Competences in Demand within the Spanish Agricultural Engineering Sector

Autor/inn/en	Perdigones, Alicia; Valera, Diego Luis; Moreda, Guillermo Pedro; García, Jose Luis
Titel	Competences in Demand within the Spanish Agricultural Engineering Sector
Quelle	In: European Journal of Engineering Education, 39 (2014) 5, S.527-538 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0304-3797
DOI	10.1080/03043797.2013.766673
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Agricultural Engineering; Competence; Labor Needs; Minimum Competencies; Agricultural Education; Degree Requirements; Job Skills; Skill Analysis; Employer Attitudes; Employee Attitudes; Graduate Surveys; Alignment (Education); Occupational Surveys; Questionnaires; Student Surveys; Computer Literacy; Educational Needs; Education Work Relationship; College Outcomes Assessment; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Agrarindustrie; Agronomie; Agrarwissenschaft; Kompetenz; Labour needs; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Fundamentum; Mindestwissen; Agriculture; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Produktive Fertigkeit; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Berufsanalyse; Fragebogen; Schülerbefragung; Computerkenntnisse; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Spanien
Abstract	The Rural Engineering Department (Technical University of Madrid) ran three competence surveys during the 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 academic years and evaluated: (1) the competences gained by agricultural engineer's degree and agricultural technical engineer's degree students (360 respondents); (2) the competences demanded by agricultural employers (50 farming sector employers); (3) competences required by farming sector professionals and former students (70 professionals). The surveys show significant differences between what competences agricultural employers require of graduates and the competences they acquire during their agricultural engineering degree courses. Recruiters are looking for generic competences such as the ability to coordinate groups and place less importance on knowledge of engineering, biology, applied economics and legislation. Of the computer-related competences, those most in demand by sector professionals were related to the use of Microsoft Office/Excel (used by 79% of professionals). Surveys were used to redesign some subjects of the degrees. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10