tailieunhanh - Automotive service industry needs of autotronic competencies and those prepared by the education

This study aims to formulate competencies in autotronics specifically in the cluster of Vehicle Control System (VCS) needed by the automotive service industry (ASI) and its relevance to those taught at Vocational Schools (VSs). Employing a survey method, this research is a quantitative study involving owners, managers, heads of workshops, and service managers of 10 ASI and educators from VSs offering autotronic expertise competencies. | Automotive service industry needs of autotronic competencies and those prepared by the education International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology IJMET Volume 11 Issue 4 April 2020 pp. 34-43 Article ID IJMET_11_04_005 Available online at http ijmet JType IJMET amp VType 11 amp IType 4 Journal Impact Factor 2020 Calculated by GISI ISSN Print 0976-6340 and ISSN Online 0976-6359 IAEME Publication AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE INDUSTRY NEEDS OF AUTOTRONIC COMPETENCIES AND THOSE PREPARED BY THE EDUCATION Wagiran and Yudha Ari Purnama Mechanical Engineering Education Department Faculty of Engineering Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta Indonesia ABSTRACT This study aims to formulate competencies in autotronics specifically in the cluster of Vehicle Control System VCS needed by the automotive service industry ASI and its relevance to those taught at Vocational Schools VSs . Employing a survey method this research is a quantitative study involving owners managers heads of workshops and service managers of 10 ASI and educators from VSs offering autotronic expertise competencies. Data were collected through questionnaires structured interviews observation and documentation study and were analyzed descriptively. The results reveal that of the 30 VCS competency units CUs 4 are both needed by ASI and taught at VSs 11 are required by ASI but not studied at VSs another CU is not needed by ASI but introduced at VSs and the other 14 CUs are neither required by ASI nor trained at VSs. Keywords Autotronics competencies and vocational school. Cite this Article Wagiran and Yudha Ari Purnama Automotive Service Industry Needs of Autotronic Competencies and those Prepared by the Education. International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology. 11 4 2020 pp. 34-43. http IJMET JType IJMET amp VType 11 amp IType 4 1. INTRODUCTION Automotive technology has developed rapidly as technology and business disruption