Assessment of Possessed Generic Green Skills for Green Jobs of Electrical Installation and Maintenance Work Graduates of Technical Colleges in Nigeria
Abdullah Musa ledumas1, Yusri Bin Kamin2 Rabiu Haruna3, Umar Isa Mohammed4, Halliru Shuaibu5
1Abdullahi Musa Cledumas*, Department of Technical and Engineering Education, University, Technology, Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
2Yusri Kamin, Department of Technical and Engineering Education, University, Technology, Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
3Rabiu Haruna, Department of Technical and Engineering Education, University, Technology, Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
4Umar Isa Mohammed, Department of Technical and Engineering Education, University, Technology, Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
5Halliru Shuaibu, Department of Technical and Engineering Education, University, Technology, Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
Manuscript received on November 26, 2019. | Revised Manuscript received on December 30, 2019. | Manuscript published on December 30, 2019. | PP: 5601-5608 | Volume-9 Issue-2, December, 2019. | Retrieval Number: B3559129219/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijeat.B3559.129219
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Abstract: The purpose of this study is to uncover employers’ assessment of possessed generic green skills for green jobs of electrical installation and maintenance work graduates of technical college in Nigeria. The study used 120 out of 140 employers of technical College Graduates in Adamawa State. The instrument used for the data collection was a questionnaire. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze research data. The hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. The findings reveal that, in the rewinding of electrical machines modules of electrical installation and maintenance work, technical college graduates have adequate skills to work in the industry except in few areas like: conduct of preventive maintenance and testing faults in electrical filing machines’ winding, the ability to locate faults in electrical filing machines’ winding, carrying out insulation resistance test, interpreting drawings of electrical equipment where they showed averagely adequate and slightly adequate skills. Similarly, from the data obtained and analyzed, the result indicates that the graduates have adequate skills in industrial installation except in few areas like: Ability to handle power transmission equipment and components, maintain simple power tools, to test simple power tools, to interpret drawings of electrical equipment, to read symbols. Therefore, the researchers concluded that technical college graduates have adequate technical skills for green jobs and to work in the industries.
Keywords: Assessment, Possessed Skills, Generic Green Skills, Rewinding of Machines, Technical College Graduates, Industrial Installation.