Abstract
The main purpose of this graduate survey is to track the BS Aeronautical Engineering graduates of PATTS. The researchers collected information about the age, gender, civil status, year graduated, highest educational attainment, duration of finding a job after graduation, nature of employment, position in current employment, employment status, years of working experience and monthly income of the graduates. Also, the graduates rated themselves on the different skills and competencies like work-related values, interpersonal skills, communication skills, research and development, design and manufacture, operations and maintenance, and education.
The BS Aeronautical Engineering graduates are predominantly males and in their mid-twenties. Most of them were employed immediately after graduation and the board exam. Majority of them are in 2-3 years in airline operations and working as a maintenance engineer, design engineer, supervisor, pilot, systems engineer and instructor with a salary of not more than 20, 000 pesos.
Generally, the graduates perceived themselves competent in work-related values, interpersonal skills, communication skills, research and development and education. However, design, manufacture, operations, and maintenance are the areas that need improvement.
Periodical or regular tracer study should be conducted, longer internship program, establishment, and collaboration of more linkages, the formation of PATTS core values and expected graduate attributes; incorporation of highly interactive, integrative, innovative, collaborative and cooperative teaching strategies in the syllabi were some recommendations proposed by the researchers in the study.