Designing a Competency Model for Instructors of Automotive Industry

Today, human resources are the most important and strategic resource for any organization and updating the knowledge and information of employees is one of the success factors for organizational activities. For this reason, the important role of education can’t be ignored in the training of skilled and expert staff. Meanwhile, the use of competent instructors helps organizations to achieve their educational goals. In this regard, the present study aimed to design a model of competency for instructors of the automotive industry. The research method was a case study. The study population consisted of all the documents related to the field of education and human resource development in the automotive industry group and all the teaching staff of this group. In the documents section, all documents were counted and in the teacher’s section, the sample was selected for interview by using a purposive sampling method. The competency model design was done by using five steps. Accordingly, in the first, literature, scientific resources, organizational experiences and existing documents were examined. A list of 56 competencies from the perspective of 44 experts and organizations was identified and in the next stage, a list of 26 competencies was identified from existing document. Then, the interview was conducted with seven successful organization instructors and a list of 24 competencies was identified. The competencies selected in the focus groups were validated by the experts. Finally, 25 competencies were organized in the form of five domains, professional foundations, planning and preparation, methods and educational strategies, Guiding education, Supervision, and continuous evaluation.