Management of Electrical/Electronics Workshop Accident in Technical Colleges in Oyo and Ogun States Nigeria

Abstract

The major purpose of the study was to Management of electrical/electronics workshop accident in technical colleges in Oyo and Ogun states Nigeria. Two research Questions were answered. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The population for the study was sixty six (66) comprised of forty two (42) electrical /electronics teachers from technical colleges, Ogun state and twenty four (24) electrical/electronics teachers from technical colleges, Oyo state. No sampling was adopted because the population was of manageable Size. Structured questionnaire containing 58 items was designed and used for data collection. The internal consistency of the instrument was ascertained using Cronbach Alpha method and reliability coefficient obtained for the instrument was 0.95. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze research questions. The findings of the study revealed that The findings of the study revealed that: nine accidents do occur at least once in a month in electrical/electronics workshops; accidents in school workshops can result to reduction in students’ enrolment. The findings of the study revealed that electrical/ electronics workshop accidents can be managed by providing well stocked first aid boxes to the workshop and give adequate training to teachers and workshop attendants on method of administering it. It was recommended that workshop attendants or technologists should be recruited and updated always for proper monitoring of students’ activities inside workshop.