Constructing and Validating Competence Indicators for Professional Technicians in Fire Safety in Taiwan

Wen-Jye Shyr, Fan-Yu Shih, Hung-Ming Liau and Po-Wen Liu
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Wen-Jye Shyr: Department of Industrial Education and Technology, National Changhua University of Education, No. 1, Jin-De Road, Changhua 500, Taiwan
Fan-Yu Shih: Department of Industrial Education and Technology, National Changhua University of Education, No. 1, Jin-De Road, Changhua 500, Taiwan
Hung-Ming Liau: Department of Industrial Education and Technology, National Changhua University of Education, No. 1, Jin-De Road, Changhua 500, Taiwan
Po-Wen Liu: Department of Industrial Education and Technology, National Changhua University of Education, No. 1, Jin-De Road, Changhua 500, Taiwan

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 13, 1-14

Abstract: This study constructed professional competence indicators for technical personnel in fire safety equipment that can be used to guide curriculum planning of fire-protection-related programs in colleges and universities; training of technical personnel in fire safety equipment in the industry; and the mandatory national examinations for technical personnel in fire protection. To achieve the purpose of this study, document analysis, expert interviews, and the Delphi technique were used to verify that there are three first-level dimension indicators. These three primary indicators were categorized as knowledge, skills, and attitude, with an additional 12 second-level orientation indicators and 61 third-level detailed indicators. Furthermore, in relation to the importance–performance analysis, the falling point distribution of the detailed indicators of technical personnel in fire protection in the four quadrants of the IPA model chart was obtained in order to provide a reference for the industry, government, and academia.

Keywords: fire protection equipment; professional technicians; professional competency; indicators; importance–performance analysis (IPA) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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