Highlighting the vocational education roadmap to achieve the best competence of employees in an international webinar with Abdur mustikawanto

The commitment of STEKOM university in supporting its students to be able to compete professionally in the global world of work is no joke. This time the support is in the form of an international webinar that discusses the vocational roap map for the best employee competencies which will be held on March 12, 2021. With this webinar, it is hoped that STEKOM University students will have a clear picture of what competency targets need to be achieved in order to achieve this. will be ready to compete in the global professional world of work.


Vocational education is higher education that supports the mastery of certain applied skills, including Diploma education programs (diploma 1, diploma 2, diploma 3 and diploma 4) which are equivalent to academic education programs. Diploma 4 education is equivalent to literature education 1 with vocational education graduates will get a vocational degree. This type of education is somewhat different from academic education which focuses on knowledge, but the focus is more on skills.


The material that we discuss in this article is the material presented by Mr. Abur Mustikawanto. In his presentation, Abdur explained the phenomenon of vocational education. The following phenomena conveyed:

Vocational taste! prepared with machine/tool ​​facilities to improve skills
SMK is prepared for industry (Industry, Business and Work/IDUKA) to have an apprenticeship program
Industry is not always big industry but also small industry / Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)
Link-Match, vocational and industrial needs can be met.
How is the transfer of digital technology, what is the solution
Industry changes, calling changes too. There are job losses, there are new jobs emerging (lots, Big data, Smart cities, FinTech, digital smart systems)
Our pandemic era relies on IT technology, job inventory systems and so on.
Soft-skills and hard-skills are needed by Industry, Business and Work
Cooperation between Vocational Schools and Universities (Polytechnics and Vocational Schools) and the Faculty of Medicine to produce medical devices
Vocation is on stage to do your best
The program for the next five years is Link & Match, which is deepened and oriented to benefit, not just a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
The Directorate General / Directorate General of Vocational Education consists of Universities (43 State Polytechnics, 14 thousand Vocational High Schools, 20 thousand course & training institutions / LPK)
The curriculum is made by SMK together with industry
The development of science and technology in line with the development of the SMK curriculum
If the fulfillment of the needs of the domestic industry is good, then there is a need for challenges to Industry, Business and Foreign Work/IDUKA
Guest lecturer, industrial internship, internship, industrial class
Industry requires competent graduates


Furthermore, Abur conveyed about the points of developing vocational education as follows:

The quality and competitiveness of competency-based Vocational High School/Vocational Education graduates.
PI/KI, and other creative-innovative works.
Quality management/SMK/SMK that is adaptive to the development of science and technology
Competent and professional human resources and vocational school educators
Mass Integration, Link Match for SMK/SMK and Industry, Business and
Job/IDI
Curriculum that is adaptive to the development of science and technology
The role of graduates for productive and creative-innovative collaboration
Percentage of graduates must have a certificate of competence and must have a profession
Professional Certificate Institution/LSP P1
Graduates who immediately work relevant to their competencies
Products/services adopted by industry/community act as products of school/campus/Course and Training Institutions/LPK
Industry, Business and Employment/IDUKA partnership-based product & service excellence center
Competence of Hard Skills & Soft Skills;
SMK / SMK can be great, ready to work, polite, independent, creative;


Abur's explanation then continued about important things that need to be considered by vocational educators. The Advanced Indonesian Vocational Teacher Association (IGVIM) / Advanced Indonesian Vocational Teacher Association (AIVTA) is a Social Teacher Professional Organization. Its Existence Specially Handles Problems in the Field of Vocational Education. IGVIM Accelerates Government Programs Through the Directorate General/DG Vocational. Realizing the Revitalization of Vocational High Schools as stated in the Presidential Instruction (Inpres) No. 9 of 2016. Partners are Critical of the Vocational Education Government Policies.


In Abur's explanation, IGVMI is an education-based organization that fights for the good of Indonesian education. Next, Abur also conveyed about the mission and struggle of IGVMI regarding Indonesian education. The goals and ideals were also explained quite clearly and concisely in the presentation.