INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT PROGRAM

The Industrial Attachment Program (IAP) is a practical training course designed to help students bridge the gap between theory learned in class and real-world industry practice. The course equips learners with professional skills, innovation capacity, and workplace experience aligned with labor market demands.

Course Purpose

The course prepares students to:

  • Identify their professional gaps in relation to industry needs

  • Develop strategies to fill skill gaps

  • Apply innovation during industrial attachment

  • Transfer acquired skills, knowledge, and attitudes into practice

  • Prepare and submit industrial attachment reports and documents

 Main Learning Units

1️⃣ Analyze Own Professional Gaps in Line with Industry Demands

Students learn to:

  • Understand the labor market (internal and external)

  • Identify professional gaps using tools like:

    • SWOT Analysis

    • Benchmarking competences

    • Identifying important skills (communication, leadership, ICT, problem-solving, etc.)

  • Use strategies to fill gaps such as:

    • Online training

    • Industrial Attachment Program (IAP)

    • Volunteering

    • Attending seminars

  • Match skills with labor market opportunities and occupational trends

2️⃣ Enhance Innovation During IAP

Students are introduced to innovation concepts and strategies, including:

  • Types of innovation:

    • Radical

    • Incremental

    • Disruptive

    • Architectural

  • Core values during IAP:

    • Integrity

    • Respect

    • Responsibility

    • Sportsmanship

  • The innovation process:

    • Idea generation

    • Screening and advocacy

    • Experimentation

    • Commercialization

    • Diffusion and implementation

  • Innovation strategies:

    • Proactive

    • Active

    • Reactive

    • Passive

This unit helps students think creatively and contribute new ideas during attachment.

3️⃣ Implement Professional Skills Transfer

Students learn how to:

  • Develop and execute an implementation plan

  • Apply acquired competences during IAP

  • Perform task execution and performance tests

  • Prepare a professional work report

  • Assess the impact of applied competences through:

    • Social impact

    • Environmental impact

    • Policy impact

    • Financial impact

4️⃣ Report IAP Activities

Students are trained to properly prepare and use industrial attachment documents, including:

  • Logbook

  • Industrial Attachment (IA) report

  • IA code of conduct

  • IA system documents

  • Supervisor and company assessment forms

They also learn how to structure the industrial attachment report, linking theory with practice and making professional recommendations.