Competency of Civil Engineering Students Undergone Industrial Training: Supervisors’ Perspectives

In Malaysia, the engineering diploma programs in the public universities require the approval of the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) and accreditation by the Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA).The graduates are normally employed as technical assistants in the various engineering fields. However, not all the engineering programs are designed with the industrial training component. Recently, in order to enhance employability of the graduates, industrial training course was introduced as one of the compulsory requirements in the diploma program of Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). The objective of the training is to expose UiTM students to the competency, knowledge and skills needed to succeed at the workplace. By undergoing industrial training, they will be able to relate the theory that they learnt and applied them practically. This study sought to determine the perceived level of competency of UiTM students by the industrial and faculty supervisors during the industrial training.