Assessing the Practices and Challenges on Light Vehicle Preventive Maintenance of Ethiopian National Defense Maintenance and Recovery Center
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2018-06-08
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Sewnet Seifu
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This research entitled "The Practices and Challenges of Light Vehicle Preventive Maintenance:
the Case of the Ministry of Defense Maintenance and Recovery Center" was conducted to
assess the practice and challenges of preventive vehicle maintenace. The major objectives of the
study were to assess the practice, competency and challenges of light vehicle maintenance. For
the quantitative data, random sampling technique was employed and 245 samples responded to
the questionnaire. In addition, purposive sampling was employed for gathering the qualitative
data and 15 key informants were used. Both closed ended questionnaire and semi structured
interview guideline were used to gather primary data from respondents. Descriptive data
analysis; percent, frequency and mean were used to analyse quantitaive data while coding were
applied for the qualitative. The findings of the study indicated that in most cases, preventive
vehicle maintenance was carried out regularly and checked timely. It also indicates that
professionals in the preventive maintenace department were knowledgeable, skillfull and had
good attitude, despite with some limitations. Moreover, shortage of skilled man power, scarcity
of tools and materials, limited access to trainings, employee turnover and less concern for
reward and recognition for employees effort/ achievement was identified as major challenges
that hindered the sucess of the light vehicle preventive maintenance department in the National
Defense Force. Finally, the researcher recommends, more concern needs to be given for
motivating employees, prepare and facilitate tarinings, and provision of tools and materials for
vehicle maintenance activity.
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Vehicles, Practices, Preventive