Health stress amongst engineering lecturer in Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz

Abstract

Changes in Polytechnic Education Officer Scheme (PPPS) to Higher Education Officer Scheme (PPPT) in 2008 give impacts on the roles and responsibilities of the polytechnic lecturer. Therefore, it is substantial to identify the health stress amongst polytechnic lecturers, particularly the engineering lecturers due to these additional workloads by using Hazard Identification (HAZID) method with the stress level. This quantitative study is carried out by using random sampling via data collection of questionnaire survey from 145 lecturers at Department of Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz. Revised personal stress inventory, Circular Services No 33 for year 2007 and Guideline of High Education Officer Version 3 are used as the references for the conceptual framework development. The findings of this paper show that the levels of health stress amongst the engineering lecturers in Politeknik Sultan Abdul Aziz due to over workload is low. The findings of this paper is expected to provide sufficient information related to health stress amongst engineering polytechnic lecturer.