CRITICAL COMPETENCIES NEEDS IN HEAVY DUTY (DIESEL) ENGINES REPAIR/MAINTENANCE FOR YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND NATION DEVELOPMENT IN LAGOS STATE

Abstract

This paper investigated critical competencies needs in heavy duty (diesel) engines repair/maintenance for youth employment and nation development in Lagos State. Three research questions guided the study with survey research used to obtain responses from the target population of 69, comprising 24 lecturers/instructors of automobile technology in public colleges of education and technical colleges as well as using 45 informally trained heavy duty diesel engine mechanics, structured questionnaire was used as instrument. Validation of the instrument was carried out by experts; sample size was determined by the use of Yaro–Yamane formula. There were 79 items with sixty–nine copies of the instrument were administered while all these copies were retrieved. Analysis of the retrieved copies was done using mean and standard deviation to find out the needed competencies in the repairs and maintenance of heavy duty diesel engines for youth employment and national development. It was concluded that all the identified competencies on maintenance, repairs, tools and equipment in this study needed to be provided to conduct meaningful and result–oriented competency training in heavy duty diesel engine repairs and maintenance in Lagos State South- West, Nigeria