A TECHNICAL NARRATIVE REPORT

ARKRAY INDUSTRY, INC.

JULY 6 OCTOBER 13, 2015

A Technical Paper Presented to the Faculty of Chemical Engineering Department

College of Engineering, Architecture and Fine Arts

Batangas State University

Batangas City

In Partial Fulfillment of the

Requirements for On-the-Job Training

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

Hernandez, Mark Anthony M.

October 2015

I. Introduction

There are three types of learning such as Visual, Audio and Kinesthetics. It is

best to learn by combination of these three. Among the three, the highest and best way

of learning is through experiences. Those experiences can be categorize in tomtwo

such as good and bad. Any of the two, theres always a lesson at the end of it.

Students can learn by just listening in the discussion of teacher/professor inside

the classroom. He can also read textbooks for concepts, theories and principles. He can

also look for pictures, graphs and drawings. Those can serve as stepping stone for the

near future but it is not enough to fully feed, shape and build the students

competencies.

It is good that colleges and universities are offering OJT (On-the-Job Training) as

part of their curriculum. It promotes learning that cant be easily fade and will always

keep in mind. Partners between school and company is beneficial to student. Students

were given a chance and opportunity to experience the actual working environment that

they may have in the near future. Through this program, students able to find the

importance of subjecting oneself to actual situation and condition. They will expose to

training environment that is related to their field of specialization. They will encounter

people with different personalities, problems that must have to deal with, assignments

that are in higher level compare from school ones and responsibilities entrusted to their

shoulders.

Training will make students more competent one to face challenges pnce he/she

started to work for real in his/her field. This will help him/her to easily adjust and cope up

in the processes in the industry.

II. Company Profile

Arkray Industry, Inc. is a japanese base company that is located in First

Philippine Industrial Park, Sta. Anastacia, Sto. Tomas, Batangas. The President and

CEO of this company is Mr. Takeshi Matsuda. He quoted that the arkrays wish is to

For all people around the world to keep their smile.

Arkray means radiance of life so the company tries to bring radiance of life to all

people with its science technology. Thus, their products can be categorize in medical

devices. Arkray in the philippines produces three different products such as UTS

(Urinary Test Strips), SCC (Specimen Collecting Container) and MLD (Multilancing

Device).

Aside from the said products above, the company also offers sophisticated

products and real time diagnosis in less time than others. The products satisfy the

needs in every corner of the medical field. As a pioneer in the field of automated

analysis systems, arkray introdus equipments that plays a central role in clinical

examination.

Arkrays research is based on a future-oriented approach. They solicits the

potential of emerging technology including genome research that focuses on genetic

testing as highlighted in the diagnostic index. For their product development, they

created products in the most efficient manner by developing equipment and test

reagents simultaneously. Ideas and opinions are shared between divisions to develop

effective products.

Arkray Group Spirit

Futou Fukutso

Arkray Group Mission

To contribute to the health and well being of people all over the world

through advancement of science and discovery of new knowledge.

Arkray Group Vision

To positively influence society through sound, legitimate business

practicess.

Mind of Arkist

Be Creative, Have advanced and concrete goals, Be highly motivated, Be

proactive, Be deligent and spare no effort, Be modest and open minded, Be sincere, Be

high-spirited, Be determined and courageous, Aspire to excellence and perfection, Be

insightful, Be responsive and efficient, Be respectful, Be economical, and Do what is

best for the whole everyday everywhere all the time.

Slogan for Fiscal Year 2014

Break the barrier for change, up for challenges

III. Training Details

a. Personal

On-the-Job Training at Arkray Industry,Inc. creates greater contribution

in making trainees a competent one especially for me as chemical engineering

student.They able to impart skills, knowledge and experience to their trainees.

This internship program made student-trainee acquired the companys core

values or what they called Mind of Arkist.

Training her is a practice of being creative in doing process

improvement. Have advance and concrete goals in any process section and

team he belongs. Be highly motivated in performing such task or assignment.

Being proactive in every single possiblities and chances to avoid problems and

roots of headache. Being deligent and spare no effort, the trainee could exert his

best in executing the job given to him. Trainee became also modest and open-

minded in performing quality inspection. The company also impart be sincere in

every task so that the output is desirable and theres no disturbance in his focus.

