BELLS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OTA

A TECHNICAL REPORT ON
STUDENT INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME (SIWES)

UNDERTAKEN AT

DANGOTE CEMENT PLC

FROM MARCH 2023 TO SEPTEMBER 2023 (24 WEEKS)

BY

FAGBENRO AYOMIDE OPEYEMI

MATRIC NUMBER 2019/8151

SUBMITTED TO

DEPARTMENT OF SURVEYING & GEO-INFORMATIVS

COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF

ENGINEERING (B.ENG) IN SURVEYING & GEO-INFORMATICS.

SUBMITTED: OCTOBER 2023

 CERTIFICATION

This is to certify that, I, FAGBENRO AYOMIDE OPEYEMI with the matriculation

number 2019/8151 compiled this report based on the experience gained during my

industrial attachment at DANGOTE CEMENT PLC from 13th MARCH 2023 to 13th

September 2023.

…………………………… Signature………………………

Name of Student Date……………………..

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Name of Industrial Based supervisor Date……………………..

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Name of Academic Supervisor

Date……………………..

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Firstly and above all I would like to give thanks to God for his goodness, favour and

mercy upon my life throughout the period of the student industrial work experience

scheme (SIWES) program. I will also like to thank my parents Mr. & Mrs. FAGBENRO

and. I will also like to thank Bells University of Technology and the Industrial Training

Fund (ITF) for this opportunity to participate in this program. I would also like to thank

DANGOTE CEMENT PLC for accepting me as intern for the program. I would also like

to thank those who contributed in my training and also my supervisorS SURV.

OYEKUNLE JOSEPH and SURV. UDOH EKANEM and my fellow IT students who

took their time to share their experience and understanding with me. I would also like to

thank my fellow students who aided me in the course of the program, the likes of

FARUQ, AYOMIDE, SAMUEL .I would like to give thanks again to almighty God who

kept my life to witness this training safe and sound and learning in good health.

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 DEDICATION

I would like to dedicate this report to my parents Mr. and Mrs. FAGBENRO, friends

and family for without their enlightenment, understanding, guidance and support and

most of all their love and prayers, the completion of this work would not have been

possible.

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 ABSTRACT

This report is a detailed account of all tasks and activities carried out by me in company

of my supervisor during the course of the Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme

(S.I.W.E.S) program.

It comprises of tasks carried out and knowledge gained during the course of the 6 months

S.I.W.E.S Program. These tasks and knowledge are related to Surveying.

This report consists of 4 chapters.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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 CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

INCEPTION ON INDUSTRIAL TRAINING FUND AND STUDENTS’

INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME

1.1 Short note on Industrial Training Fund (ITF)

1.1.1 HISTORY OF ITF

The Industrial training fund (ITF), is a federal government parasternal, under the Ministry

of Industry, Trade and Investment and it was founded in 1971.

The objective for which the Fund was established has been pursued vigorously and efficaciously.

In the four decades of its existence, the ITF has not only raised training consciousness in the

economy, but has also helped in generating a corps of skilled indigenous manpower which has

been manning and managing various sectors of the national economy. Over the years, pursuant to

its statutory responsibility, the ITF has expanded its structures, developed training programmes,

reviewed its strategies, operations and services in order to meet the expanding and changing

demands for skilled manpower in the economy.

The reason for the establishment of this agency is to promote and encourage the

development and acquisition of industrial and commercial skills required in various

industries across the nation. ITF also make available direct training, vocational and

apprentice training. ITF funds is gotten from payroll tax which Tax payers are meant to

pay.

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1.1.2 Functions of Industrial Training Fund

ITF is vested with the responsibility of promoting, encouraging the acquisition of skills in

industry and commerce with a view to generate a pool of indigenous training manpower

sufficient to meet the needs of the economy.

1.1.3 Duties of Industrial Training Fund

 ITF provides direct training, vocational and apprentice training.

 ITF programme and services is to simulate human performance, improve

productivity, and induce value-added production in industries and commerce.

 ITF for 51 years has been a good agent that promotes and encourages the acquisition

of industrial and commercial skills.

1.1.4 ITF Vision

To be the foremost Skills Development Organization in Nigeria and one of the best in the

world.

1.1.5 ITF Mission

To set and regulate standards and offer direct training intervention in industrial and commercial

skills training and development, using a corps of highly competent professional staff, modern

techniques and technology.

