This research is aimed to developed and evaluate a competency model of production engineer in the automotive industry. The data is collected from Amata City Rayong. The research is performed with two steps: 1) create an engineering competency in the automotive industry using Delphi technique with 17 experts. Then 2) review the engineering competency with the focus group of management staffs from automotive industry in Amata City Rayong. The statistics used in the analysis were percentile median and inter-quartile range. The results show that competency is consist of three parts. Part 1: management competency Part 2: functional competency Part 3: production engineering characteristic and consisted of four parts 1) the management of operational performance 2) production engineering 3) engineering knowledge 4) personal characteristics. Examining results in the competency model of production engineer in the automotive industry: the data is collected from Amata City Rayong created are appropriate and feasible in practice and performance as a performance model is built according to expert opinion.

This research aims to study abrasive wear behavior of diffusion layer by pack cementation on low carbon steel. Chemical compositions of pack cementation include 42wt% Ferro-silicon 17wt% sand 3wt% NH4Cl 12wt% clay and 26wt% Liquid glass. The specimens were heated in the induction furnace at 950?C and 1050?C for 20 and 30 hrs. Microstructure of diffusion layer was analyzed with Optical and Scanning Electron Microscopy and hardness of diffusion layer was tested with a Vickers indenter. The abrasive wear tests were carried out in a Dry Sand Rubber Wheel abrasion machine according to ASTM G65 standard. Results showed that the heating temperature of 1050?C for 20 hrs. yielded high hardness level of approximately 394.26HV0.02 and low average wear resistance of 0.0751g. The worn surface exhibited deep grooves. On the other hand the heated treatment for 30 hrs. yielded the highest diffusion layer of approximately 910?m and the microstructure of Fe5Si3 ?1 and ?Fe.