Skills Gap of Industrial Electricians towards Efficient Management of Electric Motors in Industries in Kaduna State, Nigeria.

Abstract

The study was carried out to determine skills Gap of industrial electricians towards efficient management of electric motors in industries in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Three research questions guided the study while two null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The target population of the study was 669. Proportionate stratified random sampling technique was employed and a total of 233 respondents were used for the study. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire which was validated by three experts. Cronbach alpha reliability method was employed to determine the internal consistency of the instrument and a reliability coefficient of 0.89 was obtained for the entire instrument. Mean statistics, standard deviation and Improvement Need Index (INI) were employed to analyse data for answering the research questions while z-test was used to test the null hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed that industrial electricians need improvement on 11 skills for efficient management of electric motors in industries. The hypothesis tested revealed that there was no significant difference in the mean responses of Lecturers of Electrical Engineering and Electrical Engineers on the skills required by industrial electricians for efficient management of electric motors in industries in Kaduna State. The hypothesis tested further revealed that there was no significant difference in the mean responses of Electrical Technologists and Electrical Technicians on theskills performed by industrial electricians for efficient management of electric motors in industries in Kaduna State. It was recommended amongst others that, industrial managers should use the established skills identified as a basis for planning and organising staff development training through workshops and seminars to improve the performance of industrial electricians towards efficient management of electric motors in industries.