Be high-spirited even in simple things because it is a reflection of his willingness

to execute and accept the job. Be determined and courageous evrytime to

achieve his goal, to avoid mistakes and to clearly learn what is blurred. Aspire to

excellence and perfrction makes the trainee more responsible, full of efforts and

creative. Being insightful, develop trainees confidence in speaking and giving

what he has in mind. Being responsive and efficient enough to accept, execute or

finish the task. Be respectful, makes trainee keep in mind to have a good

relationship from highest employee up to small ones. Be economical, made the

trainee value and care for the environment, companys fund and materials. Do

what is best for the whole everyday, everywhere all the time, made trainee exert

his best and develop his competencies at his best.

This program also made student-trainee an honest, optimistic and

integrated person.

b. Interpersonal

Working in industry environment does not mean that person work alone. Like in

the quotation, No man is an island.

While in training, intern able to grew his social experience. This program help him

to approach his trainers in an acceptable manner. He was able to communicate well

with his co-workers. Theres no instance wherein problem arises between him and other

staffs. This help him adjust and cope up with different persons. He was able to accept

properly the task given and endorsed to him. He is open to suggestions and critics

especially if it is for his improvement.

He learned how to offer himself or his vacant hours to other sections in the

department. He able to help his co-workers and as well as asked help from from them.

He able to share his knowledge and skills in facilitating and conducting training for

assigned task. He answered properly the questions given by selected company staffs.

He able to understand the importance of communication especially in documenting the

teams raw data. He also trained newly hired employee. He effectively introduced them

to different processes they need to understand.

Social interaction is not only limited to persons inside the inspection room but

also to other employee outside the department. He became determined and

courageous enough to ask help from others. He able to understand on how the other

department works by means of good interactions with the people involved.

c. Technical

As part of our curriculum, students need to have an actual experience on

the field of their specialization. Last July 06, 2015, mo On-the-Job-Training was started

in Arkray Industry Inc. After orientation, trainee was immediately endorsed to his

respective department which was in Quality Assurance/ Quality Control Department.

Here, there are different sections such as testing, in-process and incoming & outgoing

inspection. First, he was assigned in testing section. Here, his trainers are Maam

January and Maam Jackie and under the supervision of Maam Gaye. For training

within the said section, they demonstrated on how to conduct maintenance, calibration

and operation of necessary equipments such as pH meter, analytical balance, PU-4010,

AE-4020, AX-4030 Machines, Spectrophotometer, UV-Vis Spectrophotometer, and

operation and validation of AU-4050 Machine. They also taught him how to prepare

different reagents for analysis of Urinary Test Strip performance. Those reagents

include Basic and Acidic Artificial Urine, Bilirubin, Blood, Glucose and many more. For

daily assignment, they let him observed 5S (Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize and

Sustain). It also includes utilization of the said equipments above and prepared

reagents for testing of UTS product sample performance. Theres a specification for

each reagent pad for its judgment. Training in this section not only focuses on

preparation and calibration but also on documentation. After acquiring / obtaining the

necessary data, paperwork will come next. This includes pasting, writing, encoding and

printing. Theres also a need for inventory to monitor the usage of reagents/chemicals.

More importantly, it includes monitoring of parameters in the surrounding. If the

parameters (Relative Humidity and Temperature) are out of specification, then testing

team cannot conduct processes especially if in preparing reagents.

In in-process section, Maam Jessa and Maam Mary Ann are his trainers and

Maam Avic is his supervisor. They trained him on visual and dimensional inspection of

different products of the company. Like in testing, theres also range specification in

giving judgment. Here, he utilized TESA vista in clearly checking of small dimensions. I

also used Jigs, micrometer, caliper and other dimensional tools. The materials that are

checking here are bottles and caps for UTS, and container and cover for SCC

(Specimen Collecting Container). For incoming and outgoing, the left QC inspectors

guided him on their processes. Maam Mary Rose toured them in the production of SCC

and UTS. She demonstrated how to conduct inspection from raw materials, processes

then upto finished products. She introduced them to line clearance as basis for

inspection of materials, workers, machines and area of production. Theres also

specification if they will pass-or-fail such inspection. Aside from their products, she also

let him calibrated pin gauges by using micrometer. It needs to account and measure the

X- and Y- axis. Maam Lhona, Maam Karen and Maam Nezzeth taught him how to

inspect UTS visually and how to test its durability. By using torch meter, he can

measure the force needed to open such bottle. Through Shake-and-Drop, he can

measure its strength if it falls from above.

