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PEMBENTUKAN KEAHLIAN KEJURUAN DI INDUSTRI PERALATAN Wicaksono, Padang; Priyadi, Lionel; Vitriano, Oscar
Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia Vol. 2, No. 1
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After 1998 financial crisis, the growth of Indonesian manufactures sector had been dominated by the technology intensive- tools and machinery sub sector. The development of tools and machinery sub-sector should have increased the demand for skilled and specific labors namely vocational high school (VHS) graduates. Nevertheless, the VHS graduates’ roles had relatively been reduced. Despite they have better opportunities to develop their career in the long term, they are less likely to achieve supervisory or higher career level because the diploma or undergraduates workers most likely occupy the level. One of the main factors behind their lower career level prospects is due to rare opportunities to upgrade their skills through further On the Job Training in the shop floor. Coincidently, this arguably happened due to the declining position of Indonesian tools and machinery industry within global value chain from previously export oriented to domestic market oriented. Therefore, the existing technology transfer relatively hardly needs sophisticated skills which consequently could be delivered by less skilled workers such as general high school (GHS) graduates.
Does Manufacturing Sophistication Lead to Higher Demand for Vocational Workers? Evidence from Indonesia Wicaksono, Padang; Priyadi, Lionel
Economics and Finance in Indonesia Vol. 64, No. 1
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Indonesia post-crisis manufacturing growth has been dominated by technologically sophisticated industry. Hypothetically, this development would increase the demand for skilled and more specialized workers like vocational school graduates. However, statistical evidences show that manufacturing sophistication stimulated by integration with the Global Production Network increase demand for vocational as well as general high school graduates. Moreover, higher demand does not necessarily result in sustainable career prospect, as many vocational graduates still have limited opportunity to improve their skills while climbing the seniority ladder possibly caused by shifting Global Value Chain from export-oriented toward domestic market-oriented that affect the industry's technological complexity.