K.S. Wahyudi, B. Sulistyo, A. Budiman, Z. Arifin
This study aims to determine the mechanics competence and workshop management needs of the competencies in the vocational education engineering curriculum and the motorcycle business according to the automotive motorcycle industry. Research subjects were eight motorcycle automotive companies in the field of production and services. The data of the study were collected by using a questionnaire survey and analyzed by quantitative descriptive statistics with percentages. The results of the study showed that the needed competencies according to the Automotive Motorcycle Industry were mechanics competence and workshop management competence. The vocational education curriculum produced 39 mechanics competencies and 18 workshop management competencies. There were 37 basic competencies in mechanics competence in the very needed category and 2 basic competencies in the sufficiently needed category. Workshop management competencies found 18 basic competencies that were all needed by the industry. Competency from the mechanics field and workshop management had competencies in the very needed category relatively. In total there were 15 competencies that not exist yet in the curriculum which taught in vocational education. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Postgraduate Program of Technology and Vocational Education, Yogyakarta State University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia; Departement of Automotive Engineering Education, Faculty of Engineering, Yogyakarta State University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
