Electrical Installation Competencies Required By Electrical/Electronic Teachers in Bauchi and Gombe States Technical Colleges
ABSTRACT
The study was motivated by a great concern about the future and continuity of Electrical installation in all tiers of society and our education system particularly in technical colleges.
The concern stemmed from poor performance, low and declining skill practice in performance and in NBTEB Examination.
Pertinent questions and doubts were raised on the required competencies of Electrical/Electronics Teachers currently teaching Electrical installation in technical colleges.
The study therefore focused on the Electrical installation competencies required by Electrical/Electronics teachers in technical colleges using Bauchi and Gombe States of Nigeria as a frame of reference.
Four objectives were stated, research questions asked, and hypotheses formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance.
A questionnaire, titled Electrical Installation Competencies Required by Electrical/Electronics Teachers in Technical Colleges (EICRETC), consisting of 112 items was structured, based on the four broad Electrical installation areas:
Domestic installation, Industrial installation, Cable jointing and Winding of Electrical machines administered to 47 Electrical/Electronics teachers in Bauchi and Gombe States.
Data thus collected were analyzed using the mean and t-test statistics. Respondents rated items as required in 112 competencies.
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study Electrical Installation is one of the courses offered in technical college in Nigeria. It comprise the following;
Basic Electricity, Battery Charging, Domestic Installation, Industrial Installation, Cable Jointing and Winding of Electrical Machines.
As contained in the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) (2001) curriculum. The goal of Domestic Installation is to provide the trainee with the knowledge and skill to enable him carryout Electrical Installation in a building.
Domestic Installation is concerned with installation of electrical components or equipment in a building. Such electrical equipment or components include Home appliances fixed in position for use.
Domestic Installation also involves surface wiring, conduit wiring as well as maintenance of electrical fittings; such as illumination lamps used in homes mostly within the range of 0.5V – 415V (Thomson, 1973).
Industrial Installation goals according to (NBTE) (2001), are to provide the trainee with the knowledge and skills which will enable him carryout all types of industrial/factory installations.
Indusial Installation involves voltage ranging from 415V and above is for industrial consumption using high tension conductors (Gupta, 2005).
Conductors are made from aluminum or cupper and alloy. High voltage ranging from 415V and above is transmitted through over head conductor, underground and trunking, which could be in Alternating Current (AC) or Direct Current (DC) for the use of machines and equipment that control gears for effective protection.
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