Occupational Competence Needs Analysis in Furniture Making Industry

Abstract

This research project intends to adapt existing methods for the identification of work processes in selected occupations and existing methods for work process analysis in order to draft a toolbox for occupational analysis. The research most likely will include three methods, namely occupational sector analysis, expert workers workshops, and work process analysis. Results from expert workers workshops, based on the discussion and consensus among carpenters in the expert workers workshop and some refinements in terms of language, the core working tasks of a wood furniture worker in Bandung Indonesia are as follows: marketing (promotion), designing, cost calculation and volume estimation, purchasing the materials, furniture shaping/parts assembling, and finishing. The expert worker workshop in this research, despite its fruitful results, has a substantial shortage, namely the workers invited are from the several company. With some modifications in the research methodologies, the methods can be applied in Indonesia, to suit the real condition in the field. For the curriculum development based on the occupational competence needs analysis, the involvement from the formal industry (big-medium companies are needed).