Student's green skills in agricultural vocational school

Abstract

Nowadays labour market demands employees with green skills due to green economy transformation. Students of agricultural vocational school as prospective workers have to hold these skills. This study was designed to identify students' green skills in agricultural vocational secondary schools at study program of agricultural food processing technology. Five aspects that make up green skills based on past research were examined in this study. Data were collected through a set of questionnaires intended to gauge perceptions involving 195 students from different agricultural vocational schools in West Java Province, Indonesia. The result revealed that mean score for overall green skills was fair enough. However, it needs to be increased to produce competitive graduates in accordance with employer needs. Moreover, three aspects of green skills, namely management of waste, communication skills and innovation skills to respond green challenges are lower than the mean score. Findings of this study are the initial step in describing green skills of agricultural vocational students due to the limitations of this related research. More studies should be conducted to better understand and stimulate the integration of green skills into agricultural vocational curriculum to improve students' green skills.