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Association of Engineers Indonesia (PII) noted, Indonesia shortage of 1 million engineers, due to a change in government policy in systems engineering lectures nationally.
"Until now, the availability of engineers in the country is low even though graduates from various colleges can produce about 200 thousand engineers per year," said Chairman of the Association of Engineers Indonesia, Mohammad Said Diddu, met in the Seminar and the Regional Consultative Association of Engineers Indonesia East Java, Surabaya, Friday.
He said the figures the shortfall can be closed if they were graduates of bachelor of engineering in Indonesia could follow the engineer certification program.
"Moreover, in the international market not only recognizes the engineer degree in engineering," he said.
On the other hand, PII Chairman of East Java, Hisham Ridwan, justify, if the certification can improve the competence of engineers in Indonesia because of its ownership can increase the bargaining position of human resources / human resources in the global marketplace.
"In East Java, we are ready to hold the Institute of Technology Surabaya (ITS) and UB Malang certification programs related to procurement," he said.
He hopes, engineer certification program that will be presented in subsequent deliberations at the national level can bring Java as a pioneer engineer certification.
"In Indonesia, many energy techniques but who have achieved the requirements engineer is limited, including in East Java Provincial Government ranks," he said.
In addition, the review he was, until now rarely colleges to the level of the profession.Currently, a number of colleges require only that the total courses taken for undergraduate engineering 140-an SKS.
"In fact, when we pursue an engineering degree are required to take 160-an SKS," he said.
With the certification program, he suggested, the ideal seeked professional improvement of undergraduate engineering education to engineers enough to undergo an additional 40 hours to 60 hours.
"If they can follow the course of eight hours per day, then simply educated profession for five days," he said.
To participate in the certification program, he predicted, each demand enough to spend about Rp 2 million. However, the magnitude of its value depending on college policy in question.
"After the ITS and the UB, a number of campuses that provide engineering majors in East Java soon we invite cooperation," he said. (*)