A study on affective work skills needs of engineering and technology education students of universities in North Central States of Nigeria

Abstract

The study is designed to investigate the affective work skills needs of Engineering and Technology Education students of universities in North Central States of Nigeria. A 18 items questionnaire was developed and used to collect data from 60 Engineers, 100 technicians and 150 lecturers. Purposive sampling techniques was used to get these respondents from industries and universities that offer Engineering and Technology Education programmes. Mean, standard deviation and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) at P< 0.05 level of significant was used to analyse the data. Some of the findings include observing safety precautions when performing specific task, development of self-confidence and emotional stability on the machine, respecting other peoples opinion and loyal authorities, and developing positive work habit. It was recommended among others, that affective work skill, industrial safety, and occupational health education be in incorporated into the existing curriculum of Engineering and Technology base programmes.

Keywords: Affective work skills, Engineering, North Central, Technology