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1.2 SHORT NOTE ON Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES)

1.2.1 HISTORY OF SIWES

Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) is a Skills Training Program designed to

prepare and expose Students of Universities, Polytechnics, Colleges of Technology, Colleges of

Agriculture and Colleges of Education for the Industrial Work situation they are likely to meet

after graduation. The Scheme affords Students the opportunity of familiarizing and exposing

themselves handling equipment and machinery that are usually not available in their institutions.

In the early stages of education development in Nigeria, there was a problem with the gap

between student’s theory and practical skills. Therefore, there was need to allow students

to get real work experience. The program was created to give students experience in

addition to theoretical learning. It is against this background that the Industrial Training Fund

(ITF) initiated, designed and introduced SIWES Scheme in 1973 to acquaint Students with the

skills of handling Industrial equipment and machinery.Therefore, this project was necessary to

improve the practical skills of students.

SIWES has become an unnecessary pre-condition of graduation. The program works with

engineering, medical science, natural science technology, agriculture, education,

environment, and applied science. The duration of the program can be different; for the

universities, its six months and a year for college and polytechnics. The program is

developed under the guidance of the Ministry of Education. This is an excellent bridge

between theoretical and practical education. SIWES is working on designing proper

programs for exposing students to the industrial workplace environment. It is all about

the development of occupational competence.

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The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) solely funded the Scheme during its formative years.

However, due to finance constraints, the Fund withdrew from the Scheme in 1978. The Federal

Government noting the significance of the skills training, handed the management of the Scheme

to the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the National Board for Technical Education

(NBTE) in 1979. In November 1984, management and implementation of the Scheme was again

reverted to the ITF with the funding to be solely borne by the Federal Government.

1.2.2 AIM AND OBJECTIVE OF SIWES IN NIGERIA

Specifically, the objectives of the Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) are:

 To provide avenue for Students in Institutions of Higher Learning to acquire industrial

skills and experience in their course of study.

 To prepare Students for the industrial work situation they are to meet after graduation.

 To make the transition from school to the world of work easier, and enhance Students

contacts for later job placement.

 To provide Students with an opportunity to apply their knowledge in real work situation

thereby bridging the gap between theory and practice.

 To create conditions and circumstances which can be as close as possible to the

actual workflow

 To prepare specialists who will be ready for working situation immediately after

graduation

 Teaches students the techniques and methods of working with facilities and

equipment that may not be available within the walls of an educational institution

 To give students ability to try and apply the given knowledge

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 1.2.4 ORGANISATIONS INVOLVED IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE

SIWES PROGRAM

 The Federal Government

 The Industrial Training Fund (ITF)

 Supervisory agencies such as NUC and NABTEB

1.2.5 IMPORTANCE OF SIWES

 Assists students in combining hands-on experience with technology and apparatus

that may not be provided in the institution

 Improve their critical thinking, creativity, initiative, resourcefulness, leadership,

time management, presenting abilities, and interpersonal relationships.

 Improve students’ contacts with possible employers while they are in training.

 Helps to bridge the knowledge gap between institutions and appropriate

production capabilities required in work organizations.

SIWES is a crucial program in Nigeria that provides students with the opportunity to

gain practical experience in their field of study. The program helps students to develop

their technical skills, which is essential for their career development. SIWES also helps to

bridge the gap between the academic and industrial sectors, promoting the transfer of

knowledge and technology. The program benefits the country by providing a skilled

workforce that is better equipped to meet the needs of the labor market, and thus,

contributes to the economic growth of the country. The program also benefits the school

by enhancing the quality of education provided to students. Overall, SIWES is an

important program that benefits the student, the school, and the country as a whole.

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 CHAPTER TWO

COMPANY PROFILE

2.1 HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION

SCHLUMBERGER

Schlumberger was founded in 1926 in Paris as the Electric Prospecting Company

(French: Société de prospection électrique) by two brothers Conrad Schlumberger and
Marcel Schlumberger from Alsace, France. Schlumberger supplies the petroleum
industry with services such as seismic data processing, formation evaluation, well
testing and directional drilling, well cementing and stimulation, artificial lift, well
completions, flow assurance and consulting, and software and information management.
The company is also involved in the groundwater extraction and carbon capture and
storage industries.

