CAPACITY SKILL NEEDED BY CARPENTER AND JOINERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SMART BUILDINGS IN NIGER STATE

Abstract

The study examines the Capacity skill needed by carpenter and joiners in modern technology for the construction of smart buildings in Niger State. Two (2) research questions were raised and answered as well as two null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design and was conducted in the Niger State, Nigeria. The population 2084 which includes 1054 registered carpenters and joiners, 157 registered architects and 873 building professionals. Krejcie Morgan’s (1970) method of determining sample size was employed. The instrument for data collection was Carpentry and Joinery Skills for the Construction of Smart Buildings (CJSCSB). Two experts from the Department of Industrial and Technology Education, Federal University of Technology Minna and one from woodwork technology department Niger State College of education Minna validated the instrument and the reliability coefficient of the instrument was determined using Cronbach’s Alpha statistic reliability index it yielded 0.85. instrument was administered to the respondents and data collected from the respondents were computed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions while Analysis for variance (ANOVA) was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that the responses of registered carpenters and joiners, registered Architects and Building professionals jointly agreed with all the items on the current level of awareness of modern technologies for construction of super structures with grand mean of 3.66, on the capacity skills needs of carpenters and joiners in the construction of super structure of smart buildings with grand mean of 3.85, 3.65 on the capacity skills needed by carpenters and joiners in installation and maintenance of facilities for smart building in Niger State. Based on the finding of the study, the following recommendation were made: Awareness efforts should prioritize technologies already shaping super structure construction, such as off-site prefabrication, mass timber assembly and interpretation of digital models, and joiners should acquire capacity skills that enable them troubleshoot and diagnose issues with smart building components, including the ability to use digital diagnostic tools and understand system performance data to identify faults in automated fixtures and connected joinery and mobile training hubs focused on emerging technologies like mass timber construction, prefabrication, and smart building envelope installation.