Students Industrial Work Experience I

SIWES I should provide opportunity for the students to: 1. acquire industrial workplace perceptions, ethics, health and safety consciousness, inter- personal skills and technical capabilities needed to give them a sound engineering foundation; 2. learn and practise basic engineering techniques and processes applicable to their specialisations; 3. build machines, devices, structures or facilities relevant to their specific engineering programmes and applications; and 4. acquire competence in technical documentation (log-book) and presentation (report) of their practical experiences.

Practical experience in a workshop or industrial production facility, construction site or special centres in the university environment, considered suitable for relevant practical/industrial working experience but not necessarily limited to the student’s major. The students are exposed to hands-on activities on workshop safety and ethics, maintenance of tools, equipment and machines, welding, fabrication and foundry equipment, production of simple devices; electrical circuits, wiring and installation (8-10 weeks during the long vacation following 200 level).