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Nurtanto, Muhammad; Arifin, Zainal; Sofyan, Herminarto; Warju, Warju; Nurhaji, Soffan – Online Submission, 2020
The field legality of expertise for job applicants in the field of vocational education is one of the strong considerations. This recognition can obtain through accredited professional institutions such as the Professional Certification Institute (PCI), which operates independently. The problem arises that PCI in the automotive sector consists of…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Auto Mechanics, Job Skills, Occupational Tests
Hendi Firdaus; Syafrizal Syafrizal; Lukman Nulhakim – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2024
Education in automotive vocational high schools faces challenges in improving the quality of learning. This article discusses efforts to improve the quality of learning in automotive vocational schools through the implementation of electronic teaching materials. The implementation of technology in learning is an important solution in today's…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Program Implementation, Instructional Materials
Hasan Maksum; Wawan Purwanto; Siman; Dina Ampera; Dori Yuvenda; Hanapi Hasan – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2024
Preliminary research showed that the learning process could have been more optimal, and this led to the research to develop a TEFA Model with the PBL concept as a valid, practical, and effective method of improving the problem-solving and communication skills of Automotive Vocational Education students. The process involved using the Research and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Motor Vehicles, Auto Mechanics, Problem Solving
Hartmann, Stefan; Güzel, Emre; Gschwendtner, Tobias – Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2023
We investigated the ecological validity of performance measures from a computer-based assessment tool that utilises scripted video vignettes. The intended purpose of this tool is to assess the maintenance and repair skills of automotive technician apprentices, complementing traditional hands-on assessment formats from the German journeymen's…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Computer Assisted Testing, Auto Mechanics, Job Skills
Zenner-Höffkes, Lea; Harris, Roger; Zirkle, Chris; Pilz, Matthias – International Journal of Training and Development, 2021
Debate continues to feature prominently in many countries on such notions as skills, skill shortages and employability. Clearly such notions remain significant internationally in the rhetoric of both economic reform and training policy and practice. However, the problem remains of differing perceptions. The purpose of this comparative study was to…
Descriptors: Expectation, Employer Attitudes, Recruitment, Youth
Sichombe, Beatrice – Journal of Learning for Development, 2022
This article focuses on the outcome of a tracer study of former NAMCOL TVET trainees who completed their training in 2017, 2018 and 2019 in the following trades: automotive mechanics, welding and metal fabrication, office administration and plumbing and pipe-fitting in terms of their employment profile, and opinions on the quality and effect of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Employment Potential, College Graduates
Hadromi; Sudarman; Yudiono, Heri; Budiman, Febrian Arief; Majid, Muhamad Nurkholis; Permana, Khoerul Nofa Candra – International Journal of Instruction, 2021
The preparation of Vocational School teacher candidates who have technical skills and employability skills begins with the learning process. This paper aims to formulate learning strategies based on scientific approach to strengthen employability skills for vocational school teacher candidates. This study employed a quantitative approach with a…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Employment Potential, Preservice Teachers, Vocational Education
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2020
The European qualifications framework (EQF), with its eight levels, serves as a translation grid between qualifications acquired in different European countries. Part of Cedefop's work to make qualifications easier to understand and compare, this study takes a closer look at those acquired through initial VET and assigned to EQF levels 3 and 4 via…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Labor Market, National Standards
Olaitan, Olawale O.; Ikeh, Joshua O. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The study focused on identifying the employability and technical skills needed to establish small-scale automobile workshop in Nsukka Urban of Enugu State. Five purposes of the study were stated to guide the study. Five research questions were stated and answered in line with the purpose of the study. The population for the study is 1,500…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Job Skills, Entrepreneurship, Questionnaires
Manley, Katherine – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2013
The strength of our nation's economy is dependent on a workforce that is highly skilled, and skilled workers are in high demand. Institutions preparing these individuals for employment have high expectations to meet. Since 1998 when the Department of Labor released the Workforce Investment Act, employers, and the nation as a whole, have been…
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Partnerships in Education, Job Skills, Vocational Education
Gurtner, Jean-Luc; Cattaneo, Alberto; Motta, Elisa; Mauroux, Laetitia – Vocations and Learning, 2011
In the "dual" system of vocational training, working in company represents the major part of training. At the workplace, apprentices are expected to acquire the typical skills of their profession but, at the same time, to contribute to the production of the company. For this reason apprentices are expected to carry out activities on…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Training, Workplace Learning, Apprenticeships
MacQuarrie, David; Applegate, Brooks; Lacefield, Warren – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2008
This study focused on defining and delineating core skills and tasks needed for successful CTE student educational growth and success through a curriculum and assessment alignment process. The context for this project lies within Automotive Service Technology (AST), which must additionally meet the National Institute of Automotive Service…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Auto Mechanics, Criterion Referenced Tests, Aptitude Tests
Swanson, Richard A.; Geroy, Gary D. – 1985
The validity of the Training Benefit Forecasting Method (TBFM) in a recreational vehicle service training setting was studied. Cost-benefit issues were associated with the Onan Service School change from a field-based Recreational Vehicle Generator Set training program to a customer-delivered self-instructional training program. Actual costs and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Auto Mechanics, Career Education, Cost Effectiveness
Rogers, Sandra K.; Dahlberg, Maurine F. – 1982
This report documents a statewide competency validation project to provide current information about job skills considered "important to know" by Texas industrial experts in the areas of auto mechanics, diesel mechanics, office occupations, print shop trades, and welding. Section 1 describes the steps used to conduct the study and…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Educational Research, Job Skills, Office Occupations
McNeil, John D.; Morimoto, Takiko – 1980
A study of the relation between the reading competencies for high school graduation and the reading demands of auto mechanics began with determining job reading tasks of auto mechanics. Fifty auto mechanics, the majority of them bilinguals, were interviewed. From this data about the kinds of information mechanics get from reading and with copies…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Auto Mechanics, Functional Reading, Graduation Requirements