Establishing And Managing Of A Mining And Exploration Vocational Training Institute A Feasibility Study For The Ethiopian Mineral Development Share Company Addis Ababa

This research work emanates from the need of Ethiopian Mineral Development Sharerncompany in assessing the feasibility of establishing a Technical and Vocational Trainingrnand Education Institute that would satisfy its middle and lower skill level manpowerrndemand in the field of Mining, Exploration and Minerals Laboratory Analysis. The studyrnhas set the objective of conducting a feasibility study for arriving at a decision ofrnestablishing and managing the said institute. The main research question of the researchrnhas been set as, "Is it feasible to establish and manage a Mining and ExplorationrnVocational Institute in Ethiopian Minerals Development Share Company?” .To addressrnsuch a research question, a mixed research method is found to be ideal where bothrnqualitative and quantitative type of information are gathered using interview and surveyrntechnique respectively. Interview questions were supplied to Ethiopian MineralrnDevelopment Share Company (EMDSC) senior staffs, Federal TVET Agency staff,rnMinistry of Mines Staff and Leather and Leather Products Technology Institute Director.rnBoth qualitative and quantitative data analysis was made to arrive at a decision of thernfeasibility outcome. Structured and semi structured interview was employed depending onrnthe group of the interviewee. Rating scale analysis was conducted from a sample ofrnEMDSC core employees. Random sampling method was used to conduct the survey partrnof the research. The rating scale result was employed to identify skills having priority forrnan initial set up of the institute to identify possible options scenario of commencement.rnBased on the information obtained in the process of data analysis, the research had finallyrnarrived at the possibility of establishing and managing the institute and recommendsrnfollowing option I, which is less costly to start implementation. This study had alsornrecommended conducting a detailed feasibility analysis commonly called BankablernFeasibility Study to see the economic and financial viability of the institute establishmentrnbased on the inputs of this research work. The study showed in detail, vision and missionrnof the institute, the program requirements of the different competencies, the idealrnorganizational structure of the institute, facilities, possible instructor and budget sources tornrun the institute. According to the study, the institute can be planned to start delivery ofrntraining as of 2017 and possibly generate vocational trainees for work by 2018 onwards

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