Relevancy of graduates land transportation vocational education competency to employee responsibility

Abstract

Employees with an Automotive Safety Engineering background in a period of 4 years, from 2015 to 2018, are placed at the Land Transportation Management Center, but how much is the suitability of the competence of the Education graduate to the technical skill aspect according to the employee's job description? This research aims to determine the suitability of the competencies obtained by Automotive Safety Engineering graduates to aspects of technical skills according to the job description of employees in BPTD. The procedure used in this research is descriptive-analytic with a quantitative approach. Information obtained using a survey using a questionnaire using a Likert ratio is Strongly Not Appropriate (STS), Not Appropriate (TS), Less Appropriate (KS), Appropriate (S), and Very Appropriate (SS). The results of the research show that the competence of Automotive Safety Engineering graduates in the technical skill aspect is appropriate at 70.09%, very suitable at 16.36%, and less suitable at 10.01%; the ability of the technical compatibility of the Machine Automotive PKTJ Tegal with the job description to the employee in BPTD Very Inappropriate 2.20%, and not Suitable 1.34%. Overall, the total results obtained from Appropriate and Very Appropriate are 86,45%, while those that are Strongly Not Appropriate, Not Appropriate, and Less Appropriate if combined are 13.55%.