Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the respondents

Present job cadre

2.41/4

100

Junior staff

31

25.8

Middle management

27

22.5

Senior management

40

33.3

Academics

21

17.5

No response

1

0.8

Job position

2.89/6

100

Technologist

22

18.3

Engineer

34

28.3

Manager

19

15.8

General manager

8

6.7

Executive director

12

10

Academics

18

15

No response

7

5.8

Business unit

2.49/5

100

Marketing

13

10.8

Operations

39

32.5

Production/engineering

54

45

Others

11

9.2

No response

3

2.5

Professional years of experience

2.46/5

100

 < 5 years

21

17.5

6–10 years

42

35

11–15 years

34

28.3

16–20 years

17

14.2

21 > years

4

3.3

No response

2

1.7

Highest educational qualification

2.81/5

100

OND

24

24.2

HND

29

19.2

BSc

23

28.3

MSc

34

8.3

PhD

10

20

Professional membership

2.05/6

100

NIM

33

27.5

NSE

32

26.7

COREN

22

18.3

Others

14

11.7

NIM + COREN

3

2.5

NSE + COREN

2

1.7

No response

14

11.7

Capacity development gathering in the past 2 years

3.22/7

100

Workshop

21

17.5

Conferences

10

8.3

Seminars

23

19.2

Training

28

23.3

Workshop + seminar

12

10

Workshop + conference + seminar + training

12

10

Workshop + training

1

0.8

No response

13

10.8

Energy training in the past 2 years

2.15/6

100

Technical

46

38.3

Policy

5

4.2

Management

28

23.3

Policy + technical

16

13.3

Technical + management

4

3.3

Technical + policy + management

2

1.7

No response

19

15.8