Abstract
This study ascertained the dependability of Engineering Student’ Work Experience Programme (SWEP); a period where students are given practical exposures in Engineering fields of Tractor Operation/Maintenance, Central Workshop operations, Mechanical Services/Automobile, Chemical, Biomedical, Fabrication/Welding, Materials/Metallurgy, Electrical/Electronics, Water Resources/Environmental Operations, Building/Plumbingand area of specialization after which they are assessed by technologists. The design adopted for the study was a one-facet nested fixed design. The design specifically has assessors nested within persons. The target population for the study was all the 200 level students in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology in a University in North-central Nigeria and all the technologists who took part in their assessment. A total of 517 students that were assessed in each of the engineering fields were purposely sampled for the study. Assessment scores were collated using a proforma while the data obtained were analysed using ANOVA option variance components using GENOVA Programme. Findings revealed that generalizability and dependability coefficients was (0.10) and relative/absolute error variances were equal (7.06) as with fully nested designs. At least five assessment sessions for each of the twelve engineering assessment areas is required for an acceptable G-coefficient and dependability index of 0.8. The study concluded that the generalizability coefficient of University Engineering SWEP assessment scores in the sampled University was low and as such not dependable. It was recommended that the five assessment sessions in each of the engineering fields is required for ensuring quality in university engineering training among others.