Satisfaction of high vocational certificate student on training in farm practices of Ubonratchathani College of Agriculture and Technology, Ubonratchathani Province, Thailand

Abstract

Results of the study were as follows: 1. A number of the male and female respondents were almost the same (50.91 and 49.9%, respectively) and their an average age was 18.44 years. They were tasking up Agro-industry, Animal Science, Fisheries, Pant Science, and Agro-technician (31.82, 22.73, 22.73, 12.73, and 10.00%, respectively). 2. The respondents had a high level of satisfaction with the training on farm practice of the college in the following aspects: 1) training practice of the farm; 2) plant varieties, animal breeds, and materials; 3) water source and water system employed on the farm; 4) personnel and workforce; 5) farm management; 6) area, and location; and 7) tools and form equipment.  However, structure and building were found at a moderate level.  3. Regarding the comparison of satisfaction with the training on farm practice of the respondents from various fields of study by using One way Anova, as a whole it was found that there was no statistically significant difference in the satisfaction.  For details, there was a statistically significant difference (0.05) in terms of: water source and system used on the farm; structure and building; personnel and workforce; farm management; and training on farm practice.  For the comparison based on fields of study by using Scheffe test the following were found that: 1. Based on satisfaction with water source and system used on the farm between Fisheries students and Farm Technician students, there was a statistically significant difference at 0.05. 2. Based on satisfaction with structure and building between Animal Science students and Plant Science students, there was a statistically significance at 0.05. 3. Based on satisfaction with farm personnel and workforce, there was a statistically significant difference at 0.05. 4. Based on satisfaction with farm management between Ago-technician students and Fisheries students, there was a statistically significant difference at 0.05.  Likewise, there was a statistically significant difference at 0.05 between Plant Science students and Fisheries students.