The Use of an Information System to Manage Vocational Assessment in Facing the 5.0 Digital Society

Social distancing policy is applied during the Covid-19 virus pandemic including in Batik Professional Certification Institution in Indonesia. The management should provide services for the participants without meeting them directly. This study aims to reveal the management of Batik competence tests during the Covid-19 virus pandemic. The observation focused on the performance of the administrative staff, assessors, and management staff of the Batik Professional Certification Institutions (PCI). This is a qualitative study. The data were collected through questionnaires distributed to the participants, assessors, and administrators. The research concerns on the role and impact of the use of information system management in the interaction between prospective assessment, participants, assessors, and management of PCI in the professional certification competency test (PCCT). The findings showed that the use of information systems to manage vocational assessment has been effective to inform the assessment schedule to the assessor and participant, bridging the assessment reports, and reminding license expiration to management, so the management has an efficient way to manage the information with this system automation.

Furniture Construction Skill Gap Analysis among Technical College Teachers in Zamfara and Katsina States

This study identified the practical skills possessed and skills required by furniture construction teachers in Zamfara and Katsina State, Nigeria. Three research questions that sort to determine the skills needs of furniture construction teachers were answered and one hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study was 42 teachers. A structured questionnaire was used to gather data from the 42 woodwork furniture construction teachers. The instrument had a reliability coefficient of 0.89 using Cronbach Alpa statistic. Mean and standard deviation was used to answer research questions and a t-test was used to test the hypothesis using the IBM SPSS version 20. The findings of the study revealed that the respondents require skills on the ability to hold a saw with fore-finger straight out on one side of the handle, the ability to follow the “FEWTEL” method in preparing a piece of wood require further training, setting sliding bevel when marking out dovetail joint and selection of the right adhesive according to the purpose and type of wood as well as amount of force the adhesive would be subjected to required skills. It was recommended that; government should provide opportunities for furniture construction teachers to go on further training on the modern furniture construction technology required. The identified skills required by teachers of furniture construction should form the basis for the up-skill workshop to be organized as in-house training.

Assessment of Instructional Facilities in Implementing the Contents of the Motor Vehicle Mechanics’ Work Curriculum in Technical Colleges in North Central Nigeria

The training of motor vehicle mechanics is not only expertise demanding, but also requires a lot of facilities which has to be effectively utilized for the realization of instructional objectives. The objectives of the study were (1) to ascertain the availability of instructional facilities; and (2) to find out the extent of the usage of the instructional facilities in implementing the contents of the MVMWC. The population of the study was 465; consisting of 418 male and 38 female MVMW National Technical Certificate (NTC) III graduating students for the 2017/2018 session, in the 22 accredited technical colleges in the North-Central States of Nigeria, and 9 MVMW graduates of technical colleges in the area of study who were operating functional workshops. The study adopted a Multi-stage Sampling Technique to select a sample size of 189 which comprised 165 male and 15 female MVMW NTC III graduating students and 9 MVMW graduates of technical colleges from the area of the study. A questionnaire and Focus Group Discussion (FGD) were used as instruments for data collection. The research questions were analyzed using mean, frequency count, and percentages. The findings of this study revealed: lack of basic instructional facilities for effective implementation of the MVMWC in technical colleges in the North Central States of Nigeria; and a low extent of utilization of the very few instructional facilities available.

Contribution of TPACK for a Pedagogical Capability in the Vocational Pre-service Teachers for Electrical Engineering Education

The objective of this study was to reveal the correlation and contribution of Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) for a pedagogical capability of vocational preservice teachers. The research method used quantitative with a descriptive correlational research design. The research sample consisted of electrical engineering undergraduate students in the Faculty of Engineering at Universitas Negeri Malang. The total samples implemented in this study were 135 students. The data collection used a questionnaire and documentation technique. The reliability of the TPACK questionnaire instrument was 0.972 (Alpha Cronbach). The analysis data technique used the analysis of simple regression. The results of the study revealed a positive correlation and a significant correlation between TPACK and Pedagogical Capability with R = 0.757 (psig 0.000 <0.05). The contribution of TPACK to Pedagogical Capability in the Vocational Preservice Teacher was R2 = 0.573.

Policy Shift to Reduce Unemployment of Vocational School Graduates in Indonesia (A National Study)

One of the enduring issues and problems in Indonesia is the link and match between vocational secondary schools and the world of work in terms of quantity, quality, location, and time. This research focuses on the first issue i.e. quantity of vocational secondary school graduates in terms of supply and demand. The objective of this research was to explore the proportion of general secondary and vocational secondary school students, to find out the unemployment rate of both school types, and to identify policy alternatives to reduce the unemployment rate of vocational secondary school graduates. To achieve the objective, a quantitative descriptive research method was adopted. The research found that the national average proportion of students from general secondary schools and vocational secondary schools was 62.92%:37.08% in 2016 and 63.39%:36.61% in 2019. The national average unemployment rate of both school graduates was 8.72% and 11.11%% respectively in 2016, and 7.92% and 10.42% respectively in 2019. Thus, the unemployment rate of vocational secondary school graduates was higher than those of general secondary school graduates. In Java Island, however, where the population is about 40% of the Indonesian total population, the percentage of vocational secondary students increases significantly from 44.34%:55.66% in 2016 to 39.91%:60.09% in 2019. For this reason, a new policy is needed to reduce the unemployment rate of vocational secondary school graduates in the form of a moratorium for vocational secondary school expansion, particularly in Java Island. If for some reason, there is a need to build new vocational secondary schools in a certain area, it must be based on demand-driven guided by labor market signals. More comprehensively, a policy shift is required to reduce the unemployment of graduates from secondary vocational schools.

