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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

BOX AC939

ASCOT

BULAWAYO

INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT

LOG BOOK

COURSE: B (ENG) CIVIL AND WATER

INSTITUTION: SOUTHLAND CONSULTING ENGINEERS

NAME OF TRAINEE: SHEPHERD NHANGA

DURATION: EIGHT (8) MONTHS


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INSTITUTION:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

TRAINING COORDINATOR:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ADDRESS:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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PHONE: ---------------------------------------------- FAX NO.: --------------------------------------------------------

Email: ------------------------------------------------------------------------

HEAD OF DEPARTMENT:

NAME:----------------------------------------------------- SIGNATURE:--------------------------------

TRAINEE INFORMATION

NAME:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DATE OF BIRTH:------------------------------------- ID NO.:----------------------------------------------------------

STUDENT NO.: ----------------------------------------- GENDER:-------------------------------------------------------

CANDIDATE NO.: ------------------------------------

HOME ADDRESS:----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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PHONE:--------------------------------------------------

NEXT OF KIN: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

RELATIONSHIP: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CONTACT ADDRESS: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

PHONE: ---------------------------------------- CELL:--------------------------------------------------------------------

Email: ----------------------------------------- FAX NO: ----------------------------

DATE

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COMPANY INFORMATION

(Company one)

NAME OF COMPANY: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CONTACT PERSONS (1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ADDRESS: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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PHONE: ---------------------------------------------- FAX NO.: ----------------------------------------------------------------

Email -----------------------------------------------

ON THE JOB TRAINING PERIOD: From: ------------------------------------------ To: ----------------------------------------------

COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES SIGNATURE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(Company Two)

NAME OF COMPANY: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CONTACT PERSONS (1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(2) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ADDRESS: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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PHONE: ---------------------------------------------- FAX NO.: ----------------------------------------------------------------

Email -----------------------------------------------

ON THE JOB TRAINING PERIOD: From: ------------------------------------------ To: ---------------------------------------------

COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES SIGNATURE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(Company Three)

NAME OF COMPANY: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CONTACT PERSONS (1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(2) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ADDRESS: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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PHONE: ---------------------------------------------- FAX NO.: ----------------------------------------------------------------

Email ------------------------------------------------

ON THE JOB TRAINING PERIOD: From: ------------------------------------------ To: ----------------------------------------------

COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES SIGNATURE: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


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PREAMBLE

The Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education through all Institutions shall issue this log book totrainees on the first day of commencement of on the job training. It shall be filled daily by the

trainee, every two weeks by the trainees supervisor where he/she is attached and every four

months by a representative from an Institution herein called the training officer or coordinator.

The logbook shall guide both the trainee and the employer as to what aspects of the training have

to be covered.

The logbook remains the property of the institution until completion of the course. The trainee

shall be responsible for the safe keeping of the logbook


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GUIDELINES TO THE EMPLOYER/SUPERVISOR

The following are guidelines for the benefit of the employer supervisor where a trainee is

undergoing on the job training

The trainee on the job training is expected to work as much as possible under thesupervision of a skilled worker.

The trainee should be placed in the normal operations of the organisation and afforded theopportunity where possible to acquire individual experience

We request you to give the trainee guidance and assess his/her performance as closelyand as accurately as possible

Please fill in your objective assessment of the trainee in his/her log book once every two

weeks for record

A skills task table has been prepared to guide you. These are in no way conclusive andextra tasks/skills can be taught to the trainee

We believe a trainee would have got adequate training if he/she covers at least all thelisted tasks

Trainees who do not abide by the code of conduct (appendix 1) may be withdrawn formthe course

GUIDELINES TO TRAINEE

This logbook forms an important record of your college studies and practical training. It serves as

a means of checking whether you would have had balanced and adequate practical training

If and when you apply for employment it will serve as proof of your practical training. In thecase of engineering trainees it will serve as proof of your practical training when applying for

membership of professional bodies such as the Zimbabwe institute of engineers.

