Auto Electrical and Electronic Competencies Needed by Mechanical Work Students for Vehicle Diagnosis and Maintenance in Technical Colleges of Enugu State.

The general purpose of this study was to ivestiage the auto electrical and electronic competencies needed by mechanical work students for vehicle diagnosis and maintenance in Technical Colleges in Enugu State. Specifically, it determined important competencies for diagnosing vehicles, important competencies for maintaining vehicles, those important competencies for diagnosing and maintaining vehicles already possessed by mechanical work students, and vehicle diagnosing and maintenance competencies needed by mechanical work students in Technical Colleges. Two hypotheses guided the research. The study adopted a survey research design and was carried out in Enugu State. Population was 56 comprising of motor vehicle mechanical work teachers and instructors. A 5-point Likert Scale questionnaire was used for data collection. Data were analysed using mean and t-test for testing the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings include, among others,23 important competences for diagnosis and 21 for maintenance of motor vehicle. These include ability to: perform a scan tester diagnosis on vehicles ways(x̄= 3.58), define terms associated with OBD II diagnosis (x̄= 3.54), connect diagnostic tools to the identified ports (x̄= 3.83), repair lighting system (x̄= 3.57), and others. Enhance their efforts at equipping the students with the important competencies they need on; y 13 (29.5%) out of the two sets of competencies put together. The students need to acquire 16 (69.57%) and 15(71.43) of the important vehicle diagnosis and maintenance respectively. It was recommended among other things that, mechanical work teachers and instructors should engage in in-service training to acquire the skills. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]