Upgrading Manual Turning Machine Towards IoT-Based Manufacturing

Technological independence is one aspect of the challenges of the industrial revolution era 4.0. Digitalization, robotization, big data, internet of things (IoT), and efficiency of work processes require an update in technology. If everything is held in the fulfillment of practicum facilities, it will undoubtedly cost a prohibitive fee. Many of the tools and machines found in learning machining practices in Vocational High Schools (VHS) in Indonesia are still a conventional machine. This study provides a breakthrough solution in the effectiveness and efficiency of traditional machining of the lathe that starts with a preliminary identification of literature, selection according to inclusion and exclusion criteria, coding, themes classifications, and supplementary areas. Through the literature review methodology, this article has the main objective of identifying the needs in architecture and the need for supporting devices on conventional lathes based on the IoT as well as safe, comfortable, and modern work areas in lathe machining practices.

The Effect of Problem-Based Learning Model and Blended Learning Model to Metacognitive Awareness as a Reflection Towards a New Normal Era

This study aimed to determine differences in the level of metacognitive awareness and learning outcomes of students who learn through problem-based learning model-assisted blended learning on technical drawing material as a reflection towards new normal era education. This study used a test instrument and metacognitive questionnaire with the results of a validity level of 92.58% and the Alpha Cronbach reliability coefficient was categorized as high with a score of 0.876. The research sample was carried out at the state of vocational high school in two classes. Experimental classes learned with a problem-based model were aided by blended learning and a control class learned through a problem-based model. The results showed a significant difference in cognitive domain learning outcomes in the experimental class and metacognitive awareness of students in the two research classes so that this learning model could be used as a reflection in the learning activities of the new normal era.

Strategy for Developing Interest of Entrepreneurship through a Culinary Business Management Course

The objectives of this study were: (1) to determine the entrepreneurial interest of Diploma students in Culinary Engineering in Culinary Business Management (CBM) course, (2) to formulate strategies for developing students’ entrepreneurial interest through the CBM course as recommendations for lectures in the next period. This ex post facto research with a descriptive approach was carried out in February to July 2019 in the Diploma Study Program of Culinary Engineering, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY). The population of the study consisted of 40 students who took CBM in the odd semester of the 2018/2019 academic year. A purposive sampling technique was employed while the questionnaire was used in the data collection. Quantitative descriptive was used to analyze the data. The results show that: (1) Entrepreneurial interest of Diploma students of Culinary Engineering in the CBM course is 40% in the Very High category and 60% in the High category, (2) there are four strategies for developing students’ entrepreneurial interest through the CBM course, namely SO (Strength-Opportunity) strategy: while WO (Weakness-Opportunity) strategy, ST (Weakness-Opportunity) strategy, and WT (Weakness-Threat) strategy. The benefits of this study are firstly, for students, it investigates students’ entrepreneurial interests through learning CBM, for education staff, it examines the effectiveness of learning CBM in forming students’ entrepreneurial interests, and for educational institutions, it is an effort to evaluate and recommend learning CBM to form students’ entrepreneurship.

Teaching Aid For Diagnosing Motorcycle Damages Using Back Propagation Artificial Neural Network

The challenge of learning media in the world within the next 1 to 2 years is Bring Your Own Device. It forces the learning paradigm to think quickly to follow the development of technology that can optimally use it. In the Control Systems II course, there are some stereotypes that some of the material is mainly an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) was limited to theory and simulations and is difficult to be applied. Teaching aids are interpreted as teaching material that is used to help teachers in carrying out the teaching and learning activities in the classroom. The purposes of this study are: (1) to create teaching aid for ANN material to diagnose motorcycle damage in the Control System II Course (2) to define the accuracy of the application of the teaching aid for the material of ANN in the Control System II Course. The prototyping approach model is used to generally define the teaching aid product that will be developed. In detail, the development methods include (1) listen to the customer, (2) build or revise a mock-up, and (3) customer test drives mockup. Teaching aids products are built in the form of application for the diagnosis of motorcycle damages using the Back-Propagation ANN. This application can detect four types of motorcycle damages based on the sample sounds of motorcycles included. The application can recognize the type of damage from 100 new sound data outside its knowledge-base with a 60% accuracy level.

Development of Practice Learning Media Based on Programmable Logic Controller

The objectives of the study were (1) to produce PLC-based Electrical Machine Practice learning media (2) to determine the performance of PLC-based Electrical Machine Practice learning media products and (3) to determine the feasibility level of PLC-based Electrical Machine Practice learning media products. This study was Research and Development which refers to the ADDIE model according to Branch. The stages in this study include analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. Data collection methods used in this study were interviews, observations, and questionnaires. The instruments used in the study were the observation sheet and questionnaires. The results of this study indicated: (1) the product of learning media for Electrical Machine Practice based on PLC Schneider SR2B201FU; (2) the product of PLC-based Electrical Machine Practice learning media has good performance; (3) the product of PLC-based Electrical Machine Practice learning media has eligibility in the very feasible category to be used in learning, which is supported by the acquisition of a consecutive score of 3.65; 3.58 and 3.58 on a 4.0 scale according to the validation of material experts, media experts, and students.