Mohd. Noor, Noor Nazihah (2023) Examining future workforce skills in manufacturing industry: perception of electrical and electronic industry and public higher education institution. Masters thesis, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia.

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Abstract

Malaysian youths need to be exposed to the real scenario of the future workforce in line with the soft skills and hard skills required in Industry 4.0. However, skills mismatch is a prolonged issue where the level and type of the existing skills do not meet the needs of the job market, thereby leading to unemployment among graduates. Hence, this study aims to identify the present and future workforce skills required by the manufacturing industry based on the public Higher Education Institution (HEI) and Electrical and Electronic (E&E) industry perspectives. In addition, this study attempts to identify the gap from both stakeholders’ perspectives regarding future workforce skills. Using an explanatory mixed method, a total of 64 industry players from the E&E industry and academicians from public HEI participated in the first and second rounds of the survey. Data analysis was performed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software, specifically independent sample t-tests. Significant differences were recorded in the mean score of the perception between industry players and academicians on soft skills and the hard skills required in the future workforce. Meanwhile, the interview revealed that both industry players and academicians agreed with the existence of a gap between soft skills and hard skills among graduates. These findings may assist the industry, public HEI, Malaysian youths (graduates) and policymakers to identify loopholes and take corrective and decisive steps in preparing future human capital with the right workforce skills. These findings anticipate that all stakeholders play a major role in providing future skills and preparing a skilled workforce for the future

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