You are therefore requested to fill in the log book daily, detailing all work done andtasks performed

Any tasks performed that are not on the task list in this log book should also be included

Care should be taken to record all work done as accurately as possible and in detail

Ensure that you present your log book to your supervisor regularly for confirmation andsignature

Read and understand the code of conduct. Failure to abide by it will lead to disciplinaryaction being taken against you, which may lead to withdrawal from the course.


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TASKS TO BE CARRIED OUT DURING ON THE JOB TRAINING


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RECORD OF WORK DONE

DAY/DATE DESCRIPTION OF WORK DONE TRAINEES COMMENTS

Week 116-21 October

Induction Taught the general processes that goes in the

design office by my supervisor

Given the ZACE form to readthrough it by my supervisor

which had the normalservices that are performed

by the consulting engineer

which is a 5 stage processthat includes

i. Project report

ii. Preliminary design

iii. Detailed design,tender drawing

&documentationiv. Working drawingsv. Contract

administration and

detailed drawings.

Week 2

23-27 October Drawing the longitudinal sections for ZEIPF

Spar headquaters sewer reticulation

Instructed to secure borehole drilling ,pump

installation and borehole yield tests

quotations for the ZEIPF Spar Project

Used a previous done sewer

reticulation long section fromanother project as my

standard drawing or model,to

find out how to calculate the

manhole depths ,pipe

gradient ,chainage usingspots heights and invert levels

Week 3

30 October-3

November

Working on the Pomona housing project hadto measure the number of residential

,commercial,institutional units .

I had also to calculate the areas of those

cluster zones above and the lengths of roads

and its area.

Mostly did my work using

Autocad to measure the areas

,lengths of the stated itemswhich made my work easier .

Week 4

6-11

November

Office work mostly, had to organise a file

for the Avondale walk mall project .

Was in the Gweru Megawatt Project designmeeting and had to take minutes anddistribute them before next meeting date

The Avondale mall project is

our company is providing

project management servicesso had to organise the

documents into a six stage

project managment process

which five of them are in thezace form and tthe sixth is

project closeout


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Supervisors Comments: ..

Trainees Name:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Trainees Signature: Date: ..

Supervisors Signature: Date: ..

Training Officers Signature: ... Date: ..


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RECORD OF WORK DONE


Week 110-14th

November

Prepare a preliminary design loading file/path for the office block structure for the

ZEIPF Megawatt Project

Calculation of dead and imposed loading

Office work

Used Microsoft excel toprepare the loading file

which consists of a loadingscheme from the roof to the

ground, method of design

,references or literature,assumptions and calculations

of dead and live loads

Week 2

17-21stNovember

Preliminary design of the ZEIPF Projectwhich included the sizing of structural

members (slabs,beams ,columns,foundation

bases ) using the British Standards Code e.gBS8110,BS6399 and BS8004

It was a manual Calculation

without the use of Software .Used the BS code for the

Design Calculations, twomethods were proposed

i. The flat slab methodii. The slab beam method

Week 3

24-28

November

Prepared a bending schedule for beamsreinforcement for house Zulu

Office work

Used Microsoft excel spread

sheet it consisted of bar

mark,rebar size ,number of

rebar and members ,lengthand demensions.the BS4466

is used for scheduling

,demensioning and cutting of

steel of reinforced concreteWeek 41-5 December

Prepared a drawing registers for the as builtdrawings for the ZEIPF Spar headquaters

and Distribution Centre

The issue sheets were in threesets for the concrete drawings

,structural steel drawings

,and civils drawings.The issue

sheets consits of the drawingnumber ,drawing name and

and revision of the

drawing.The issue sheetswere for submission with the

drawings to the QS from

Masden Consultants Africa.



