Perception of Educators of Agricultural Engineering and Technical Consultation Services Companies toward Necessary Professional Competencies in Training Process

The purpose of this study was to assess educators’ perceptions of agricultural engineering and technical consultation services companies toward necessary professional competencies in training process. The research method was descriptive- correlation and used survey method. The statistical population of the study consisted of all educators of consultation services companies that had implemented training courses in Ilam and Kermanshah Provincies (N= 1853). Using Krejcie and Morgan’s (1970) table and proportional stratified random sampling technique 317 educator selected as research sample. A questionnaire used to collect the data. The content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed based on opinions of some of agricultural extension and education experts. The data was analyzed using SPSSwin18 software. According to the research results educators’ perception toward desirable situation (importance) and current situation (having) of professional competencies is at high and moderate level, respectively. Based on the correlation results, there were positive and significant relationships between level of education, years of membership and education experience, with having professional competencies in trainig process. As well as, the results showed that there were significant differences between desirable situation (importance) and current situation (having) of professional competencies required for training process.