COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR EFFECTIVE REWINDING OF ELECTRICAL MACHINES FOR SELF EMPLOYMENT IN THE INFORMAL SECTOR OF ENUGU STATE

The study investigated competencies required for effective rewinding of electrical machines for self - employment in the informal sector of Enugu State. Three specific objectives were structured to guide the study. Accordingly three research questions were posed in line with specific objectives and three hypotheses were tested. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The study was conducted in Enugu metropolis. The population for the study is 1143 artisans in the State. Simple random sampling technique was used to obtain a sample size of 132 respondents. Structured questionnaire developed by the researchers was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts; two from Technology and Vocational Education Department and one from measurement and Evaluation of the Department of Computer and Mathematics Education all from the Faculty of Education, Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), Enugu. A reliability co-efficient of 0.77 was obtained using cronbach alpha method. A total of 120 copies out of 132 copies of the instrument correctly filled and returned were used for the study, representing 90.9 percent return rate. Mean was used to answer the three research questions. The three null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using t-test statistic. The result revealed that artisans require armature, fields and commutating rewinding competencies for rewinding of electrical machines for self-employment in the informal sector of Enugu State. The study further revealed that male and female artisans had uniform opinions on the armature, fields and commutating rewinding competencies for rewinding of electrical machines for self-employment in the informal sector of Enugu State. It was recommended among others that all the identified competencies (armature, fields and commutating rewinding competencies) should be integrated into the curriculum of technical colleges by curriculum planners for training of students.