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Trainees Name:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------




RECORD OF WORK DONE


Week 18-12

December

Riverside walk mall site visit with the

supervisor

As built drawing registers for civils,

structural steel and concrete drawings

Swimming pool layouts for house Nyambiriand design calculations for the retainingwalls of the pool

Checked if the constructionactivities are going as

planned in the construction

programme of the Contractor

Week 2

5-9 January

Floating slab design for a generator and fuel

tank plinth for Pearl Properties.

Produced the structural layouts andreinforcement detailing of the slab and

standard details

Structural layouts and reinforcement

detailing of columns and bases for house

Nkomo and preparing the bending schedule

for the reinforcement

Firstly visited the site with mySupervisor and there was and

existing slab of smaller size

which had to be demolishedand checked the site if there

werent near services such as

plumbing and electrical

works that might be coveredor affected by the slab to be

put.On reinforcement detaling it

included the arrangement ofreinforcement in a concrete

slab


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Week 3

12-16

January

Working on the bending schedule on the

Southern granites Project with my

Supervisor for the multiple wired

foundations.

We had also to go to the site for

reinforcement inspection and to issue

instructions for concrete pouring Bending schedule of beams ,columns and

foundation bases for house Shamhu

Went to the site with mySupervisor and was taught

how to inspect fixed steel

reinforcement and issueinstructions to the contractor

before concrete is poured into

form work ,had to check forrebar spacing ,sizes,arrangement ,spacers

Week 419-23 January

Working on the calculations for the cut andfill volumes of the ground for the officeblock and shopping mall building and also

car park area for the ZEIPF Megawatt

Project

And also the preparation of the roads and

stormwater Bill of Quantities

The ground had to be reduced

for the building it had to belevel but for the car park it

can be varying and also was

instructed to research on the

minimun gradient for a storm

water drain pipe because thewe had adopted the slope of

the natural ground


Trainees Name:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



Training Officers Signature: ... Date: .


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RECORD OF WORK DONE


Week 1

26-30 January Produced a structural layout drawings for

the first floor slab ,staircase ,columns and

bases and reinforcement detailing and

standard details for a Chimbwa warehouseproject

Prepared the bending schedule for the samedetailed structural members

Used previous done

drawings from past drawings

as my models for the

staircase to check thearrangement of reinforcement

since I had not detailed astaircase before and also theSupervisor explained how the

rebar is arranged in the

staircase

Week 2

2-6 February Was instructed to prepare the issue sheets

for the ZEIPF Megawatt for the civils

drawings

Went with my Supervisor for reinforcementinspection and to issue instruction for

concrete pouring for the generator and fuel

tank plinth

Prepare the complete drawing register forthe ZEIPF Megawatt drawings and will

produced

The drawings needed to be

submitted to the QS and thProject Manager so l had to

provide the issue sheet for the

set of drawings.

Week 3

9-14 February Working with my Supervisor to produce a

structural steel Bill of Quanties for the

proposed ZEIPF Megawatt building

Drew a sectional drawing for thearrangement of the groundbeams ,slab ,void

formers and pile caps.

The first drawing had a the

pile cap connected to the

column then slab and thefinal agreed section had the

slab adjoined to the pile cap

with a beam inside the pilecap.


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Week 4

16-21February Prepared the document checklist for the

riverside walkmall project management

project closeout

Tender documention checklist forsubmission to the client from the architectfor price quotations for the Walkmall

Prepared action plan documents for thedesign review meeting for the Megawatt

Project .

There some queries andinformation requests that

were needed to be sent to the

architect for design and toproduce layouts because the

information was missing on

his recent drawings which hehad submitted to us so had toprepare the action plan


Trainees Name:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------




SUPERVISORS ASSESSMENT(TO BE FILLED ONCE EVERY 4 MONTHS)

Trainees Name:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Mark


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Assessors Comments: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Trainees Comments: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Signed

1. SUPERVISOR . DATE

2. TRAINEE . DATE .


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ON THE JOB TRAINING PROGRESS REPORT

(TO BE FILLED ONCE EVERY 4 MONTHS)

Name of Institution: ..

Name of Student: .. Student Number: ..

