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Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Ketapang State Polytechnic), which is currently actively campaigning for Politap Building Vocational Education from Villages, continues to advance, one of which is encouraging the D4 Road and Bridge Construction Engineering Technology Study Program to be actively involved in supporting infrastructure development in Ketapang. One of Politap's partners is PT.Dua Sinar Ketapang Abadi, a concrete supply company in Ketapang Regency. The collaboration between Politap and PT.Dua Sinar Ketapang Abadi has been running for quite some time. To optimize the partnership in line with the demands of vocational education development, on 22 October 2020, Director of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang Endang Kusmana, accompanied by Partnership Officer Martanto, partnership staff Amanda, and Head of the Civil Engineering Department Laboratory Hurul’Ain, paid a working visit to PT.Dua Sinar Ketapang Abadi and was welcomed by Johanes Fransiskus Agung Sasmita, which was then followed by a visit from the company's Director to the Politap campus on 26 October 2020.
Director of PT.Dua Sinar Ketapang Abadi, Johanes Fransiskus Agung Sasmita, is ready to strengthen the Politap Building Vocational Education from Villages program. The partnerships that have been carried out include student internships and the empowerment of Politap lecturers as practitioner lecturers at the company. Agung stated that his party has been utilizing 2 (two) Politap lecturers, namely Hurul Ain and Alan Purtanto, as experts to design concrete quality, perform material quality control, and oversee field quality for all work carried out by the company, with Politap students also taking part in the activities.
During the meeting, Endang Kusmana stated that Politap's collaboration with industry will continue to be geared toward strengthening the link and match through student internships, lecturer internships/practitioner lecturers, and student/alumni recruitment. He also welcomed the partnership with PT.Dua Sinar Ketapang Abadi, a concrete supply company for infrastructure development in West Kalimantan, thereby enhancing Problem Based Learning (PBL) in the D4 Road and Bridge Construction Engineering Technology Study Program while also helping to strengthen the quality of infrastructure development in Ketapang Regency.