Skills Improvement Needs of Auto-Electricity Technicians for Effective Repair of Automobile in Niger State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study was aimed at identifying skills improvement needs of auto-electricity technicians for effective repair of automobile in Niger State, Nigeria. The study made use of survey research design. The respondents consisted of 60 auto-electricity technicians. A structured questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection. The questionnaire was subjected to face validation by three experts and was thereafter pilot-tested on 10 respondents who were not part of the population used for the study. The reliability coefficient of the instrument was calculated to be 0.81 using the Cronbach alpha formula. Two research Questions and two hypotheses guided the study. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research question, while t -.test was employed to test the hypotheses. The study revealed among others that auto-electricity technicians are deficient in skills required to carry-out repairs on automobile, Consequently, the study recommended that auto- electricity technicians should be provided with the necessary skills in those areas where they lack skills for effective repairs of automobile.