A report on industrial training carried out at Kasolwe stock farm national animal genetic resource centre and data bank.

Abstract

This report contains, the background, activities carried out. skills and qualifications gained, challenges faced, conclusions and recommendations for industrial training carried out from 28/2/2022 to 6/5/2022 at Kasolwe Stock Farm, Kamuli district. The main objectives of the training was to enable me apply classroom. knowledge in the field, gain more skills and experience. build confidence and exposure to the job market as well as making connections. On reporting to the training ground. they oriented us and allocated us to the different sections in the farm to attend per week, the sections are; cattle with 106 zebus and 45low grade jersey crosses, goat with 250 goats, poultry with 5600 birds, aquaculture, piggery with 109pigs and feed mill. I did a number of activities in the different sections among which are branding, castration, dipping, deworming, pregnancy diagnosis in cows, pasture establishment, post mortem inspection, fish pond construction, fish sampling, maggot production feed formulation and mixing, cleaning poultry houses. among others. am proud to therefore, report that I learnt and gained skills in; feed formulation, operating feed mill, castration of male animals, post mortem inspection in birds and goats, fish grading sampling and sexing, dipping and dip management, disease diagnosis among others. At the farm, I encountered some challenges like language barrier in some sections, sometimes long hours of work without refreshment, long distance to the training station unstable power, uncomfortable accommodation and harsh weather. In my conclusion therefore, the training went on well objectives were met and am confident that I gained lot and I can surely serve any community around me as an extension worker. I recommend that some hostels be built on the farm for students during training, provision of meals on days of heavy work, attendants should be free and willing to use official language, put in place stand by generator to counter the problem of unstable power.