The Schlumberger brothers had experience conducting geophysical surveys in

countries such as Romania, Canada, Serbia, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, and the United States. The new company sold electrical-measurement mapping
services, and recorded the first-ever electrical resistivity well log in Merkwiller-
Pechelbronn, France, in 1927. The company quickly expanded, logging its first well in
the U.S. in 1929 in Kern County, California. In 1934, the Schlumberger Well Surveying
Corporation was founded in Houston, later evolving into Schlumberger Well Services,
and finally Schlumberger Wireline and Testing. Schlumberger invested heavily in
research, inaugurating the Schlumberger-Doll Research Center in Ridgefield,
Connecticut, in 1948, contributing to the development of a number of new logging tools.
In 1956, Schlumberger Limited was incorporated as a holding company for all
Schlumberger Limited businesses.

Over the years, Schlumberger continued to expand its operations and acquisitions. In
1960, Dowell Schlumberger (50% Schlumberger, 50% Dow Chemical), which
specialized in pumping services for the oil industry, was formed. On February 2, 1962,
Schlumberger Limited became listed on the New York Stock Exchange. That same year,
Schlumberger purchased Daystrom, an electronic instruments manufacturer in South
Boston, Virginia, which was making furniture by the time the division was sold to Sperry
& Hutchinson in 1971. Schlumberger purchased 50% of Forex in 1964 and merged it
with 50% of Languedocienne to create the Neptune Drilling Company. The first
computerized reservoir analysis, SARABAND, was introduced in 1970. The remaining
50% of Forex was acquired the following year; Neptune was renamed Forex Neptune

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Drilling Company. In 1979, Fairchild Camera and Instrument (including Fairchild
Semiconductor) became a subsidiary of Schlumberger Limited.

In 1981, Schlumberger established the first international data links with e-mail. In
1983, Schlumberger opened its Cambridge Research Center in Cambridge, England. In
1984, the SEDCO drilling rig company and half of Dowell of North America were
acquired, resulting in the creation of the Anadrill drilling segment, a combination of
Dowell and The Analysts' drilling segments. Forex Neptune was merged with SEDCO to
create the Sedco Forex Drilling Company the following year, when Schlumberger
purchased Merlin and 50% of GECO. In 1987, Schlumberger completed its purchases of
Neptune (North America), Bosco and Cori (Italy), and Allmess (Germany). That same
year, National Semiconductor acquired Fairchild Semiconductor from Schlumberger
for $122 million.

In 1991, Schlumberger acquired PRAKLA-SEISMOS, and pioneered the use

of geosteering to plan the drill path in horizontal wells. In 1992, Schlumberger acquired
software company GeoQuest Systems. With the purchase came the conversion of SINet
to TCP/IP and thus internet capable. In the 1990s Schlumberger bought out the petroleum
division, AEG meter, and ECLIPSE reservoir study team Intera Technologies Corp. A
joint venture between Schlumberger and Cable & Wireless resulted with the creation of
Omnes, which then handled all of the company's internal IT business. Oilphase and
Camco International were also purchased.

In 1999, Schlumberger and Smith Internationalcreated a joint venture, M-I L.L.C., the
world's largest drilling fluids (mud) company. The company consists of 60% Smith
International, and 40% by Schlumberger. Since the joint venture was prohibited by a
1994 antitrust consent decree barring Smith from selling or combining their fluids
business with certain other companies, including Schlumberger, the U.S. District Court in
Washington, D.C., found Smith International Inc. and Schlumberger Ltd. guilty of
criminal contempt and fined each company $750,000 and placed each company on five
years probation. Both companies also agreed to pay a total of $13.1 million, representing
a full disgorgement of all of the joint venture's profits during the time the companies were
in contempt.

In 2000, the Geco-Prakla division was merged with Western Geophysical to create the
seismic data acquisition and processing contracting company WesternGeco, of which
Schlumberger held a 70% stake, the remaining 30% belonging to competitor Baker
Hughes. Sedco Forex was spun off, and merged with Transocean Drilling company in
2000. In 2001, Schlumberger acquired the IT consultancy company Sema plc for
$5.2 billion. The company was an Athens 2004 Summer Olympics partner, but the
venture into IT consultancy did not pay off, and divestiture of Sema to Atos Origin was
completed that year for $1.5 billion. The cards division was divested through an IPO to

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form Axalto, which later merged with Gemplus to form Gemalto, and the Messaging
Solutions unit was spun off and merged with Taral Networks to form Airwide Solutions.
In 2003, the Automated Test Equipment group, part of the 1979 Fairchild
Semiconductor acquisition, was spun off to NPTest Holding, which later sold it
to Credence.

