The perceptions of automotive industrial managers about the internship students’ competencies

Abstract

Abstract The purpose of this research was to describe the perceptions of automotive industrial managers about the competencies of internship student. The population of this research was the 25 automotive industrial that cooperate with one of the Vocational High School in Pekanbaru Riau. The Total Sampling Technique was used to determine the Population for this research, which makes all of the automotive industrial in Pekanbaru Riau was the sample. The respondents were 25 Automotive Industrial Managers. The data were collected through questionnaire. The Data Analysis Technique was Descriptive Quantitative Analysis Technique. The result of this research shown that there were half of the managers’ have good even very good perception for the Internship students. In their perspectives, the internship students have the ability needed by the automotive industrial. Yet, there were few managers who have bad perspective for internship students. This research was meant to be input or suggestions for the school stakeholder to increase the students competencies that needed by the automotive industrial.