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The Director of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Ketapang State Polytechnic), accompanied by Head of Partnerships Martanto, Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and partnership staff, conducted a working visit to PT Pembangkit Jawa Bali Services Unit PLTU Ketapang on Wednesday, 2 September 2020. The delegation was received by Deputy Operations Manager Imam Hery and HR Manager Rahmat Nurroyyan. During this visit, Endang Kusmana shared information regarding the Building Vocational Education from Villages program developed by Politap through Tourism Village, Focus Village, and Synergy Village activities.
In implementing the program, the Director of Politap expressed gratitude for PLTU's support in the recent curriculum development and student internship programs, noting that future collaboration will be expanded to accelerate the implementation of Building Vocational Education from Villages. The programs being developed with PLTU include a more structured internship partnership by establishing internship competency standards for internships exceeding 20 credits, as well as an Industry Lecturer program encouraging PLTU staff to teach, a practitioner lecturer program where Politap lecturers work more closely with PLTU, and the initiation of focus classes to offer dedicated classes for PLTU employees to enhance the quality of their human resources.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Operations Manager of PLTU welcomed Politap's Building Vocational Education from Villages program and expressed readiness to jointly develop and enhance the potential of human resources in Ketapang. The activities will continue through more focused meetings to formulate internship competency standards.