%0 Journal Article
%T Would Engineers Need Non-technical Skills or Non-technical Competences or Both?
%A Velli Parts
%A Mare Teichmann
%A Tiia R¨¹¨¹tmann
%J International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy
%D 2013
%I International Society for Engineering Education (IGIP), Kassel University Press
%R 10.3991/ijep.v3i2.2405
%X Two main competence approaches are under the discussion. There is evidence that graduates do not fully perceive and/or underestimate the influence of non-technical competences on their employability. An understanding of the necessity of non-technical competences develops after a graduate has already been hired and is working at that job.
%K Competency
%K competence
%K engineering non-technical competences
%K employability
%K the gap between engineers¡¯ required and real competences.
%U http://online-journals.org/index.php/i-jep/article/view/2405