Smart Innovation Vocational High School: Preparing Graduates Skilled and Ready to Work

Abstract

— F acing the fourth industrial revolution (industry 4.0), Indonesia must be prepared to make major changes to the national manufacturing sector. For this reason, new approaches and abilities are needed in building innovative and sustainable production systems especially for vocational education. The type of research used is quantitative, using quantitative and mean descriptive analysis. The results showed: 1) requires that the practical Instructor must have experience working in the industry; 2) plan instructor development to have knowledge, skills, attitude in accordance with the demands of work and technology; 3) upgrade machinery and practical equipment; 4) cooperate with related industries in planning, implementing and evaluating student products; 5) evaluate and improve student products continuously; 6) increase creativity and innovation of student products according to market demand; 7) produce marketable products and display it in school showrooms; 8) increase the time and quality of industry work practices in the industry; 9) cooperating with industry in conducting quality control of student products; and 10) sell student products.