Abstract
Electrical and Electronics engineering sector is an important contributor in Malaysia’s economy as it is one of the twelve National Key Economic Area (NKEA) in the country’s Economic Transformation Program (ETP). There are approximate 1,900 active Electrical and Electronics companies which provide over 35,000 engineers and manager positions. As universities received many complaints regarding to capability of engineering graduates especially in their non-technical skills which resulted non-industry-ready engineers. Less exposures to industrial training or also known as internship is one of the major reasons of the problems that can be fixed by organizing an intensive industrial training program for engineering students. In this paper, several processes of the instruments development and validation are discussed. To conduct an interview protocol, the instrument should be tested for its validity and trustworthiness. After these two processes are done, the instruments are ready to be used in the field study.
Highlights
Higher learning education is responsible in preparing standard curriculum in certain period of time in order for students to be equipped by emphasizing the knowledge and specific skills [1]
Industrial training is a platform for students to gain confidence and face challenges at work such as teamwork, working under pressure and dealing with people from all levels of the organization [7]
In a study of identifying the current non-technical skills that are demanded by today’s industries and in what way university can provide the best industrial training for their engineering students, two interview protocols instruments were developed and validated to make sure they can be used in the field study
Summary
Higher learning education is responsible in preparing standard curriculum in certain period of time in order for students to be equipped by emphasizing the knowledge and specific skills [1]. Industrial training program are important to be well organised so that engineering students can gain the optimum non-technical skills which are really demanded by today’s employers [5]. This training is an opportunity for undergraduate students to incorporate work-related experience and knowledge into their formal education in a university by taking part in supervised and planned work in real-world professional environments [6]. In a study of identifying the current non-technical skills that are demanded by today’s industries and in what way university can provide the best industrial training for their engineering students, two interview protocols instruments were developed and validated to make sure they can be used in the field study. Due to the differences of perception of the duration for the training, it is rational to look at it based on the standard period to accomplish all the intended outcomes of the training
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