Abstract:
This report contains and describes the activities implemented, skills and qualifications gained, challenges faced during the industrial training, conclusion of the report and recommendations derived from the challenges faced at TILED, Kapchorwa District Local Government The objective of this industrial training is to make students benefit from the skills and knowledge gained from the fields, apply the knowledge they get from the classroom m the field and build confidence in the students. During internship I was attached to the department of Trade industry and local economic development office/commercial office. This was followed by orientation where I was first introduced to the staff office work and later implemented the activities such as; receiving and analyzing Emyooga loan requisition forms, receiving industrial hub application forms, handling grievances from Emyooga Saccos, attended ACDP trainings, Attended AGMs, issuance of stamped loan requisition forms to Sacco executives and attendance of refresher trainings of emyooga, These activities have made me to gain a lot of skills and knowledge like; communication skills and confidence in training farmers on enterprise identification and development, loan processing E.T.C, during internship, I also face some challenges like; limited transport means for field work in the commercial office, poor turn up of the farmers to the training, sh01tage of lunch among others. In conclusion all the activities were implemented and industrial training was carried out successfully. I was able to gain a lot from it. I was in position of getting practical skills and knowledge in line with my career and relating with people in the field. The technical advice that I provided addressed Sacco’s farmers' problem and needs. Much as all were successfully done, there were also some little challenges which hindered the smooth running of the activities making me recommend that proper mobilization of farmers must improve for the training programs to solve problems of poor turn up during such activities, government should also increase the number of motorcycles to solve transport problems.
