The Professional Insights of Technical Vocational Workers and their Attitude towards Job: Basis for Skills Development Program for ASEAN Integration
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The study investigated the professional insights of technical vocational workers in the Calabarzon region, Philippines. One hundred thirty-five (135) technical vocational workers who were employees from various industrial plants in the area were taken as respondents. Their professional insights were generally good considering their career beliefs, self-efficacy, and confidence in work but reasonably satisfied in their job regarding the salary scale, provision for health insurance, and sick leave policy. Married men found their professional insights better than single women. Exploratory multiple regression analysis addressed the necessity of skills training and its relevance in the industrial world. Regression coefficients showed that for each unit rise for the technical skills needed, equivalently there’s also an improvement in their professional insights by two percent. In like manner, for every unit in the relevance of training, their professional insights would also increase by two percent. These findings elucidated the importance of skills development to enhance employees' capacities to work and widen their opportunities in the industrial world. This study concluded the provision for relevant technical training as part of human resource development to equip the workforce with the skills required in the labor market and the global industry.
https://doi.org/10.26803/ijhss.11.3.5
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