Internship report of activities performed at Bugisu cooperative union.

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 BCU, Mbale city. 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 liquoring department. This was followed by orientation where I was first introduced to the mission, vision, objectives and organizational structure and later we had lessons on nursery bed preparations of coffee and agronomic practices carried out on coffee from both nursery bed main garden. These activities have made me to gain a lot of skills and knowledge.

We were also taught how to process coffee both primary processing and secondary processing which enabled good quality coffee produced. This was followed by value addition that included roasting, grinding and packaging.

During internship, I also face some challenges like; limited transport means since I stayed far from the mill, in adequate tools to use in nursery bed. In conclusion all the I activities were implemented and industrial training was carried out fully well.