate with Federal and State Ministries, Local Government, statutory bodies and research agencies on matters and facilities relating to the protection of the environment and the conservation of natural resources.
* Prescribe standards for and make regulations on water quality, effluent limitations, air quality, atmospheric protection, ozone protection, noise control as well as the removal and control of hazardous substances ,and* Monitor and enforce environmental protection measures.
VISION:
To ensure a Nigeria that develops in harmony with the environment.
MISSION:
To ensure environmental protection and natural resources conservation for a sustainable development.
Parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Environment
1. Environmental Health Officers Registration Council (EHORECON)
2. National Park Services (NPS)
3. Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN)
4. National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA)
5. National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA)
2.9 EA ORGANOGRAM
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