Impact of Ojt

IMPACT OF ON-THE-JOB TRAINING TOWARDS ACADEMIC AND SKILLS ENHANCEMENT OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INDUSTRIAL

ENGINEERING STUDENTS

Jessica Mey O. Austria, Zrose De Chavez S., Bernadeth A. Guevarra, Marianne Joy T. Manlapaz, Vanessa M. Panoy, Jeane Mariez T. Tolentino

Department of Industrial Engineering

Polytechnic University of the Philippines – Sto. Tomas Campus

The study aims to find out the significant effects of On-the-Job Training to fourth year and fifth year BSIE students of PUP-STB, as reflected on the impact to their educational trainings and skills advancement.

The researchers used a descriptive survey method to gather the ideas and information needed for the study. A total of 90 students in the university under the Industrial Engineering Department participated in the study wherein 48 or 53.33% are in 5th year and 42 or 46.67% are in 4th year.

The study shows that the fourth year and fifth year BSIE students find their on-the- Job trainings Very Significant to their studies. Through the requisition of this training, the students are able to understand more about their subjects after they had their OJT. They were able to gain new knowledge and skills in their OJT including planning skills, computer skills, time study and application of QC tools. Some of them were even taught to operate measuring equipments, testing machines and inspection tools. The results acquired on this study proved that having OJT as a part of the curriculum of BSIE fourth and fifth year students helps the students achieve further learning and leads to the enhancement of their skills.