Development of Hybrid Electric UVehicle Maintenance Module for Craftsmen in North Central, Nigeria

Abstract

The study developed Hybrid Electric Vehicle Maintenance Module for Craftsmen in North-Central, Nigeria. Two research questions were raised and answered as well as two null hypotheses were formulated and test at 0.05 level of significant. Mixed Method Research Design was adopted for this study. The study was conducted in North-Central Nigeria. 128 respondents comprising of 50 industry-based SMEs, 27 school-based SMEs and 51 MVM craftsmen from the seven organizations associated with the maintenance of Hybrid Electric Vehicles in the study area. The study utilized the whole population of the study. The instruments were subjected to face and content validation by three experts. The reliability of HEVMDQ was established using Cronbach’s Alpha statistics and yielded overall reliability coefficient of 0.88 and the reliability of HEVMSPT was established using Kendall’s tau coefficient of concordance and yielded coefficient values of 0.91, 0.86 and 0.84. Data were collected by administering copies of the instruments through hand delivery. The quantitative data collected was analyzed using mean, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) while qualitative data collected was analyzed using thematic analysis. The study revealed that there was no significant difference (significant value ≥0.05) between the mean responses of school-based and industry-based experts on the facilities and evaluation strategies for the HEV maintenance module for MVMW craftsmen. Based on the findings, the study recommended among others that: The National Board for Technical Education should include the identified objective into Motor Vehicle Mechanic Works curriculum used for training MVM craftsmen through the process of curriculum review in order to equip them with the required competencies in the maintenance of HEV. Keywords: Development, Hybrid electric vehicle, maintenance, module, craftsmen