Electricity is an integral utility in modern society with links to everything from a human’s subconscious fear of dark to the practical need for working illuminations in an industrial world. For safe utilization of electricity, Electrical Installation and Maintenance Practice (EIMP) were introduced into Technical Colleges. Application and maintenance techniques of electrical tools and equipment for effective instructional delivery were empirically investigated in this paper. This study was guided by a research question. The instrument used for the study was Application and Maintenance Technique of Electrical Tools and Equipment for Instructional Delivery Question (“AMETEDQ”). It was discovered that as important as electrical installation and maintenance practice is to human needs, majority of things needed to keep it fit for its function were not provided or installed. For up keep and preservation of equipment and systems that supply electricity to our residential, industrial or commercial building as well as sustenance of functional instruction in technical colleges. It was recommended that stakeholders of technical colleges should make funding of these institutions a priority. Electrical installation and maintenance practice should be equipped with tools and equipment that will enable them embark on all techniques of maintenance and technical college should be made compulsory for Nigerian children so that the acquisition of entrepreneur skills can be enforced which will drastically reduce current dependence of government employment among others. A reliability co-efficient of 0.68 at 0.05 significant level was obtained which was considered high enough for the study.
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