Bachelor of Science Degree in Leather Product Engineering
- Introduction
Ethiopia started to implement the Agricultural Development Led Industrialization (ADLI) in
the mid-1990s which provides a broad policy vision and direction for Ethiopia by defining the
fundamental role of Agriculture in early industrialization.
The leather industry sector is one of the leading foreign currency-generating sectors of the
country. Therefore, the sector needs more foreign and local investments to come in the areas
of footwear, glove, leather garment, leather goods, and articles. In addition, the sector is one
of the sectors that is believed to play a significant role in strengthening the overall economy
of the country, thereby making a major contribution to the achievement of the five-year goals
of the ongoing Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP) Ethiopia is known to be the leading
African country in terms of livestock and this huge potential resource will play a significant
role for the leather tannery and leather product sector which leads making Ethiopia as a
leading exporter to the rest of the world
Leather product engineering is a profession that deals with the application of scientific and
engineering principles to the design and controls of all aspects of leather and leather product
manufacturing and to capable the students on creativity, and development, making them
influential in the challenges of the leather engineering profession. This profession also aims
to apply existing gained knowledge from the profession in new ways thereby creating new
systems and opportunities as well as adapting existing technology to local production
conditions and solving the challenges of leather industries. Additionally, the professionals are
also enabled to do research on leather industry plant layout and facility design, leather
product manufacturing design and improvement, and designing and creating leather
products. The leather product Engineering program’s educational objectives and outcomes
are used as long and short-term objectives, respectively, by utilizing a set of tools for indirect
and direct measurements of program assessment components.
An exit exam refers to a specific form of assessment that many higher education institutions
utilize to examine the basic level of education obtained by its students. Also known as an endof-course test, an exit exam may help a university make pertinent decisions to improve the
quality of institution-wide education and, in some cases, can help assess the standard of
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education in specific courses or departments. In many instances, students are required to
pass these exit exams in order to fulfill the requirements necessary to graduate. Generally
speaking, the exit exam is made up of a balance of questions usually collated from the past
year’s core courses of study in the Leather Product Engineering program. The problems
allocated to each department naturally will be relevant to their area of expertise. The
engineering profession is moving dynamically as we start the twenty-first century. The role of
engineers has also changed as they are often part of technical teams, and in addition to the
technical proficiency and professional skills they bring, they are expected to demonstrate
managerial and team-building skills and have a wider knowledge and appreciation of the
societal, economic, and environmental, health, and safety issues related to their industries
and profession. The engineering applications are founded on a solid core of scientific and
engineering knowledge that instills the” engineering sense”, and the teaching philosophy
emphasizes cooperative and collaborative teaching and learning with an emphasis on
individual and group activities, effective communication, professional responsibility, selflearning & lifelong learning, and teamwork. - Significance of Test Blueprint Preparation
Creating a test blueprint will help plan which questions to include in the exit exam and ensure
that it adequately assesses the learning objectives of the course. The test blueprint will be
important for the knowledge and skills to be assessed and will enable the building of purposedriven, successful exams. Test blueprints are a simple tool to guide the examination board to
be reflective and intentional when creating exams. The test blueprint facilitates the design of
a simple matrix to ensure test questions reflect the course’s learning objectives and
incorporate varying levels of cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domain difficulty and the
relative weight of course content.
Test blueprints can be used for additional purposes besides test construction:
Appropriately assess the instructional objectives of the course.
Appropriately reflect key course goals and objectives – the material to be learned.
Include the appropriate item formats for the skills being assessed.
3 - Expected profile of the Graduates
To be able to utilize the knowledge of mathematics and science in the Leather product
engineering profession.
To have basic and modern knowledge about Leather Science, Leather Technology, the
chemistry of tanning.
To be able to design leather products and collections
To be able to define, interpret and solve the problems related to Leather Product
Engineering
To be able to design and apply a trial/project in the Leather product Engineering field
and to make a conclusion by evaluating the experimental data.
To be able to use advanced techniques and modern tools necessary for Leather
product Engineering applications.
To be able to perform executive abilities (leadership, organization, time and risk
management, quality awareness, productivity, etc.)
To have a social responsibility and be ethically conscious.
To show awareness of universal subjects such as environment, health, productivity,
product design, quality, and security in solving Leather product Engineering problems
and to realize the solutions.
To be able to use the information technologies necessary for the Leather product
Engineering field.
To be able to show the skill of evaluating and marketing leather items. - General objective
The national public administration exit exam shall have the following objectives
To produce skilled and competent manpower to the national and international
market
Assessing students’ educational achievement in major areas of leather product
engineering
Ensuring that the graduation profile of the leather product engineering curriculum
has achieved at least common standards of knowledge and practical skills
Improving public trust and confidence in leather and leather product industries
administration activities of professionals
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Facilitating the efforts of students to revise the core learning outcomes of the
courses covered by the exit examination
Ensuring all graduates from HEIs in leather product engineering satisfy the
requirements of the labor market and employability through the national wide
implementation of the competency-based exit exam
Creating a competitive spirit among leather product engineering departments in
Ethiopia with the vies to encourage them to give due attention to the national
standard. - Specific objectives
To deliver knowledge on raw hides/skins nature, classification, defects, and skill on
how to preserve, characterize and process in to leather.
To deliver knowledge and skills on pre-tanning operations (soaking, liming, de-liming,
bating, degreasing and pickling)
To deliver knowledge and skills on basic concepts of tanning technologies, tanning
materials, auxiliaries and their properties.
To deliver knowledge and skills on basic concepts of post-tanning, crust preparation
and finishing
To understand basic design elements and principles.
To know fashion terminologies, fashion movements, and fashion cycles, sketching,
and illustration skills.
To Emphasis is placed on basic design techniques for leather products.
To understand of the processes and principles of leather product designing and
pattern making.
To practice Computer Application in Product Design to developing patterns using CAD
and grade using appropriate CAD software.
To focuses on the development of skills, attitudes, and knowledge of students in
applying the concepts and approaches for designing and creation designs, patterns,
and grading the patterns.
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To introduce the fundamental concepts of hand cutting and machine cutting. Leather,
synthetic and related materials identification, cutting requirement, cutting tools, and
machinery will be discussed.
To trained on operating different types of cutting machines, perform nesting (layout)
of patterns for effective utilization of leather and related material, perform the cutting
of different types of leather and non-leather material, carry out calculation of Leather,
synthetic and related upper material consumption.
To introduce the fundamental concepts of sewing, needle, sewing machine, and
perform sewing operation. Under this course.
To give the training on operating the different types of sewing machines, top
threading, bottom threading & bobbin binding, and needle changing. Leather goods
construction aims to provide students the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to
assemble and fabricate various types of leather goods components and products using
appropriate construction techniques, tools, and equipment.
To introduce the fundamental concepts of operating the different types of ancillary
machines, making different types of seams and top lines.
To perform the process of making children, derby, and oxford and court shoe upper.
Students will also be taught about different types of conveyor systems, quality
checkpoints, and reports.
To introduce the fundamental concepts of making bottom components of footwear.
To give the training about the different types of bottom components, their properties,
interlocking process while cutting the bottom components, insole making process,
machines used for making the insoles, and cost calculation the insole.
To perform hand and machine lasting.
To perform Finishing practices that include identification of different types of leather
finishes, application of basic finishing techniques required tools, and packaging as per
customer’s requirement.
Introduce for the donation of quality, quality management, Basic concepts of quality
from manufacturing industries perspectives
To understand about quality systems, Quality systems, Basic Elements in Quality
System, Quality Management, Quality Control, quality assurance.
