golden rules of industrial training

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GOLDEN RULES OF INDUSTRIAL TRAINING

Training is not only to know-how, but also to know- why

1. Be prepared before you leaveMake sure you received the, training placement letter, daily diary, Agreement by

NAITA before you go to the training place.

2. Your first dayFirst impression should be OK

Remember you can never make the first impression again. Hence go to correct person

whom you have to report to, at the correct day at the correct time. Have a proper

dress. Be prepared to introduce yourself, your training objectives and the date of the

commencement and the end of your training.

Get to know exactly who your training supervisor, meet him. You may have to go to

him not vice versa!

3. SafetyHave a good idea about the basic safety rules and procedures of the company. About

the essential safety gears at each working environment. Make sure you have received

them or if not provide them by yourselves. Your safety should be your concern and

your responsibility.Being a novice is not an excuse for the safety manager!

4. Better exposureAt the first few days make sure you grasp as much as possible about the authority

hierarchy, getting know people, be punctual and make a good impression to the whole

staff. On the first few weeks you will find lot of contradictions what you learned from

book and what is actually happening in the field. Do not go to comment unless

otherwise you are really asked to do so. Learn from their mistakes. Try to think why

are they doing it in that way? At the later stage of your training sometimes supervisor

may ask you to come up with suggestions, proposals etc. there you can comment.


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5. Documents worksMake sure you have read and understand the each and every word in the booklet

provided to you by NAITA. There are forms to be filled and to be sent as soon as you

go to the training place; eg: about your training place etc.

Have your own tiny note book. (Bulky note books will not work in the field!!) Keep

track of everything you do with short notes.

Eg: If you do a blast what is the pattern, amount of explosive used. If u repair a

machine what parts you replaced. Etc.

The notes you make will be helpful to you to fill the daily diary. Make sure you

complete your diary at the end of each day; otherwise your life will be very hard if

you miss several days. Your record book must reflect what you learned, not what you

merely did. Hence have additional papers and describe what you learned, with

diagrams flowcharts etc.

Make sure to send four weekly assessment records punctually. Training division is

recording them! Make sure to keep photo copies of every document you post (either

to university or NAITA etc.) make them register posted and keep the slip with you.

This will be useful if they got misplaced in the mail. (That can happen!!)

6. Reporting in corporate environmentIf you are asked to come up with reports and proposals, make sure to be adapted to the

format of the relevant company. Refer early reports. The reporting formats may be

very much different than the university. When you are making a document to the

company make sure it is up to the standard. Get advice from your training supervisor

beforehand. Remember that you are reflecting yourself through the document.

7. Training reportIt is the main document work you have throughout the training period. You must start

your report just after you go to training. Introduction about the company authority

hierarchy (basically chapter 1) you can easily start may be after one week of your


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training. At the ends of each week try to add something to your training report.

Periodically you can review what you have written up to now (may be monthly basis).

In this manner your training report will be smoothly developing without making a

burden to you at the end. It will be really informative and successful and complete.

Whatever you do make sure you strongly adhere to the format given by the industrial

training division. Captions (figures and tables) colour coding the final report etc.

Make sure you read and understand the instruction given by train division on this

regards.( Instructions regarding the report is annexed to the student handbook given

by industrial training division)

8. Make relationshipsTraining is not a matter of 24weeks. Your training supervisor, your mentor must be

your lifelong friends. Try to make a professional relationship with them. Be

enthusiastic about your training, understand the value of it, work hard, they will

appreciate you.

9. Enjoy!!!Training time is one of most important time in a life of an engineer, it doesnt mean

that you have to be deadly serious always. Participate to get-togethers and CSR

projects and parties and get to know each others. But always remember that you are

an engineering undergraduate and a trainee in the company; hence identify your

limits.

10.InterviewBe really prepared for the final interview by the university. Recall what you learned.

Key figures etc. try to predict the questions by the panel and make yourself prepare to

answer.

By,

Poorna Kumarage

Department of Earth Resources Engineering