A report on skills and qualifications attained during industrial training at Mafubira sub county (Jinja north central) Jinja city.

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 Mafubira sub county, Jinja 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 in the field and' build confidence in the students. During internship I was attached to the Department of Production and Marketing. This was by orientation where I was first introduced to the Animal Husbandry Officers and later I implemented the activities such as; meat inspection, vaccination of cattle, dehorning, pregnancy diagnosis, deworming, issuing of movement permits, visiting contact farmers, visiting animal drug shops among others. These activities have made me to gain a lot of skills and knowledge like; deworming of cattle, skills in Castration and dehorning, skills in general management of animals and communication skills. During internship, I faced some challenges like: poor mobilization of the farmers, lack of veterinary drugs and equipment at the Sub County, limited transport means for field work in the Production Department, lack of security during late night or early morning activities in the abattoir and poor turn up of the farmers to the vaccination sites. In conclusion all the activities were implemented and industrial training was carried out successfully. I was able 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 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 and more equipment and veterinary drugs to be installed so that animals are treated and vaccinated in time and security be provided for activities that take place in awkward times.