Re-orientasi keterampilan kerja lulusan pendidikan kejuruan

Abstract

Pendidikan kejuruan diyakini memiliki konstribusi yang besar bagi perkembangan masyarakat dan peningkatan ekonomi suatu negara. Daya saing negara bergantung banyak pada tenaga kerja yang memilik pengetahuan dan keterampilan, karena mereka akan meningkatkan efisiensi dan nilai tambah produksi. Pendidikan dan latihan kejuruan pada hakekat adalah sebagai tempat untuk menyiapkan tenaga kerja berpengetahuan, berketerampilan, dan berkepribadian bagi memenuhi harapan dunia kerja dan industri. Tetapi kondisi riil menunjukkan banyak lulusan pendidikan kejuruan yang tidak memperoleh kerja, bahkan mereka yang telah bekerjapun menghadapi masalah keterampilan. Bekal pengetahuan dan keterampilan yang mereka miliki tidak cukup untuk dapat sustain dalam lingkungan kerja. Hal itu salah satunya disebabkan karena tenaga kerja tidak memiliki employability skills yang cukup seperti permintaan dunia kerja. Untuk itu, lembaga pendidikan kejuruan diharapkan mengantisipasi dengan tepat perkembangan yang terjadi di dunia kerja melalui berbagai pendekatan pembelajaran agar lebih fleksibel untuk merespon permintaan dunia kerja yang berubah dengan cepat. RE-ORIENTATION OF SKILLS OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION GRADUATESAbstractSkills Re-orientation for Vocational School Graduates. It is believed that vocational education makes particular contribution on Indonesian concerning economics development. A competitiveness of the nation depends on quality of human resource in term of knowledge, skills, attitude. Vocational education and training basically is provided for preparing youth to have knowledge, skills, and characteristics to meet the requirements of work place. However, in fact Vocational High School leavers are unemployed, and the employed even face skills problems. Their knowledges, skills, and attitudes are under standard of work place requirements and incapable of sustaining hie/her current position in the work place. One of the reasons is because they don’t have enough employability skills to fulfil work place requirements. Therefore, vocational training institutions are required to anticipate firmly to developing the work place by employing learning strategies in order to have flexibilty due to a rapid changing of work place requirements.

Employability skills of vocational school students in Palu City for entering the work world

“…Provision of skills and knowledge acquired at school is not enough to answer the needs of the workforce. According to Hanafi (2012), there are several factors that are identified as being problems that are not absorbed by graduates of vocational education, including: (1) the information obtained is not sufficiently supportive for obtaining employment;…”

“…Employability skills include problem analysis and choosing the right solution, communicating effective ideas and information, being creative, showing leadership and awareness, and showing entrepreneurial abilities. Research conducted by Hanafi (2012) states that many vocational education graduates do not get jobs because they do not have skills, one of which is employability skills. Therefore, work-oriented education through the mastery of technical skills and employability skills is needed to sustain economic development in the XXI century (Esposto & Meagher, 2007).…”

Analysis of Link and Match Policies in Improving Work Readiness of Vocational Student in West Java

“…Many previous studies have attempted to test the occurrence of mismatch between competencies mastered by graduates and industry. Some researchers conducted a mismatch study seen from the educational approach [2], [3], [4], [5]. While most researchers examine how the role of the company as the first formal experience for graduates [6], [7], [8], [9].…”

Employees’ Perception On Vocational High School Graduates’ Employability Skills Needed In Today’s Oil and Gas Industry

“…At the moment, the biggest challenge for the vocational high school is to produce the graduates who have balanced academic skills, mastery skills, and employability skills. In addition to the demands of basic skills and technical skills or skills in the field of interest, the industry requires the existence of employability skills that must be owned by a prospective workforce in accordance with the current issues [1]. Employability skills are specifically related to one's ability to work in various situations and have the ability to think critically, communicate effectively, and have the strength as well as the enthusiasm to continue to study and work.…”