Politap Holds Project-Based Learning Teaching Factory Workshop

KETAPANG – Monday (20/05/2024). Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Ketapang State Polytechnic) held a Workshop on Improving Learning Quality Through Teaching Factory as well as Cooperation and Implementation of Featured Products of Industry and MSMEs with the Plantation Product Technology Study Program on Monday, 20 May 2024 at the Ballroom of Hotel Nevada Ketapang.

The event was attended by local officials such as the Regent's Expert Staff for Community and Human Resources representing the Regent of Ketapang, the Assistant Regional Secretary for General Administration, the Head of the Economy and Development Section of the Regional Secretariat of Ketapang Regency, the Head of the Ketapang National Land Agency (BPN) Office, the Head of the Department of Cooperatives, Small and Medium Enterprises, Trade, and Industry, and the Head of the Department of Agriculture, Livestock, and Plantations (or their representatives).

Also present were leaders of industry partners (companies) including PT. KAL and BGA, MSME partners, alumni of the Plantation Product Technology Study Program, and internal members of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang including the Director and his staff, Head of P4MP, Head of P3KM, Head of Department, Study Program Coordinator, as well as lecturers and educational staff of the Plantation Product Technology Study Program.

This workshop was organized by the Plantation Product Technology Study Program, Department of Agriculture and Business, Politeknik Negeri Ketapang as an implementation of the 2024 Competitive Fund Grant. The workshop was held as an effort to develop featured products and utilize the teaching factory as an innovative vocational learning platform. In addition, this agenda strengthens cooperative relations between the study program and MSME partners leading to agreed cooperation documents.

The event began with an activity report by the Head of the 2024 Competitive Fund Task Force of the Plantation Product Technology Study Program (Venti Jatsiyah, S.P., M.Si.), followed by remarks from the Director of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Irianto SP, S.ST., M.MA.), and remarks from the Regent of Ketapang, in this case represented by the Regent's Expert Staff for Community and Human Resources (Absalon, SE., S.Sos.), who also officially opened the event.

It was then followed by the screening of a retrospective video of the Plantation Product Technology Study Program, Department of Agriculture and Business, Politeknik Negeri Ketapang, reviewing the journey of the THP Study Program from 2008 to 2024.

Along with this, Politeknik Negeri Ketapang, especially the Plantation Product Technology Study Program, expressed appreciation and gratitude to the partners of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang, especially for the Plantation Product Technology Study Program, for the cooperation established so far: to the Ketapang Regional Government, to partner polytechnics that cannot be mentioned one by one; to industries such as PT. KAL, BGA, Cargill, PT. SisM; to the BPN Office, partner foundations of Politap, Ketapang BUMD, SMEs, the Tegal Training Center, DPR RI, Bank BSI, the Ketapang District Attorney's Office, and to the alumni of the Plantation Product Technology Study Program.

Deepest gratitude was conveyed to the late Mr. H. Morkes Effendi, Mr. Abdulbad H.A Rani, Mr. Hendrikus, Mr. Martin Rantan, the first Director of Politap, Prof. Ir. Hj. Nurmala, the Director for the 2019–2022 period, Mr. Endang Kusmana, and the current Director, Mr. Irianto SP, as well as to related parties who cannot be mentioned one by one.

And the highest praise is given to Allah SWT and the Prophet Muhammad SAW who have guided and bestowed blessings upon the Plantation Product Technology Study Program of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang.

On this occasion, the Assistant Regional Secretary for General Administration (Devy Harinda, S.STP., ME.), representing all parties collaborating with Politeknik Negeri Ketapang, conveyed impressions and remarks.

This was followed by the signing of an MoU by the Director of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang and MSME partners.

The event continued with presentation and discussion sessions. In the first session, the presentation was delivered by a representative of MSME partners, Ms. Ida Haryuni, with material on the implementation of production cooperation with industry and MSMEs regarding raw material supply, technology transfer, and coconut crop marketing.

The next session was presented by a guest speaker from Politeknik Negeri Jember, Mr. Surateno, S.Kom., M.Kom., who is the Vice Director for Academic Affairs of Politeknik Negeri Jember, sharing material on Project-Based Learning Models and Discussion of Course Syllabi (RPS) for the Plantation Product Technology Study Program.

The event was closed by the Vice Director for Academic Affairs of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Dr. Anto Susanto, S.ST., MP.), and afterwards, invited guests and workshop participants were invited to tour and view the MSME Product Exhibition and Plantation Product Technology Study Program Products.

The workshop is expected to foster quality communication towards the future sustainability of featured products. The synergy between the Plantation Product Technology Study Program and its partners will certainly help realize sustainable featured products.