PESTS PROTECTED CABLES: A STRATEGY FOR EFFECTIVE PREVENTION OF FIRE OUTBREAK FROM ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS IN WORKSHOPS IN TECHNICAL COLLEGES IN RIVERS STATE

Abstract

This study on pests protected cables as a strategy for effective prevention of fire outbreak from electrical installations in workshops in technical colleges in Rivers State was necessitated by the frequent fire outbreak from electrical installation in workshops in technical colleges. A research question and two null hypotheses guided the study. A descriptive survey research design was employed for the study. The population for this study comprised of 45 electrical teachers in four technical colleges in Rivers State. The entire population was studied without sampling since the size was not too large and was manageable. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire titledPest Protected Cables for Effective Prevention of Fire Outbreak from Electrical Installation in Workshops.The instrument was validated by two experts from the Departments of Industrial Technical Education and Educational Foundations in Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt. Using the Cronbach alpha method to determine the reliability of the instrument, the reliability co-efficient of 0.78 was obtained. The data collected for the study were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions and to determine the closeness of the respondents mean ratings. The t-test was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of study revealed that pests protected cables will be very effective strategy for prevention of fire outbreak from electrical installations in workshops in technical colleges. The findings also showed that year of experience and location had no significant influence on the opinion of respondents on the effective of peste protected cables as a strategy for prevention of fire outbreak from electrical installations in workshops in technical colleges. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended that pests protected cables should be used during construction and renovation of workshops among others.

Keywords. Pest protected cables, technical colleges, workshop, fire outbreak.