PROFIL PEKERJAAN DAN TENAGA KERJA INDUSTRI PERMESINAN MODERN TINGKAT ABSTRACT MENENGAH

Abstract

This article is based on a research at first conducted to
identify the
job and job holder profiles in the intermediate­
level
modem machinery industry in order that the findings
could be used as materials for recommendations in developing
vocational school management. However, after the research
was conducted for one year, it turned out that not only
those profiles but also a comparison between the development
of vocational school (VC) graduates' competence at work and
that
ofsenior high school (SHS) graduates', a relation between
industry and school, and a competence-based evaluation system
on technicians' performance were esta-blished.
The research was conducted by using a qualitative method.At
the beginning IPTN was chosen as the industrial
componentj,ut
under study. Afterwards, the findings were validated with those
identified at eight other industrial components, namely, the in.
dustrial companies PT Pindad, PT BharataBandung, PT Bharata
Surabaya, PT BBI Surahaya, PT PAL Surabaya, PT Pindad
Malang, PT Bharata Jakarta, and PT Tractor Jakarta

The findings indicate that the job profiles in themodem
machinery industry using the CNC milling machine show seven
levels
of difficulty. What is primarily demanded of the
machine operator is
an ability to give the machine instructions
to
do a job. After receiving the same apprentice education
for two years, there
is almost no difference in academic
achievement and level
of failure on the job between the two
groups
ofgraduates. However, in terms ofthe quantity ofrework
done, the
VC graduates are better than the SHS graduates.
The rework done by the
VC graduates has amounted to 27.8%
while that done by the
SHS graduates has amounted to 40.7%.
Further, in terms
of their awareness of the value of work
and work ethos, the
VC graduates are better than the SHS
graduates because
for the former working at such a job has been
their intention since their entrance into vocational school while
for the latter working together with the VC graduates has
been only a result
of their inability to enter a university to
continue their education after graduating from SHS. After
working together
for three years, the two groups' competence
at work
is no longer colored by their educational background
(VC or SHS) but by individual self-potential and managerial
intervention. There
is a relation between industrial and VS
components, i.e., between the job profile and school curriculum,
job holder profile and graduates' competence, industrial
machinery profile
and VS practice equipment, and job holder
evaluation system and
VS practice evaluation. Industrial machin­
ery operator achievement evaluation is based more on quality
and speed
of work