Study of Skill Levels of Technical and Vocational Training Centers’ Trainees in Ilam City from Employers’ Point of View

Today due to the dramatic expansion of industry and technology, skilled human forces is a fundamental need in production, industry and service firms, and Technical and vocational training (TVT) as an important factor for human resources education has been taken into consideration. So, importance of TVT in  future manpower employment on the one hand and unfavorable and relatively weak outputs resulting from conducting such training on the other hand, it is essential to study the results of TVT in the real world. This study aimed to study skill levels of Iran TVT Centers in Ilam city from employers’ point of view. This study is a field research in terms of measure of control by researchers, a survey research in terms of method of facts acquiring and data processing, and a descriptive-survey in terms of data collection. The research populations were 30 employers inhabiting in the Ilam city and employing TVT. Sampling method was census. For data collection, a standard and researcher- made questionnaire were used. Questionnaire validity was confirmed by a panel of experts and its reliability by using Cranach’s alpha. Data analysis was performed using the SPSS 19. Correlation analysis showed that there is a significant positive relationship among the variables; job adaptation and harmony, job ability, employers’ satisfaction and trainees’ job skills. Also, the results of multiple regression showed that variables; job ability, job adaptation and harmony and employers’ satisfaction had 60 percent of changes in dependent variables.