In 2004, Schlumberger Business Consulting was launched and a decade later was
acquired by Accenture. In 2005, Schlumberger purchased Waterloo Hydrogeologic,
which was followed by several other groundwater industry related companies, such as
Westbay Instruments, and Van Essen Instruments. Also that year, Schlumberger relocated
its U.S. corporate offices from New York to Houston.

In 2006, Schlumberger purchased the remaining 30% of WesternGeco from Baker

Hughes for US$2.4 billion. Also that year, the Schlumberger-Doll Research Center was
relocated to a newly built research facility in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to replace
the Ridgefield, Connecticut, research center. The facility joins the other research center
operated by the company in Cambridge, England; Moscow, Russia; Stavanger, Norway;
and Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. In March 2022, Schlumberger stopped investing in its
projects in Russia because of International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War.

In 2009, Schlumberger acquired the shares of Techsia SA, a supplier of petrophysical

software based in Montpellier, France. Techsia is well known in the industry for its
flagship Techlog. The Montpellier-based Techsia center becomes then the Schlumberger
Petrophysics Software Center of Excellence for the development of state-of-the-art
solutions for the oil and gas exploration and production industry. In 2010, the acquisition
of Smith International in an all-stock deal valued at $11.3 billion was announced. The
sale price is 45.84-a-share price was 37.5 percent higher than Smith closing price on 18
February 2010. The deal is the biggest acquisition in Schlumberger history. The merger
was completed on August 27, 2010. Also announced in 2010 were Schlumberger plans to
acquire Geoservices, a French-based company specializing in energy services, in a deal
valued at $1.1 billion, including debt.

In 2014, Schlumberger announced the purchase of the remaining shares of SES

Holdings Limited ("Saxon"), a Calgary-based provider of international land drilling
services, from First Reserve and certain members of Saxon management. The transaction
is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of regulatory approvals.
Schlumberger had a minority share in Saxon previously.

In 2015, Schlumberger was indicted by the US Department of Justice for sanction

violations of conducting business in Iran and Sudan; the company was fined
$233 million, amounting to the largest fine for sanctions to date. In 2015, due to a
downturn in the global oil and gas industry, Schlumberger announced 21,000 layoffs

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accounting for 15% of the company's total workforce. In 2015, Schlumberger agreed to
acquire oilfield equipment manufacturer Cameron International for $14.8 billion.

In 2018, Schlumberger announced that WesternGeco would be exiting the seismic

data acquisition business, both onshore and offshore, while retaining its multiclient data
processing and interpretation segments. This decision followed the bankruptcy filings of
several competitors in the seismic services sector.

In 2020, Schlumberger cut more than 21,000 jobs during the global COVID-19
pandemic.

In 2021, Schlumberger New Energy announced the signature of pilot project

agreements between the French state, Genvia and critical-industry leaders on the pathway
to net zero in the cement and steel industries. Through these agreements, the goal is to
scale up the next generation of electrolyzer technology, developed over the last two
decades, to produce clean hydrogen without CO2emissions, accelerating the
decarbonization of multiple industrial sectors.

In 2022, Schlumberger completed a corporate rebranding to be known as SLB.

According to media statements, the company's CEO said the corporate rebranding is not a
shift away from fossil fuels.

2.2 ABOUT SCHLUMBERGER

Schlumberger Limited, doing business as SLB, is an oilfield services company. As of

2022, it is both the world's largest offshore drilling company and the world's largest
offshore drilling contractor by revenue.

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WEBSITE
www.slb.com

INDUSTRY

Oilfield Services and equipment.

HEADQUARTERS

Houston, Texas, United States.

TYPE

Public.

FOUNDED

1926; 97 years ago (as Electric Prospecting Company) Paris, France.

COMPANY SIZE

Large (86,000 employees as at 2020).

INTERNSHIP LOCATION

Port harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.

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 CHAPTER 3
WORK EXPERIENCE
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CHAPTER FOUR

CONCLUSION

The Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) is a reality check on how
various fields of study perform in the workplace. It provided me with the much-needed
exposure to reconcile school-taught notions with real-world experience. It opens up a
world of possibilities in the highly diverse subject of Engineering, and it provides a
variety of employment prospects.
I obtained comprehensive java skills, which clarified several of the courses. The
internship provided a better understanding of numerous aspects and the enormous
amount of work accomplishable. I was opportune to educate users and attend to them
with ease, which is an important component, in my opinion. To summarize, my industrial
training provided me with the opportunity to learn virtues, decent work ethics, and strong
interpersonal and communication skills.

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