Industrial work culture in vocational learning: a relevance to occupational world

Abstract

The industrial work culture (IWC), especially in the manufacturing industry, is very complex and has the potential to be explored for continuous improvement in vocational learning. This study aimed to measure the level of IWC implementation in manufacturing industries and in the Diploma-III of Mechanical Engineering of Engineering Faculty of Yogyakarta State University (D-III ME YSU) and measure the relevance of IWC implementation in ME D-III YSU to IWC implementation in the manufacturing industry. This study used the survey method. The population consisted of two parts, the first was the D-III students, and the second were the manufacturing industry in DIY, Central Java, and Jakarta province. The subjects of this study were staff of industrial employees. The sample determined by purposive sampling technique. The study results showed that the IWC implementation level in industries as a whole included in the “high” category with an achievement score of 82% and IWC implementation level in D-III ME YSU included in the “high” category with an achievement score of 80%. In addition, the relevance of IWC implementation in D-III ME YSU to IWC implementation in the industries as a whole reached 97% “high”.