[[alternative]]A Study of Graduate Students’ Professional Competency Standards and Basic Competency Levels at the Drawing Department of Vocational High School

[[abstract]]The purpose of this study was to determine the competency standards level of basic and professional competency required for the students of the drawing department (i.e. the draftsmen) in vocational high school, constructed through functional analysis made by experts and scholars of related fields. The study was made in the following procedure: first, search and collect documents of related competency to develop the draft of functional map of draftsmen’s professional competency and its checklist. And with focus groups, use the checklist to examine the adequacy of the functional map to develop each professional competency standard required for students of the drawing department. According to the basic competency items, develop the competency standards of every key activity item required for these students. Finally, according to the states of all the key activities distributed in each basic competency item, deduce the basic competency standards required for students of drawing department in vocational high school. The conclusions drawn from this study were as follows: 1.By collecting and analyzing experts’ and scholars’ opinions about basic competency standards required for students of drawing department in vocational high school, the study found that among these 19 competency items belonging to functions of five strands, experts and scholars consider that “reading” should attain to scale 4, while other items scale 3. 2.Through analyzing the professional competency standards required for students of the drawing department, the study found that these students must have six main functions and 27 module abilities. From further analyzing each module of the main functions, 95 performance criteria and 351 related knowledge and techniques were deduced. 3.The study found that training in individual basic competency is a must. Though the training in professional competency is important, in current society it is also important to develop individual basic competency. 4.The conclusion of this study can serve as a reference for industrial vocational schools and vocational training centers in professionals’ development of both professional competency standards and basic competency levels.