Abstract:
Industrial training is a program that exposes the students to exercise their theory leant at the University into practical knowledge required in the field.
During the training at Dutch farm Mbale I was exposed to various activities in the field practically and learnt many things in different sections for example under pasture management I learnt digging, planting Napier grass stems, weeding, cutting of grass from the garden and chopping for animals into small pieces for feeding and also manuring of the pasture garden using cow dung slurry from the bio-gas. In the sales and distribution, we were involved in distribution of work to workers and monitoring activities on the farm, monitoring milk record and checking on quality of milk as well as milk sales. In the cow-shed, we involved in cleaning the shed, mixing bio-gas and keeping the area around the farm clean as well as feeding the animals. Under the processing unit we were involved in milking and distribution of milk to customers and processing into cheese or yoghurt and out sales- of cheese and yoghurt as well as milk to people in and. around town. I also participated a lot in the dairy management practices like dehorning the animals, dehooving of the animals, spraying of the animals to control ticks, Deworming animals to control internal parasites and injection of sick animals with various drugs like penicillin and Baclean among others.
However, the training had some challenges which affected the process of working for example inadequate tools to use on the farm, not following the designed time table for the training program, poor working and time management
The training was successfully carried out though we faced some challenges; therefore, I recommend the management of Dutch farm Mbale should purchase enough to use on the farm
