Opinions of entrepreneurs on desirable Characteristics according to Thai Qualification Framework for Vocational Education Case Study: Students from the Bachelor of Technology Program (B.Tech.) in Automotive Technology, Automotive Industry Technical College

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to study the opinions on desirable characteristics of entrepreneurs according to Thai Qualification Framework for Vocational Education.  Case Study: Students from the Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), in Automotive Technology, Automotive Industry Technical College.  The population is business owners or the person assigned to supervise students in the Bachelor of Technology Program (B.Tech.) in the field of Automotive Technology Automotive Industry Technical College who worked in semester 2/2022, a total of 19 people. Questionnaires were used for data collection. Statistics including percentages, means, and standard deviations. were used for data analysis

The majority of respondents were male, aged 21-30 years, with a bachelor's degree , have a job of less than 10 years and hold the position of department head/supervisor. The result of the study found that their opinions on desirable characteristics according to the National Vocational Education Qualifications Standards Framework was overall at a high level (μ = 4.41). When considering each aspect, it was found that the aspect with the highest level of opinion was the aspect of interpersonal skills and responsibility. The aspect with high levels of opinion was practical skills, followed by morality and ethics, intellectual skills, knowledge, and numerical analysis, communication, and information technology skills, respectively.