How to Fill Your Industrial Attachment Logbook in Ghana (With Examples)

Quick summary:

Fill your industrial attachment logbook every week with two things: the main tasks you performed and the skills or knowledge you gained. Be specific about tools, equipment and software, write in the past tense, and get your industry supervisor to endorse each week. Some schools, like Bolgatanga Technical University, use a one-row-per-week log sheet; others, like ATU and KsTU, issue a logbook through the Industrial Liaison Office. Your logbook is the main source for your attachment report.

Your logbook (some schools call it a log sheet) is the record of your industrial attachment. Your industry supervisor endorses it, the Industrial Liaison Office (ILO) checks it, and you will use it to write your report. A good logbook makes the report easy; a thin one makes it painful.

This guide shows what to write, with examples for common courses.

The two common formats

The weekly log sheet (Bolgatanga style)

Bolgatanga Technical University's log sheet has one row per week and two columns:

The header asks for your dates, programme, level, ID, the organisation's name, address and phone number, and the job assigned to you.

The ILO logbook (ATU and KsTU style)

At Accra and Kumasi Technical Universities, the ILO issues a logbook. You fill it weekly, your industry supervisor endorses each week, and the ILO endorses it at the end. Some logbooks have daily spaces; others have weekly ones. Follow the layout in front of you.

What to write each week

1. The main tasks: what you did, in the past tense.
2. The tools: equipment, software, forms or documents you used.
3. What you learned: one or two lines on the skill or knowledge.

Weak: "Worked in the accounts office."

Better: "Prepared payment vouchers for 15 supplier invoices and posted them to the cash book. Learned how the unit checks invoices against purchase orders before approval."

Examples by course

HND Accountancy

HND Information Technology / Computer Science

HND Electrical/Electronic Engineering

HND Civil Engineering / Building Technology

HND Purchasing and Supply

Getting it endorsed

• Ask your industry supervisor to sign every week, not at the end.
• Ask for the organisation's stamp where the logbook has a space for it.
• Keep it clean, and take a photo of each completed page in case it is lost.

Common mistakes

• Writing the same line every week. Even routine work changes: a new client, a different fault, a bigger job.
• Leaving it to the last week. You will forget details, and supervisors notice.
• Copying another student's entries. Your supervisor knows what you actually did.

From logbook to report

Your logbook feeds your report's work done chapter almost directly. Group similar weeks into sections, add how you did each task, and you have most of the chapter. See the industrial attachment report format in Ghana.

The MonoEd Attachment Report turns what you did on attachment into a full report in your school's format, ready to download in Word or PDF.

Frequently asked questions

Is the logbook the same as the report?

No. The logbook is your weekly record during the attachment. The report is the formal document you submit afterwards. The logbook is the main source for the report.

Can I fill my logbook in pencil?

Use a blue or black pen. Pencil can rub off and does not look official.

What if I had no work in a week?

Write what happened honestly: training, observation, a holiday, or waiting for materials. Do not invent tasks.

Sources: Bolgatanga Technical University Industrial Attachment Policy, ATU Policy on Students' Industrial Attachment, KsTU Students Industrial Attachment Policy.