The evaluation of competency certification program through the LSP P-1 at vocational high school

Abstract

This research aims to evaluate the implementation of the competency certification program through the First-Party Professional Certification Institute (LSP P-1) at SMK N 2 Klaten. The evaluation of the implementation of competency certification program reviewed on 4 aspects e.g. : (1) context; (2) input; (3) process; and (4) product. This research is evaluation research based on CIPP model (Context, Input, Process, Product). This research was conducted at SMK N 2 Klaten which already had an LSP P-1license. The respondents were the principal, LSP chairman, secretary, treasurer, certification manager, chairman of the scheme committee, the competency test venue (TUK), and assessors. Questionary were used to celleted data in this study. The data was analyzed with the descriptive analysis. The result shows that: (1) the implementation of competency certification test through the LSP P-1 at State Vocational High School 2 Klaten in the context aspect is classified as very appropriate (83.93%), it is related to the policies and the goals of competency certification test; (2) in the input aspect is classified as very appropriate (88.82%), which meet the criteria of the assessor and the completeness of assessment tools; (3) in the process aspect is classified as very appropriate (88.59%), which leads to the suitability of the implementation procedures; and (4) in the product aspect is classified as very high (78,4%), for the achievement of competency certification test results and competency certificates.