Ministry of Industry-owned Polytechnic supplied 356 Competent Workforce for TPT Industry

INDUSTRY.co.id - Bandung - A total of 356 graduates of Politeknik STTT Bandung ready to contribute in improving the productivity and competitiveness of national textile and textile industry (TPT).

STTT Polytechnic is one of education units belonging to the Ministry of Industry (Kemenperin) is focused on study program related to textile industry.

"The textile industry is a labor-intensive sector to meet the needs of a competent workforce, Kemenperin has had a variety of strategic programs through vocational education and training," said Secretary General of Ministry of Industry Haris Munandar on graduation ceremony of Polytechnic STTT Bandung, Saturday (9/12/2017).

The strategic program, among others, resulted from graduates of Polytechnic of STTT Bandung and Solo Textile Community Academy, Training 3in1 (training, certification and placement) for garment industry, as well as vocational education that link and match between Vocational High School and industry.

Of the 356 graduates, 238 graduated from Diploma IV or Bachelor Degree from Textile, Textile Engineering, Garment and Fashion Design Concentration.

Furthermore, 30 graduates of Diploma III Program of Field Extension Workers (TPL), and 88 graduates of Diploma Program I and Diploma II from cooperation with associations and companies TPT.

"A total of 322 graduates from regular programs, have been accepted to work on graduation and the remaining three months will be absorbed in the industry," said Haris.

There is an increase in graduate absorption by 15 percent, where 2016 reached 75 percent and in 2017 to 90.45 percent. This year there are 130 TPT companies who ask directly graduates of Polytechnic STTT Bandung.

Since the first graduation until now, this textile college has graduated as many as 4,248 Diploma IV program, 235 DPL program, 59 D-II program and 1,776 D-I program. This year, graduating as many as 51 people predicated "With Praise", one of them is Philavanh Hueng Phoxai, a graduate from the country of Laos.

Philavanh Hueng Phoxai studied at the Garment Production Study Program for four years with scholarship assistance from Kemenperin and got a GPA of 3.56.

According to Haris, the availability of competent human resources (HR) becomes an absolute requirement for the realization of an independent industry and competitive. Another major factor is investment and technology.

"STTT Bandung Polytechnic will open an applied S2 program, which is currently under construction of a four-floor master program, since 2013, the three Diploma IV courses have received A accreditation from BAN PT We hope to also receive international accreditation," he said.

According to Haris, the graduates of Polytechnic of STTT Bandung fill in some areas which become the center of growth and spread of textile industry in Indonesia, such as West Java and Central Java Province.

"More than 67 percent, domestic textile industry is a downstream sector that produces apparel products and other textile goods," he said.

Besides, it is an intermediate industry which includes spinning, weaving, knitting, and printing and finishing fabrics.

Based on projected growth of TPT industry in the future, the need for its workforce will reach 135 thousand people per year or 22.5 percent of the total absorption of workers in all industrial sectors as much as 600 thousand people per year.

Kemenperin targets, until the end of 2017, the amount of labor absorbed in the national textile industry of 2.73 million people with an estimated export value of USD12.09 billion.

"So, TPT industry sector as a social safety net because it is able to absorb a lot of labor," he explained.