Training of technicians in Ethiopia is targeted at offering the industry a competentrnworkforce that is able to perform the various tasks bestowed upon it within therndevelopment of industry. This paper discusses the training acquired by theserntechnicians from Technical Vocational Educational Training (TVET)rnInstitutions/colleges vis-a-vis the requirements of the industry and the generalrnemployment prospect of the graduates. Areas considered are the technicians'rnperformance at work; what they learn and what is required of them; and thernteaching and learning materials used to train them. Data was collected throughrnquestionnaires, interviews and direct observation at TVET colleges, Apprenticeshiprnoffering organizations, Regional educational bureaus, Ministry of Education and ThernCentral Statistics Agency. Respondents were technicians who had undergone therntraining, and Instructors in TVET institutions/colleges, Trainees in TVET institutions,rnDeans of TVET colleges and heads of HRM department of key stake holderrnorganizations. The statistical tools used for data analysis frequency percentage andrnthe Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Arguably, the findings reveal that thernrequirement of the external efficiency TVET institutions/colleges is not in phase withrnthe expected. In technicians performance at work, more is required of them thanrnwhat they learn; the teaching and learning materials used need to be upgraded tornsimulate what is expected in the industry and finally proper collaboration betweenrnthe industry and TVET institutions in the ,ace of changing technological trends isrnrecommended.