Designing and Validating the Technological Competencies Questionnaire for Students of Vocational Education

This article aims to design, validate and approve the technical competency questionnaire for the technical and vocational students. In order to achieve this goal, first, in the qualitative section of this study, the codes, articles and documents were identified and codified using Maxqda12 software and through the purposeful sampling of the components of the competency of the technology. Then a questionnaire was prepared on the basis of technological competencies. A sample of 375 individuals was selected through random cluster sampling. The research instrument included a questionnaire with 150 questions. The methods used included:  Holistic coefficient for the analysis of the items; expert opinion for verifying the formal content validity; factor analysis for structure; and Cronbach's alpha coefficient for credit. According to the findings, five main factors were identified: technical and technical competence, meta-competence, empowerment, labor market competence and strategic competencies (strategic). The validity of this questionnaire was obtained using Cronbach's alpha (0/85). The final questionnaire was analyzed using SPSS19 and Amos 24 software. The results showed that this questionnaire had an acceptable validity and reliability.