A Comparative Study Of Experiences And Competencies Of Male And Female Site Engineers In General Santos City

The construction industry is considered a tough environment wherein both male and female civil engineers are struggling to achieve a work-life balance, especially those who are assigned on sites whose roles can be greedy and demanding. However, as the same condition is being applied to both genders, masculine characteristics in this kind of industry are found out to be more globally preferred over feminine characteristics. In this existing situation therefore begs the question, resulting from what seems to be incongruity in the population of male and female site engineers, of whether there was an inherent difference in the competences and experiences of male and female site engineers. This research makes an effort to examine the importance of the core competencies and work-related experiences provided by the selected site engineers and focuses on the comparative study of these competences and experiences across different demographic variables. Further, the analysis of these variables in this study has been carried out using statistical methods and various tests like weighted mean value and T-test for Independent Samples. The findings indicate that even though there is a gender imbalance on the population of the engineers in General Santos City, both male and female site engineers value the importance of the core competencies. As the study also relied on subjective measures, there is an evidenced commonality in the engineers' experiences which might explain why there was small to no difference in the results garnered. Likewise, the results of the comparative analysis are presented in such a way that they can be used to later develop casual studies and be expanded to encompass any areas to produce more interesting data. Future researchers can also consider to study the effects of possible factors affecting the different competencies.