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I Made Suarta
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DOI:10.17265/1537-1506/2012.07.004
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I Made Suarta, Dr., Lecturer, Accounting Department, Bali State Polytechnic.
ABSTRACT
The current issues in workforce development are on high competence not only in technical skills, but also in non-technical skills. The term of non-technical skills is also called as employability skills. The research with topic analysis and development of employability skills of polytechnic students aims to: describe supervisors’ perceptions of the importance of the employability skills needed in the workplace; describe supervisors’ perceptions of the students’ level of competence at performing the employability skills; and find the attributes of employability skills that are need to prioritize for development. Research sample has been selected by using a stratified random sampling from the supervisor of last year students when they are on the job training in industry. Total 146 supervisors participated in this research. The Employability Skills Questionnaire with a five-point Likert scale was used to assess perceptions level of importance of identified employability skills and students’ level of competence. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, means and standard deviations, and priority development analysis. Three main groups of the employability skills with highest important level are: workplace health and safety, self-management, and team working. Students have a high level of competence in occupational health and safety, self-management and learning skills. There are three attributes of employability skills in high priority category for developed: knowing the benefits of computer application programs are needed in the work, taking the initiative in organizing activities, and participating in learning activities to gain new experience.
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employability skills, higher vocational education, workforce development
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