Safety Skills Required by Technical College Electrical Installation Students in Handling Equipment in Plateau and Kaduna State

ABSTRACT

The study sought to determine the safety skills required by technical college electrical installation students in handling equipment. The study was carried out in Plateau and The Kaduna States. A survey research design was employed for the study. The population for the study was 80 comprising of 39 electrical installation teachers and 41 electrical installation workers in the field. The entire population was used for the study. A structured questionnaire item was used for collecting data from the respondent. Four research questions were developed to guide the study and four null hypotheses were formulated and tested at a 0.05 level of significance. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the data for answering research questions while t-test for independent samples was used to test the null hypothesis of no significant difference at 0.05 level of significance. It was found out that all the safety skills identified in handling hand tools, operating machine tools, workshop safety and the personal protective equipment are required by electrical installation students in technical colleges for effective functioning in the workshop. It was recommended that all the safety skills identified should be integrated into the curriculum of electrical installation trade at technical college level.  

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APA

JOSEPH, D (2021). Safety Skills Required by Technical College Electrical Installation Students in Handling Equipment in Plateau and Kaduna State. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/safety-skills-required-by-technical-college-electrical-installation-students-in-handling-equipment-in-plateau-and-kaduna-state

MLA 8th

JOSEPH, DUNG "Safety Skills Required by Technical College Electrical Installation Students in Handling Equipment in Plateau and Kaduna State" Afribary. Afribary, 21 Apr. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/safety-skills-required-by-technical-college-electrical-installation-students-in-handling-equipment-in-plateau-and-kaduna-state. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.

MLA7

JOSEPH, DUNG . "Safety Skills Required by Technical College Electrical Installation Students in Handling Equipment in Plateau and Kaduna State". Afribary, Afribary, 21 Apr. 2021. Web. 29 Apr. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/safety-skills-required-by-technical-college-electrical-installation-students-in-handling-equipment-in-plateau-and-kaduna-state >.

Chicago

JOSEPH, DUNG . "Safety Skills Required by Technical College Electrical Installation Students in Handling Equipment in Plateau and Kaduna State" Afribary (2021). Accessed April 29, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/safety-skills-required-by-technical-college-electrical-installation-students-in-handling-equipment-in-plateau-and-kaduna-state