Abstract—The crucial problem in implementing Vocational
Education on diplomas in Indonesia is the relevance of
competence to industry needs, work culture, and sustainable
career development. The industrial internship is one of the
programs and subjects organized by Vocational Education to
unravel the available chain of problems. However, the fact is
that the implementation of industrial internships has not
positively impacted students. This study explores industry and
education practitioners' perceptions regarding applying
work-based learning through an industrial internship for
Vocational Education Diploma (VED). Fourteen expert
practitioners were involved in data collection through
semi-structured interviews. Qualitative data were analyzed
thematically using NVivo 12. The findings in this study were
grouped into two clusters or themes, namely the role of diploma
education and the skills needed by students during internships
in the automotive industry. The education sector must
understand the mindset, internship orientation, program
planning, career path orientation in industry, and mastery of
case study competencies. Internship students must master the
skills of observing, increasing efficiency, productivity, service
functions and access to technology, and optimizing interactions
with supervisors. The success of WBL-II is in the mutual
interest of stakeholders and is integrated with the higher
education curriculum. This study is an input for the
professional implementation of WBL-II in the future.
Index Terms—Industrial internship, vocational education
diploma, link and match, work-based learning.
Sutiman Sutiman, Herminarto Sofyan, and Zainal Arifin are with the
Department of Automotive Engineering, Yogyakarta State University,
Yogyakarta, Indonesia (e-mail: sutiman@uny.ac.id, hermin@uny.ac.id,
zainal_arifin@uny.ac.id).
Muhammad Nurtanto is with the Department of Mechanical Engineering
Education, Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa, Banten, Indonesia (e-mail:
mnurtanto23@untirta.ac.id).
Farid Mutohhari is with the Department of Graduate School, Yogyakarta
State University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (e-mail:
faridmutohhari.2020@student.uny.ac.id).
Cite: Sutiman Sutiman, Herminarto Sofyan, Zainal Arifin, Muhammad Nurtanto, and Farid Mutohhari, "Industry and Education Practitioners’ Perceptions Regarding the Implementation of Work-Based Learning through Industrial Internship (WBL-II)," International Journal of Information and Education Technology vol. 12, no. 10, pp. 1090-1097, 2022.
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