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Many complaints come from employers regarding on non-technical skills among engineering graduates. Non-technical skills can be effectively developed during industrial training while they are still undergraduates. This paper is presenting the perspective of employers on factors that are developing the non-technical skills during industrial training. A qualitative study was done by interviewing five employers from electrical and electronics industries to gain the data. Thematic analysis was done after transcripting the interview protocols. The result shows that employers nowadays really need communication skills, critical thinking and problem-solving skills in an engineer. In addition, teamwork skills, lifelong learning, ethics and computing skills are the skills that are mentioned by the interviewed employers. In term of factor affecting students’ non-technical skills during industrial training, they are two opinions for the first factor which is placement. Three out of five employers agreed the relevant industry to the course is crucial, but the rest disagreed. The reasons of disagreement are because the development of non-technical skills should base on the task given and the student’s motivation in learning. All employers are agreed with six months duration, regular assessment, task given must be relevant with projects and presentation, and the learning outcomes must be revised regularly.

FACTORS IN NON-TECHNICAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AMONG ENGINEERING STUDENTS: AN EMPLOYERS’ PERSPECTIVE