The document summarizes the student's industrial work experience at Smart-Fix Automobile Works in Nigeria. It describes the company's profile, operations, and organizational structure. It then details the various automotive repair services performed by the student during their 26-week training, including diagnosing issues, replacing parts like brake pads and drive shafts, and performing maintenance tasks. The student concludes by reflecting on the skills learned and providing recommendations to improve the student industrial work program.

1. AN ORAL PRESENTATION
ON STUDENT INDUSTRIAL WORK EXPERIENCE SCHEME II (SIWES II) UNDERTAKEN AT SMART-FIX AUTOMOBILE
WORKS, ADEBAYO STREET OLD BUKURU PARK ROUNDABOUT, JOS, NIGERIA
BY
ONWUEGBULE CHUKWUDI GIDEON
UJ/2018/EN/0189
PRESENTED TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF JOS
JANUARY 2023

2. THE COMPANY’S PROFILE
ABOUT THE COMPANY
 Smart Fix Automobile Workshop is a modern automobile service and repairing company established in the
year 2010 along Adebayo street old bukuru park roundabout, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. The company is an
indigenous establishment owned by Mr Yasir Aminu, with a staff strength of approximately 10, with high
skills and experience.
 The goal of Smart-Fix is to fix the vehicle of their customers to the proper working condition in an efficient and
professional way. At Smart-Fix you don't have to worry, your car’s problem will be fixed to working condition by the
well-experienced workers.
 With some of its modern facilities, machines, equipment, and tools required to meet up with the twenty-first century
automobile repair, it had been carrying out efficient service, maintenance and repairs of cars in its environment.

3. STRUCTURES
BOSS
TECHNOLOGIST
MECHANIC
SENIOR MECHANIC
JUNIOR MECHANIC
TRAINEE
ELECTRICIAN
DRIVER
ADMINISTRATIVE
SECRETARY
CASHIER
STORE KEEPER

4. THE COMPANY’S SCOPE OF SERVICE
Fix-It has the capacity of offering the following services:
 Service and Maintenance
 General Repair and Overhaul
 Consultancy and Road Worthiness
Smart-Fix can also link you up to other companies who are good in works like; Upholstery, Body-Work, Painting,
and Sales of authentic Vehicle Parts etc.

5. WORK FLOW
CUSTOMER
REPAIR
TESTS
SECRETARY

6. APPROACH TO PROBLEM SOLVING
 I learnt most works through observation and participation.
 An approach to problem solving that I observed (though certain steps are recursive) is:
1. Collect evidence;
2. Analyze evidence;
3. Locate the fault;
4. Find the cause of the fault and remedy it;
5. Rectify the fault (if different from 4);
6. Test the system to verify that repair is correct.

7. EXPERIENCE GAINED
 During my 26 weeks IT period at Smart-Fix, I was attached to the Mechanical/Automotive Department as a Trainee.
 Job responsibilities in the Department include:
 Lifting and supporting cars and keeping equipment and tool available for use
 Participating in engine and transmission overhauls
 Completing maintenance such as oil replacement, replacing worn-out brake pads, installing drive belt etc.
 Rectifying misfiring
 Bleeding the brake lines
And so many others. Due to time constraints, I’ll go through some of the experiences I’ve gained.

8. TOOLS, MACHINES, EQUIPMENT AND DEVICES
 With some of its modern facilities, Smart-Fix has been
carrying-out clean repairs and services of automobiles
in its environment; both home and away.
 Among the many tools used include the wrench, plier,
STAR scanner, crane, hydraulic jack, clamp, vice, air
pump, screw driver, air blower, etc.
 Without the right tools and equipment, repair would be
very impossible.
 I learnt how to use some simple basic concepts of
machines, levers, mechanical advantage, moments,
couple, twisting force application, etc. with the proper
application of force while using tools.

9. SUSPENSION
SYSTEM
(DRIVINGSHAFT)
REPLACEMENT OF DRIVING SHAFT

10. RECTIFYING MISFIRING: Replacing spark plugs
 Using a T30 Allen Key in order to loose the ignition
coils so as to replace worn out spark plugs.
 The feeler gauge (0.08mm thickness) is used to gap
the spark plugs ground terminal to standard.

11. SERVICE MAINTENANCE: Replacing worn out brake pad
 Replacing brake pads. This particular wheel had a
rust in the calliper bolts so I had to apply an anti-
rust chemical to enhance easy removal of the
bolts.

13. CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED
 In everything we do in life, there are limitations to the extent in which we can go and which we desire to go. As
such, this twenty-six weeks Industrial Training is not an exception.
 Lack of interest of near-by companies to accept SIWES students became a big challenge to me when I was
seeking for placement close-by.
 Financial challenges set-in when I started the training but it was later catered for by the company.
 Lack of a SIWES Department assigned to train students thoroughly and uniformly has been the major cause for
conflict of responses by some staff.

14. CONCLUSION
 My training at Smart-Fix was a huge success accompanied with a great time of skills acquisition and new
knowledge. Among the many practical skills, I have learnt include; engine oil servicing; brake pad replacement;
alternator replacement; drive belt installation; how to participate in a successful engine and gearbox overhaul
and installation with other Mechanics; and bleeding brake lines.
 I was able to appreciate my area of discipline even more because I had the opportunity to bridge theory and
practical. I now have a wider view to the importance and relevance of Mechanical Engineers in the immediate
society and the world at large
 I have also been able to improve my communication skills

15. RECOMMENDATION
 All establishments that receive SIWES students should have a Department assigned to train SIWES students
more thoroughly.
 The government should provide a constitutional framework that would compel establishments to accept a certain
number of students yearly for the SIWES program.
 Allowances and some form of financial assistance should be offered to students by the company and even the
ITF allowance should be offered during their training.
 The Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Jos should provide a Mechanic/Automobile
workshop where its students can easily practice maintenance, service and general repairs.