Sample Field Trip Assignment

TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION (UWB 10402) SEMESTER 1 2013/2014 FIELD TRIP REPORT

LECTURER

: MISS DWEE

SECTION: 9 GROUP MEMBERS NAME AND MATRIC NUMBERS : 1.

ANG CHUEN YUEN

(AA131041)

2.

LIAM LIM CHEN YAO

(AA130477)

3.

ALEX SHEE YIN NING

(AA131040)

4.

NAVIN KUMAR A/L MANIAM

(AA131059)

A day trip to Collision Repair Centre Time

: 10.00a.m. - 12.00p.m.

Date

: 11 October 2013 (Friday)

Location

: BATU PAHAT SIN HUAT MOTOR CAR & CRANE SDN.BHD. , Tongkang Pecah.

Participants : 4 students from UTHM, Johor

Time 10.00 a.m.

10.30a.m.11.30a.m.

11.30a.m. 12.00p.m.

Activities Arrival BP SIN HUAT staff greet us upon our arrival. We are given a short introduction by the owner of the collision repair centre before the start of our tour. Visit to each department of the collision centre We are given the chance to visit each department namely the Administration, Panel Beating, Spray Painting, Mechatronics and Warehouse. We have been given some explanation of every department. We took some pictures of the various departments. Lunch Time We are brought to the canteen for our lunch. Tour Concludes During this session, we are given the chance to ask any questionsregarding the repair centre. This interesting tour ended after taking a photograph with the owner of the collision repair centre.

Collision Repair Centre Field Trip Report Introduction

On 11 October 2013, 4 students from UTHM went on a trip to BP SIN HUAT Collision Repair Centre in order to learn more about the process of repairing vehicles. We arrived there around10.00am. We planned to visit every department and gather various information about this “Ultimate Collision Repair Centre”.

Trip Objectives There are 4 objectives in total. Firstly, we wanted to get to know the different departments at the collision repair centre.Secondly, we wanted to find out the leading causes of the need for vehicle repair. Furthermore, we wanted to find out the volume of vehicles repaired monthly at this collision repair centre. Last but not least, we wanted to find out the step-by-step procedure of repairing a car at this collision repair centre. Field observation We were assisted by the owner of the repair centre, Mr Ang PengHee, who explained to us in detail about his collision repair centre. During the tour, we took down some notes and pictures about this repair centre. After the tour, we discovered that there are five departments in this repair centre. There were Administration, Panel beating, Spray Painting ,Mechatronics and Warehouse. SPRAY PAINTING

ADMINISTRATION

PANEL BEATING

WAREHOUSE

MECHATRONICS

We had also found out the leading causes of the need for vehicle repair when we interviewed Mr Ang. The main cause was due to accidents, the second was own repairs which meant that the customers send their cars in themselves and the last cause is breakdowns. According to the Mr Ang, the volume of vehicles repaired was around 60 vehicles. Mr Ang had also gave us an insightregarding the step-by-step procedure of repairing a car in this collision repair centre. We were given a step-by-step table which was easy to understand. Procedure of Body Repair and Paint Refinish 1 Damaged Vehicle arrives 2 Estimate cost& produce quote to customer 3 Produce job number 4 Panel repair / replacement stage 5 Intermediate inspection of work 6 Paint Refinish Stage 7 Refinished Paint inspection 8 Assembly stage 9 Final inspection 10 Delivery to customer

When the damaged vehicle arrives, the estimated cost of repair of the damaged vehicle has to be done by the repair centre and produced to the customer. After that, a job number is assigned to the vehicle to easily track the progress of the damaged vehicle. The damaged vehicle will be sent to various departments based on its damage. An intermediate inspection will be carried out when the body repair is completed. After that, the paint of the vehicle will be refinished. An inspection of the paint job will also be carried out. When the body repair and paint refinish has been completed, the repaired car will be sent to the assembly stage for all equipments and fittings to be reinstalled in the vehicle. The last step before delivery to the customer,is a final inspection to ensure the quality of repairs and paint jobs. These are some interesting pictures we took during the tour.

Conclusion Our trip ended at 12.00pm. It can be concluded that the trip was successful as all our objectives were achieved. We all learned something new and beneficial about the collision repair centre. We highly recommend this trip to other mechanical engineering students who are interested to learn more about vehicles.