ASSESSMENT OF SAFETY MEASURES SKILLS AMONG METALWORK TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS IN OYO STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, LANLATE

Abstract

Accidents are prevented by obeying safety rules differs from process to process. The paper assesses the safety measures skills among metalwork technology students for efficient operation of basic hand tools and machines in the workshop. The population of the study is 35. It comprises of thirteen (13) academic staff (teachers) and twenty-two (22) students offering metalwork courses in the Department of Technical Education of Oyo State College of Education, Lanlate. A self-designed instrument structured on 4-point Likert scale was used and was validated by exports in the metalwork technology unit. The instrument was pilot tested with seven academic staff of technical education and was subjected to Cronbach alpha coefficient which yielded 0.87. Mean and Standard Deviation was used to analysis the data. The study revealed that all the 10 safety measures skills of basic hand tools assessed by metalwork technology students are required for efficient operations in the workshop. Also, all the 10 safety measures skills of machine tools assessed by metal work technology students are needed for efficient operations of machine tools. The study, however, recommended that the curriculum should be made to emphasis the use of safety measure skills. Teachers, students and technical personnel should be made to attend workshops, seminars and conferences on the safety measure skills.