University of Tehran Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research 2008-4838 48 3 2017 09 23 Perception of Educators of Agricultural Engineering and Technical Consultation Services Companies toward Necessary Professional Competencies in Training Process Perception of Educators of Agricultural Engineering and Technical Consultation Services Companies toward Necessary Professional Competencies in Training Process 415 429 63961 10.22059/ijaedr.2017.63961 FA Enayat Abbasi 0000-0002-5238-7185 Journal Article 2014 04 12 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 Provinces (N= 1853). Using Krejcie and Morgan’s (1970) table and proportional stratified random sampling technique 317 educator selected as research sample, Finaly, 297 questionnaire were analyzed (Return rate, 94 Percent). A questionnaire used to collect the data. 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. 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 Provinces (N= 1853). Using Krejcie and Morgan’s (1970) table and proportional stratified random sampling technique 317 educator selected as research sample, Finaly, 297 questionnaire were analyzed (Return rate, 94 Percent). A questionnaire used to collect the data. 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. https://ijaedr.ut.ac.ir/article_63961_d22169d209caf214c6f75f501b107b09.pdf