Course: Year: .

Assessment Period: .. to ..

ASSESSMENT OF PERFOMANCE

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Assessors Comments: .

. Trainees Comments:

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Signed

1. Supervisor -------------------------------------- Date

2. Training Officer-------------------------------- Date .

3. Trainee ------------------------------------------ Date .

KEY: S---------------SUPERVISORS MARKT--------------TRAINING OFFICER/LECTURERS MARK

DATESTAMP


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RECORD OF WORK DONE


Week 123-27

February

Structural Roof layout for the Office Blockand Shop mall on the Gweru Megawatt

Project.

The student worked with theSupervisor in coming up with

the Structural Roof Layoutand Sections and also

providing bracing to the

trusses.

Week 2

2-6 March Roof loading Calculations for Gweru

Megawatt Project.

Analysis of the trusses member sections

from the loading calculated

The student got an

illustration of how to evaluatethe member sections of a steel

truss using the Prokon

application, the student had

to evaluate the currentsections proposed and the

lightest sections.

Week 3

9-13 March

1. Gweru Megawatt Project.

Organise an information request sheet meantfor the Architect which needed to besubmitted in the design review .

Calculate the column critical loads for theoffice block,warehouse and supermarket

2. Spar Headquaters and Distribution Centre

Design of a fuel tank plinth and thestructural layout.

The critical columnloads were needed to

calculate the size ofthe piles and pile

caps.

For the fuel plinth thestudent had suggested

the plinth to rest on

the existing slab butthe Engineer

proposed the plinth tohave its own

foundation.

Week 4

16-20 March

1. Gweru Megawatt Project.

Bulk Earthworks Calculations for the site

The cut and fill quanties were

needed to be put in the Civil

Bill of Quantities



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Trainees Name:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------





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RECORD OF WORK DONE


Week 123-27 March

1.

Gweru Megawatt Project. Organise Structural and Civil tender

Drawings

Prepared the tender drawings issue sheetsfor submission.

The week was a hectic one wehad to meet the deadline to

submit the tender drawingsfor the bidding contractors to

come and collect. Fortunately

all the drawings were sentand the deadline was met.

Week 230-2 April

1. Shawa Mine Project

Run off Mine Bin critical loading

and Analysis

I was tasked to calculated theloading for the mine runoff

bin,the student was given

pictures to have a visual of

the structure .Week 3

7-10 April

1. Structural layouts and reinforcement fixingdetails for the strip foundation ,first floor

slab ,stair case ,and beams for house

Cornelius

Bending schedule for the first floor

slab,strip footing foundation ,beams

and staircase

The student was now familiar

with the reinforcement fixingdetails so the job was an easy

task for him.

Week 4

13-17 pril

1. Tsholotsho Stadium

Stadium grand stand roof loading

2.

Gweru Megawatt Project Pricing of the Civil Bill of Quantities

and asking for items Quotations.

This loading was to analyse if

the cantilever roof of the

grand stand would not deflectbeyond the permissible

deflection.


Trainees Name:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



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RECORD OF WORK DONE


Week 120-24 April

1. Fourth Street Development

Structural layouts of Foundation up

to fourth floor,

Waffle panel design

The waffle panels were timeconsuming to produce for the

student but he was able to

meet the deadline of

submission of the drawings tothe supervisor.

Week 2

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SUPERVISERS ASSESSMENT(TO BE FILLED ONCE EVERY 4 MONTHS)

Trainees Name:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Assessors Comments: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.

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Signed

1. SUPERVISOR . DATE

2. TRAINEE . DATE .


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Name of Institution: ..


Course: Year: .







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Signed

1. Supervisor -------------------------------------- Date


3. Trainee ------------------------------------------ Date .

KEY: S---------------SUPERVISERS MARKT--------------TRAINING OFFICER/LECTURERS MARK

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SUPERVISORS ASSESSMENT(TO BE FILLED ONCE EVERY 4 MONTHS)

Trainees Name:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


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Signed

1. SUPERVISER . DATE

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Name of Institution: .


