Vocational and Technical Education Journal

The study determined to find out the maintenance practices required by electrical installation and maintenance work personnel towards the industrial motor. Three research questions guided the study while the null hypotheses formulated were tested at 0.05 significant level. The population of the study was 500, which comprised 120 EIMW teachers and 380 EIMW technicians. The sample for the study was 200, which comprised 80 EIMW teachers and 120 EIMW technicians. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. The internal consistency of the questionnaire was 0.68 for troubleshooting, 0.65 for precautionary measures and 0.76 for skills needed in the maintenance of the industrial motor which was determined using Cronbach Alpha reliability method. Mean was used to answer the research questions while t – test was used to test the null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed four significant ways of troubleshooting faults in an industrial motor, one significant precautionary measure that should be taken in industrial motor and two significant skills needed in the maintenance of industrial motors. It was recommended that workshops/seminar should be organised promptly for electrical technology teacher to acquaint them with maintenance practices required for the industrial motor. This will help them in teaching their students.

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