CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study

Vocational training is training within vocational education which prepares people for a specific trade. It directly develops expertise in techniques related to technology, skill and scientific technique to span all aspects of the trade (Www.Wikipedia free encyclopaedia.org). Vocational education is classified as using procedural knowledge. It is sometimes referred to as technical education as the trainee directly develops expertise in a particular group of techniques. Therefore, one significant function of human resource management as to vocational training is the effective use of human resources in training and development. Training and development is a significant function of firm towards effective performance of employees and growth of organization however it is almost crucial and expensive resource to every organization. Due to constant training of engineers in response to change in the society, there are significant changes today in terms of the value of the employee.  These changes in value system at the workplace tend to have significant impact on employees’ knowledge and skills. Training is therefore necessary to enhance the knowledge, skills and attitude of employees because it makes it easier for employees to acquire further knowledge based on the foundation gained from the earlier training to effect changes in other coworkers performance.

In other words, there is a significant relationship between the employees who acquire vocational training and their performance in accomplishing different tasks.  For instance it was found that those employees who have taken vocational   training were more capable in performing different task ( Neo, 2000).

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