Within QC, Maam Gaye discussed how to calibrate pipettor and refrigerator.

There are two available pipettors such as reference eppendorf and multipipettor

eppendorf. In calibrating such, they need to challenge its minimum, maximum and

middle capacity of measuring volume. It is needed to determine its accuracy and

precision. Aside from that, she also instructed him how to calibrate refrigerator (both

loaded and unloaded) through temperature mapping. In doing so, she let him used data

loggers, thermorecorder and reference thermometer to record and monitor data for the

set temperature vs. time. Maam Shernalyn guided him how to set data loggers and how

to download the record data from them. Maam Jan demonstrated how to download

data from thermorecorder. Maam Shiela discussed how to operate AU-4050 Machine.

Then after few days, she asked to test sample strips which will be use for validation of

the said machine and to get correlation. He was the one who they assigned for that

task.

They also introduced us to Work Instruction and TEIAN. In every process, theres

a need for Work Instruction. After training for operation of AU-4050 Machine,

temperature mapping and reagent preparation, they assigned him to produce work

instruction for those that doesnt have. After producing and finalizing work instruction,

the next step is to ask an approval from superiors. The superiors will give comment for

revision and improvement. After that, dissemination of information will come next. He

conducted training for that to responsible persons such as QC inspectors and selected

staffs. For teian, he utilized the available materials in QC to produce containers of data

loggers and Go, No go Jigs. He also teian the produced Work Instruction.

For the late part of my training, they guided, trained and endorsed the different

processes to newly hired QC inspectors. He demonstrated them how to calibrate, use

and operate different equipments, how to prepare solutions, how to properly

documented raw data and how to analyze them. For effective training, he let them

observe, then have their hands-on and raised questions.

d. Program Specific

The program requires student to undergo internship with the duration of 600

hours. The intern was assigned in one department which is in Quality Assurance/Quality

Control Department. The manager of the said department divided the OJT hours in

different sections. The supervisor introduced him in the whole team and arranged his

schedule among those sections. The supervisor and trainers gave him tasks that will

challenge his skills and ability. In performing such task, it is very helpful to rely on

reading the printed step-by-step procedures, listening to trainers discussion and

explanation, taking notes of every single information and observing how they execute

the same task.

If ever theres free time, the trainees were given a chance to expose in the

production area of the company. By that, the students able to observed and found the

set-up in producing company products. Students were exposed to industry set-up and

thus became knowledgeable and competent which made them grow personally and

professionally.

IV. Training Assessment in Relation to:

a. Student Outcomes

At the end of the program, the student acquired training experience that he

needed and able to practiced his professionalism. Within 600 hours, the student fully

understand the concepts, principles and theories of some areas tackled in textbooks

and in class discussion. He also found the application of what he verbally learned in

school grounds.

Being trained in an environment where he can practice his field of specialization,

he obtained professional maturity. He became knowledgeable enough to the actual

working environment. He developed his competencies as a future chemical engineer.

By meansof exposure to industry set-up, the student able to comprehend the

importance of learning experience. Through this, the trainee learned the whole process,

connection and importance of different departments. He learned several equipments

and how they calibrated, maintained and operated those. The training also improved the

basic knowledge of student in some areas related to his field. It also practiced

responsibility and integrity. With this, the student also practiced safety. He able to

participate actively in the quality analyses of products, process improvement, and

inspection of GMP rules and regulations.

It became helpful to develop the student values. He became more creative,

innovative priactive , sincere, high-spirited, insightful, responsive and efficient,

respectful, economical, modest and open-minded, deligent and spare no effort,

determined and courageous, have advanced and concrete goals, aspire to excellence

and perfection, and do what is best for the whole everyday everywhere all the time.

b. Engineering Program

On-the-Job Training creates greater impact in gaining knowledge and actual

experience in working environment. It became very helpful to students and serve as

stepping stone. By means of OJT, students able to find the actual application of

engineering principles, theories and concepts. It exposes students to different tasks

where engineering technicalities are present. This program supplies the knowledge that

is hard to impart and what is lack from school.

OJT helps schools to produce a competent men and women. It also open the

students mind to the possible challenges and instances that they may encounter after

graduation. It also made them cofident enough to face the real wide world of

engineering.