Course: Year: .







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Signed

1. Supervisor--------------------------------------- Date


3. Trainee ------------------------------------------ Date .

KEY: S---------------SUPERVISORS MARKT--------------TRAINING OFFICER/LECTURERS MARK

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MINISTRY OF HIGHER AND TERTIARY EDUCATION

CODE OF CONDUCT FOR TRAINEE ON ON-THE JOD-TRAINI NG

Tec.Voc Education training involves the relevant theory in class and relevant practical and, orwork experience activities. Work attachment provides the trainee with an opportunity to work in

a real work environment for the trade. This enables the student to acquire and apply the requisite

trade skills in a realistic work/production environment.

During work attachment, the trainees (students) are expected to conduct themselves in an

exemplary and respectable manner in which is compatible with both the college and the company

culture. The following are guidelines on the conduct expected of the trainees while on workattachment:

1.During on-the-job training the trainee will report at the company for the same number of

days and hours per day, as the personnel working in the same trade in that company.

2.Once attached, trainees are not allowed to move from one company to another without theexpress permission of the co-ordinator of the parent institution.

3.No trainee is allowed to ask for any remuneration or favours from the company and the

company is not obliged to pay anything to the trainee.

4.The trainees co-ordinator and the companys attachment controller or training officer shall be

informed by the trainee, of the reasons for any absence from duty within 24 hours of theabsence.

5.Should a trainee be absent from the company for periods longer than 3 days due to sickness or

any other acceptable reason, a medical certificate (signed by a qualified medical practitioner) or awritten submission by the trainee, on the reasons of absence, shall be sent to the companysattachment controller or training officer. The student should send a copy of the same reasons to

the Institution.

6.The trainee is expected to maintain a high standard of time keeping and must be punctual at all

times.

7.The trainee should take care of, economically and correctly use all company property, tools,

resources and equipment and should ensure that any items borrowed from the companys storesare returned within the required time.

8.Trainees should not smoke during working hours in the workshop or other work places.

However, they may do so in those places set aside for smoking by the company (where they areavailable).

9.Trainees should not drink alcoholic beverages or take dangerous drugs during working hours,


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including lunch and other breaks. If the student is on prescribed medication, which is likely to

impair her/his judgement, the student should inform his/her supervisor.

10.Any company information concerning manufacturing processes, products, costing and

financial results and other activities obtained by the trainee during on the job training shall be

regarded as confidential. The information should not be passed to other people in any form,without the express permission of the companys management.

11.The trainees are expected to comply with all company work procedures and safety regulationsthroughout their on the job training.

12.Trainees shall comply with all reasonable requests and orders by the companys supervisors

and management staff. Should it be felt (by the trainees) that the order or request seemsunreasonable guidance should be obtained from the appropriate Institutes co-ordinator.

13.At all times within the best of his/her ability, experience and training, the trainee shall work to

the standard of quality, accuracy and time specified by the supervisors.

14.The trainee is expected at all times to act as an ambassador for polytechnic and ministry and

to behave in an acceptable manner, both professionally and socially.

15.The trainee is expected to follow the companys channel of communication if the need to do

so arises . All communication with the Institution must be channelled through the co-ordinator.

16.Any behaviour or conduct likely to bring disrepute and disrespect to the polytechnic or to the

government may lead to appropriate disciplinary action being taken against the trainee.

17.A trainee who is dismissed from the company for misconduct may be with drawn from the

course.

18.Any trainee found guilty of violation, or failure to observe, the above code of conduct may

have disciplinary action taken against him/her ranging from suspension to withdrawal.

19.Any student expelled from attachment is deemed to be expelled from the College as well.

I (Name in full)

have read and fully understood the above code of conduct and promise to abide by it during myperiod of on the job training.

Signed: .. this day of .200

Coordinator: ...Name Signature Date

Witness: .....Name Signature Date

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