PELAKSANAAN PRAKTEK KERJA INDUSTRI SISWA SMK PROGRAM KEAHLIAN TEKNIK BANGUNAN DI KOTA MAKASSAR

Abstract

Abstract
This study aimed to: (1) investigate the readiness of Vocational High School
(VHS) students, the schools, and the industry to implement the industrial
practicum, (2) describe the implementation of the industrial practicum, and (3)
describe the result of the industrial practicum implementation. This study was an
evaluation research study using the Countenance Model. The research population
comprised all teachers and principals of VHSs, all the industrial practicum
instructors, and all Year III VHS students of the building engineering expertise
program in Makassar City. The sample was selected using the proportionate
stratified random sampling technique. The results showed that VHS students were
ready to carry out the industrial practicum. This was supported by their
knowledge, basic skills and ability and socialization by the schools. VHSs were
ready to implement the industrial practicum. Large- and middle-scale industries
were ready to implement the industrial practicum. However, only 75% of smallscale
industries were ready to do so. Cooperation between industries, especially
small ones, and vocational schools was less satisfactory. A few middle- and largescale
industries, on the other hand, were quite good. The students’ activities in the
industrial practicum ran well because they were supported by their ability to adapt
themselves with the industrial environment. Their basic practical skills were poor.
The teachers were also good, indicated by the intensity of their visits to the
industries during the industrial practicum. Such visits improved the students’
motivation and supported them. The instructors also performed the activities well,
especially in guiding the students during the industrial practicum. The instructors
continuously provided guidance to the students before accomplishing assignments
and checked the results. The final assessment by the instructors included students’
attendance, discipline, motivation, work quality, initiative, creativity, attitudes, and
performance. In the final achievement, most students were in the very satisfactory
category and only a few were in the moderate category.
Keywords: program evaluation, industrial practicum