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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).02      10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).02      Published : Mar 2022

Engineering Communication Skills for Novice Engineers: A Pilot Project

Abstract

    Industry has broadened the job scope for engineers. Engineers have to perform multiple projects in terms of technical and non-technical. Technical skills require integration of communication skills in modern industry. This research attempted to discover communication skills significance for novice engineers. Also, it explored communication skill training needed for novice engineers. A purposive sampling research design was employed to draw the results. Twenty (20) final year engineering students participated in this qualitative study. The study research instrument was focus group interviews.Findings described that communication skills play a significant role for engineers in the work environment of modern industry. Moreover, inadequate communication skills training are provided to engineering students during study time. Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) should emphasize upon engineering universities of Pakistan to train engineering students in hard and soft skills.

    Engineering, Communication Skills, Novice Engineers, Modern Industry

    (1) Inayatullah Kakepoto
    Professor, Department of English, Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering Science and Technology Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan.
    (2) Abdullah Laghari
    Lecturer, Department of English, Quaid - e - Awam University of Engineering Science and Technology, Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan.
    (3) Ghulam Saqib Buriro
    Assistant Professor, Institute of English Language and Literature, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Kakepoto, I., Laghari, A., & Buriro, G. S. (2022). Engineering Communication Skills for Novice Engineers: A Pilot Project. Global Educational Studies Review, VII(I), 12 - 19 . https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).02

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Kakepoto, Inayatullah, Abdullah Laghari, and Ghulam Saqib Buriro. 2022. "Engineering Communication Skills for Novice Engineers: A Pilot Project." Global Educational Studies Review, VII (I): 12 - 19 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).02

HARVARD

    HARVARD : KAKEPOTO, I., LAGHARI, A. & BURIRO, G. S. 2022. Engineering Communication Skills for Novice Engineers: A Pilot Project. Global Educational Studies Review, VII, 12 - 19 .

MHRA

    MHRA : Kakepoto, Inayatullah, Abdullah Laghari, and Ghulam Saqib Buriro. 2022. "Engineering Communication Skills for Novice Engineers: A Pilot Project." Global Educational Studies Review, VII: 12 - 19

MLA

    MLA : Kakepoto, Inayatullah, Abdullah Laghari, and Ghulam Saqib Buriro. "Engineering Communication Skills for Novice Engineers: A Pilot Project." Global Educational Studies Review, VII.I (2022): 12 - 19 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Kakepoto, Inayatullah, Laghari, Abdullah, and Buriro, Ghulam Saqib (2022), "Engineering Communication Skills for Novice Engineers: A Pilot Project", Global Educational Studies Review, VII (I), 12 - 19

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Kakepoto, Inayatullah, Abdullah Laghari, and Ghulam Saqib Buriro. "Engineering Communication Skills for Novice Engineers: A Pilot Project." Global Educational Studies Review VII, no. I (2022): 12 - 19 . https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2022(VII-I).02