The Development Of Trainers’ Competency Model for The Technical and Vocational Education in Agriculture, Malaysia

Abstract

The unemployment status amongst graduates has been an unsolving global issue. Past researches proved that whilst graduates of Malaysia local public skill training institutions having the firm basic skills, they are not competent in technical skills demanded by the industry and also lack in soft skills like professionalism ethics, communication skills, teamwork, decision making and also leadership. This problem needs to be looked in depth in training institutions which ideally shape future workforce with knowledge and skills utilizing the assistance of current existing trainers. Henceforth, this study is to identify the indicators needed in a trainer to produce graduates that are highly competent especially in agriculture field and thus, developing trainers’ competency model of technical and vocational education with specification in agriculture field. This research underwent Delphi method involving nine experts. The research resulted with 10 indicators as requirements in trainers of agriculture field and the developed model is parallel to the designated values covering basic skills, cognitive skills, resource skills, information skills, interpersonal skills, system and technology skills, individual quality skills, entrepreneurial skills, professionalism skills and social skills and local value. This research implies such a requirement that trainers in agriculture field acquire all of the skills in order to produce competitive agriculture graduates.