Labor impact of graduate in technology in industrial processes of the Francisco de Paula Santander University Impacto laboral del graduado del programa de tecnología en procesos industriales de la Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander

Abstract

The project was developed with the purpose of evaluating the labor impact of the academic program Technology in Industrial Processes of the Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander, taking as a base the analysis of the academic perception imparted in the professional training. Instruments were applied to collect information from companies in the productive sector of the region that maintain links with the academic program through various modalities of extension, allowing to contrast the needs and expectations demanded by organizations at the level of technical and comprehensive skills in their human resources with the skills demonstrated by graduates of the academic program.  It was determined that the labor insertion in the graduates of the program is affected by their preference to continue their training in the professional cycle of Engineering. It was also possible to establish that a large part of the productive sector organizations in the region identify the graduates of the Industrial Process Technology program for their good work performance measured by the existence of transversal skills. Finally, an action plan was established that describes opportunities for improvement in the teaching processes, in order to continuously improve the harmony between the competencies of new graduates and the needs of society at the regional level