Core competencies development model of labour to meet the needs of the S-curve industry in the smart electronics industry in the eastern economic corrido
Abstract:
This research was to study the core competencies of the Higher Vocational Certificate that were required by the S-curve industries in the Smart Electronics Industry Group in the Eastern Economic Corridor Zone and to find a model for developing core competencies at the Higher Vocational Certificate (Vocational Certificate) to meet the needs of the target industries of S-curve in the smart electronics industry in the Eastern Economic Corridor. Delphi technique was used to conduct the research. Experts responded to 3 roundsof questionnaires. The 3 groups of key informants, selected with purposive sampling, consisted of experts or eminent people with at least 4 years of experiences in human resource management in the industry, experts who were administratorsor users of vocational students, and experts involved in the curriculum setting, and teaching and learning in vocational education. Content analysis was then used to analyze the data and the statisticsused in the study consisted of median, mode, interquartile range, and the difference between the median and the mode. The opinions of the three groups of experts were compared with statistics test to help decide on the consensus of the experts and the findings were confirmed with 3 expert groups focus group discussion. Focus group consisted of experts with experiences in general human resource management or human resource management in the smart electronics industrial sector, experts who wereusers of vocational students, and qualified scholars who wereknowledgeable expertise about vocational education. The total number of participants of focus group was 9 people. The results of the research revealed that the core competencies of the Higher Vocational Certificate, that were required by the S-curve target industries in the Smart electronics industry in the Eastern Economic Corridor, consisted of 5 elements of Knowledge Core Competencies,6 elementsof Skill Core Competencies, and 6 elements of Characteristics Core Competencies. The form of developing the core competencies of workers at the Diploma level was then designed according to the core competencies elements obtained from the informants who were interviewed with the useof Delphi techniques and the synthesized data from focus group discussion to meet the needs of the target S-curve industries in the smart electronics industry in the Eastern Economic Corridor. Finally, the researchers form was presented for the development of the core competenciesof laborers at Diploma level to meet the needs of the target S-curve industries in the smart electronics industry in the Eastern Economic Corridor.