Sri Subekti 1, Ana 2
Program Studi Pendidikan Tata Boga, Fakultas Pendidikan Teknologi dan Kejuruan, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Jalan Dr. Setiabudhi No 207 Bandung 40154 email:sri_subekti@upi.edu
ABSTRACT
In Asia Economic Comunity (AEC) era, improving competences are recquired in competitive society. So, the vocational education has principle to prepare individual entering the workforce besides continue to higher degrees. The industries currently require labors who had the technical and employability skill. To prepare the students of vocatonal school having practical and employability skills depend on the implementation of Work Based Learning (WBL) that was the one of learning models. Industrial practice, apprentice, etc. could prepare the vocational high school students absorbed in the world of work in an optimum manner. The preparation of competence would be able to meet the needs of demand and supply in the work. This study aims to gain an understanding of the contribution of Work Based Learning (WBL) implementation for employability skills on students teamwork aspect at vocational school in SMKN 1 Cibadak and SMKN 1 Pacet in expertise of Agribisnis Pengolahan Hasil Pertanian (APHP)–bakery competence. This study used non experiment quantitative approach with ex-post facto survey. The data would be analyzed by descriptive analysis, comfirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and regression analysis with aided of SPSS version 23.0 software for Windows. Based on the research done, it can be concluded that the implementation of Work Based Learning (WBL) has contributed to employability skills on students teamwork aspect at SMKN 1 Cibadak and SMKN 1 Pacet in expertise of Agribisnis Pengolahan Hasil Pertanian (APHP). Based on regression analysis, the correlation of the implementation of Work Based Learning to employability skills on students teamwork aspect is significant, that rich 59.8 %. Hence it can be concluded that the implementation of Work Based Learning (WBL) could develop employability skill of the graduate of vocational high school on the teamwork aspects.
Keywords: team work, employability skills, work based learning