The study of practical competence indicator analysis and establishment of an automatic measurement technology course

The aim of this study was to establish practical competence indicators for an Automatic Measurement Technology Course (AMTC) of industry-oriented needs, and this development is expected to promote technical quality and student ability. Industrial supervisors, engineers and university scholars responded to a Delphi questionnaire, and the Kolmogorov-Smirnov One Sample Test was applied to obtain competence indicators for this course. The results confirmed the following: 1) Four items were revealed as the competence indicators for Virtual Instrument; 2) Eight items were revealed as the competence indicators for LabVIEW Programming Design; 3) Four items were revealed as the competence indicators for the Interface of Signal Transmission; 4) Four items were revealed as the competence indicators for Sensing and Measuring Devices; 5) Three items were revealed as the competence indicators for Automatic Measurement Platform; and 6) Four items were revealed the competence indicators for Automatic Measurement Applications. These indicators will be utilised and developed into suitable teaching material.