Competency Requirements Of Industry For Electrical Engineering Graduates

Pyrene   Quilang,

Competency Requirements Of Industry For Electrical Engineering Graduates

Discipline: Education

Abstract:

The challenge of engineering education is to simultaneously prepare students for their first job and their career 25 years later. This suggests that engineering education must provide initial competencies for careers. The main purpose of the study is to find out what the competency requirements are of industries for electronic engineering graduates. The list of competencies was identified by the managers and supervisors of agencies that take care of communication systems in government and private firms. Based on the analysis, skills demanded by the industries are both soft skills and hard skills. Soft skills desired by them are communication skills, both oral and written, critical thinking, and problem-solving. Knowledge of the use of technology as a tool to research, organize, evaluate, and communicate information, as well as the use of digital technologies such as GPS, networking tools, and social networks to manage, integrate, evaluate, and create information, is expected from a graduate of Electrical Engineering. Hard skills required by industries from EE graduates are technical skills in managing large-scale electronic equipment or machinery for use in manufacturing or power generation or transmission.

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