Company preception on the employability skills of industrial traning students

Siti Nor Habibah, Hassan and Mahanum , Mohd Zamberi and Siti Nurhaida, Khalil and Nortazi , Sanusi and Faizil , Wasbari and Anita Akmar, Kamarolzaman (2011) Company preception on the employability skills of industrial traning students. In: International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (ICTLHE 2011), 21-23 November 2011,, Hotel Equatorial, Melaka. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Employability is the main concern for students and universities. It is one of the objectives of Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) as to produce skilled, experienced and knowledgeable graduates to fulfill manpower needs with 75% of the graduates employed in their relevant fields within six months upon graduation. This study was conducted to review the company perception on the employability skills possess by Mechanical Engineering students in Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka who has undergone their industrial training program in respective company. Five elements of employment skills studied here are based on the generic student attributes (GSA) established by MOHE i.e. communication skills, teamwork skills, critical thinking, work attitude and long life learning. It used to ensure the students will enrich themselves as a competent and comprehensive student after graduated. Questionnaire was prepared in three phases. Phase I and 2 are about the adaptability of students to their working environment and how the knowledge and experience in classroom being integrating into real life work experiences. Phase 3 is about the professionalism and work ethics among industrial training students. The result shows that most of the industrial supervisors agreed that industrial training program is one of the vital contributors to the employability skills.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords: company perception, employability, GSA, industrial training
Subjects: T Technology > T Technology (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Depositing User: Noor Rahman Jamiah Jalil
Date Deposited: 27 Oct 2015 02:04
Last Modified: 27 Oct 2015 02:04
URI: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/15108
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