November 26, 2021
On
Thursday, November 25, 2021, Kendal Furniture and Wood Processing Industry
Polytechnic successfully held a graduation ceremony for the first time. Also
present the Kendal Regent, Dico M Ganinduto, the Head of the Industrial Human
Resources Development Agency (BPSDMI) represented by Dadi Marhadi, the Head of
the Apparatus HR Training Center, as well as Mudjiono, BPSDMI Experts, and the
President Director of Kendal Industrial Estate, Stanley Ang. The ceremony
became one of the special moments, because this moment was the graduation of
the first batch of the only national furniture-based Polytechnic in Indonesia.
Kendal
Furniture and Wood Processing Industry Polytechnic itself is owned by the
Ministry of Industry and was built on the initiative and form of commitment
between the Government of Indonesia and the Government of Singapore in ensuring
the availability of skilled workers in the furniture sector, located in the
Kendal Industrial Park (KIP). Overall, the purpose of establishing this
Furniture Polytechnic is to encourage industrial investment growth through the
provision of a competent workforce, as well as a center for innovation,
research and development of the domestic furniture industry.
The
construction of this polytechnic began in 2017, then started the first batch of
educational operations on October 1, 2018 with a 100% scholarship program.
There are three Diploma III study programs covering Furniture Production
Engineering, Furniture Design, and Furniture Industry Business Management.
After three years of existence, Kendal Furniture and Wood Processing Industry
Polytechnic successfully held its first batch of graduation ceremonies with a
total of 87 graduates.
According
to Tri Ernawati as Director of the Kendal Furniture and Wood Processing Industry
Polytechnic, almost all students who graduated today (25/11) have been absorbed
and worked in several companies. “We are very grateful that although this is
the first batch of graduation, we have graduates who excel and have work-ready
competencies. As many as 80.45% of the graduates of this first batch have been
accepted to work in the furniture sector and other industrial sectors spread
across Central Java and outside Central Java, the rest are in the recruitment
process.”
According
to Mudjiono, the existence of the Furniture Polytechnic at KIP is not only to
support the industry's need for competent workers but also to increase the
quality and potential of national furniture. "Indonesia targets the
furniture industry to become the leading sector for national exports to reach
USD 5 billion in the future. And Central Java itself is one of the biggest
contributors to domestic furniture production. Therefore, the creation of
competent human resources from the Kendal Furniture Polytechnic is expected to
provide innovation and increase the added value of Central Java and national
furniture products. So that national furniture can compete and dominate the
global market,” he concluded.
On this occasion, Dico as the Regent of Kendal
congratulated and wished for the Kendal Furniture Polytechnic, “I congratulate
the graduates who graduate today. Hopefully there will be more competent
graduates from the Furniture and Wood Processing Polytechnic of Kendal
Regency.”
Currently
there are 450 active students and it is predicted that the number of students
who graduate each year from the Kendal Funitur Polytechnic will increase. Even
this year, Kendal Furniture Polytechnic added one Diploma I study program,
namely Carving Technology combined with CNC Craft. In this case, the
Polytechnic applies an Industry 4.0-based education system and has collaborated
with industry for the placement of D-1 graduates.
This
is certainly welcomed by the company and also the Kendal Industrial Park
developer. “KIK currently has 70 incorporated companies and will continue to
accept new investors. This means that the number of companies in KIP will
increase and the need for human resources will also increase. It is hoped that
the development of the Kendal Furniture and Wood Processing Polytechnic will
make it easier for investors to get skilled and competent local workers in
their fields," said Stanley Ang (President Director of Kendal Industrial
Estate).
For further
information, please contact Juliani Kusumaningrum (Head of Sales &
Marketing of PT Kawasan Industri Kendal) at 082266050051 or Juliani.kusumaningrum@kik.co.id