Level and drivers of students' satisfaction with their vacation work experience

Abstract

Industrial work experience is an important part of the training of engineering students. Not only does it entrench learning, it may also give the students a window into what their professional life may be like, hence, the importance of students being satisfied with their training experience. There, however, isn't much reported on what the students feel about their experience during this training and what factors might be driving such experience. Using Atlas.ti, thematic coding and text analysis were done to analyse the reflection written by the students of Industrial Engineering about their vacation work. It was found that majority of the students reported being happy with their vacation work experience and would like to return where they did the training for future purposes. Factors contributing to this satisfaction were also explored and documented.