Labor skills in the textiles and clothing sector in the province of Tungurahua, Ecuador.

Abstract

Labour competence means the ability to respond to a complex demand or carry out an activity or task, based on a defined criteria of performance by a company and its sector. In a business, it is neccesary to develop professional skills such as tasks, results, abilities, knowledge, attitudes, superior and differential development. The presented research has as scientific problem which is the need of characterizing the informal economy units of textiles and clothing of the Tungurahua’s province in Ecuador. Which is to aim and indentify the proper meaning to labour competence according to the previous application context mentioned. Finally, the written depiction, allowed us to know its main strengths, weaknesses and challenges to confront. The integration of the textile businesses and its manufacturing along with previous investigations of the labour competence meanings, allowed us to identify the skills needed to improve its performance, as well as the compiled data that allows us to lay the basis to design a methodology for developing competences in this sector.