Towards Sustainable Learning Regarding to Professional Competency: A Study of Automotive Air Conditioning Service Course

Abstract

This research presents a practical discussion on promoting students professional competency. The purposes of this research were to develop a competency analysis profile on automotive air conditioning service course, and to examine the essential core competency for training undergraduate students of Mechanical Technology Education program at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi. The qualitative and quantitative data were collected through observations, in-depth interviews, document analysis, and DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) job analysis process with 12 training instructors from 8 well-known car automobile companies in Thailand. The triangulation method was referred to validate a competency analysis profile. The results of this study indicated that were 11 job duties, 83 tasks and 7 core competencies framework. As a whole, the mean was rated by respondents at high level, and the mean rating was calculated for each competencies item. The quality of the resulting had to apply the systematic curriculum and instructional development to effective implementation guidelines. They can be applied to change the training program of prospective the mechanical technology education to enhance future students' competency.

Keywords : Automotive Technology Education / Automotive Air Conditioning Service Course / Professional Competency