BICOL UNIVERSITY POLANGUI CAMPUSComputer and Engineering Studies
Department Polangui, Albay
NARRATIVE REPORT
on
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS
ENGINEERINGON-THE-JOB TRAINING
SUMMER 2014
NARRATIVE REPORT ON THE ON-THE-JOB TRAININGOF BACHELOR OF
SCIENCE IN ELECTRONICS COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING
A. INTRODUCTION
ECE 49 Practicum deals with the application of knowledge and
skills of the students in Bachelor of Science in Electronics and
Communications Engineering. The On-the-Job Training is a course
designed to place students in the industry or company where they
are expose to the actual field of work. The company/industry
immersion will provide an experiential learning where the students
can apply knowledge and skills in the actual place of work and at
the same time expose them to the real industry practices and
acquire industry practices that they will need in their future
employment or lifetime career.
The ECE student who finished the required units prerequisite to
the course may enroll for OJT while Irregular students who are
expected to graduate at the end of the Second Semester 2014 may
enroll for OJT. An ECE student must meet the required minimum
exposure of 320 hours and prior to deployment they must submit all
documents pertaining his/her application and acceptance for OJT.
Once deployed, they will be evaluated by his/her immediate
supervisor from the company periodically and at the end of the OJT
they are all required to submit a final reports (weekly, monthly
and narrative reports ) in order to properly document all the
learnings/skills that they acquired after the OJT.
B. GENERAL OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM
In line with the thrust of Bicol University to meet the demand
of the industries for technically competent and well-rounded
graduates, the practicum program aims to:1. To enable the students
to apply and appreciate the relevance of classroom learning to the
actual work setting.2. Enable the student to gain experience,
relate and apply the theories he/she learns in school to real
industrial situations and problems;3. Give the students an insight
of the various operations, processes, techniques and controls
presently used in industry;4. Develop and instill a positive
attitude, self-confidence and self-motivation required of a
responsible professional in handling tasks; and5. Impress on the
student the importance of human relations in the working place or
environment.
C. PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED
Here are some of the problems encountered by the student in
their conduct of OJT on their respective assignment both technical
and non-technical:
1. Delay of deployment for some students due to lack of
communication from the Company.2. Adjustment with the working
environments and with superiors.3. The allotted hours (320 hours)
for OJT is insufficient so that the student may fully immersed and
learned the needed skills provided by the Company.4. Unavailability
of tools to be used during repair and maintenance, since some tools
is not provided by the company to the trainee.5. Lack of knowledge
on particular technical skills needed by the Company.6. Lack of
computers/laptop to be used during training.7. Lack of time for the
assigned task.D. ACTION TAKEN
The number of hours of the OJT is just reflected from the
approved BSECE curriculum of the University. Conduct of
pre-deployment seminar must be given to OJT Trainees in order to
tackle the issues and concerns before the trainees began their
work. A regular monitoring of the OJT is being done by the
coordinator in their respective agency/company.
E. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
On-The-Job Training Program is one significant aspect in a
students life because it helps the students trainee to explore
their knowledge and skills in actual work settings. On-The-Job
Training is the first step to the actual working experience of the
students. The student trainee can have the opportunity to apply
what he/she learn in the four corners of the classroom and discover
that there are still a lot more to learn from the actual field of
work.Student trainees also helps the agency/company in terms of man
power and gives them the opportunity of hiring them because they
are young, fresh-minded, not expecting high salary, dedicated,
updated, and knowledgeable in terms of work and attitude.With
these, I recommend that Student Internship or practicum be fully
supported by the University by encouraging students participate and
really take it seriously to conduct OJT and be a compulsory
requirement for any graduating students in the entire University.A
regular revisit of the BSECE curriculum should be made for updating
and taking OJT into consideration. A technical refreshing course
should be given to OJT in order to test their readiness/skills
prior to their deployment. More linkages must be established
related to the field of specialization provided by the school in
order to match the skills needed by the company.
Prepared by:
ENGR. EUNICE JANE B. DOCTOROJT CoordinatorBachelor of Science in
Electronics and Communications Engineering
Noted:
DR. ANTHONY C. CABRILLASDepartment ChairComputer and Engineering
Studies Department
ENGR. ARNULFO P. MALINISDean, BUPC
