Industrial attachment report conducted from Busitema University, Arapai Campus Farm

Abstract

Industrial training is a module undertaken in the course diploma in animal production. It involves hands on experience by the students in order to understand and master the environment found in career level and in the various fields of agricultural. During training, students are charged with the responsibility of putting into practice all the theoretical lecture room knowledge acquired in order to integrate this data with its demanded application into the various fields of professional grounds. All of this is aimed at preparing students to understand the dynamics of works outside school, class and build-them with the necessary skill, knowledge and experience needed at career levels, therefore; I was able to integrate lecture room knowledge while experiencing and understanding work ethics, while at Busitema university Arapai campus farm, I went through different sections of animal departments that include, piggery, cattle section, small ruminants and dairy section. BUAC is a faculty of agriculture and animal sciences that offers various agricultural related courses including DAP, DCP, BAB, CGA, BSA, APM with a standard university board of administrators and lecturers equipped and prepared with vast knowledge to up bring students in the various career levels in the field of agriculture. The industrial training program which lasted 10 weeks involved orientation of the available farm activities, grouping, field marking and plot allocation, piggery farming, cattle husbandry, small ruminants and dairy section. The internees were guided by field supervisors who happen to be experienced in the various fields of agriculture from animal scientists to technicians. Their role was to guide students through the various industrial training activities. During the training, I was able to learn new knowledge and also put these skills into practice integrating with lecture room knowledge. Skills such as land marking, green house farming, plant and animal disease Identification and treatment; feed formulation, agronomic practice to mention more in the body of this report. All these skills acquired put me top level in that I am confident o choose the best enterprise and fully exploit all the available resources to fulfil my goals and objectives. in such a field. Integration of lecture room knowledge to the training related in the subject of principles and practices of agronomy, animal husbandry practices, disease diagnosis, treatment and control, enterprise management, However, limited equipment and bad weather are some of the challenges I encountered. The university is encouraged to invest furthermore and implement these notes in order to facilitate effective and participatory learning.