23-24/11/2023
Banjarmasin – As of November 24, 2023, 24 lecturers from the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP) of Lambung Mangkurat University (ULM) officially received a register number as a competency assessor from BNSP (National Professional Certification Agency). Thus, the assessors are entitled to become professional competency examiners of the schemes they are entitled to test. These 24 lecturers will work as assessors under ULM’s Professional Certification Agency (LSP). Competency certification has recently become important in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) because it supports the achievement of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) as professionals who teach on campus. This achievement received appreciation from the Rector of ULM, Ahmad Aliem Bahri, who congratulated the assessors.
The 24 lecturers are Maryanto, Edlin Yanuar Nugrahaeni, Sulisno, and Muhammad Najamudin for the performance production leader occupational scheme; Maulana Rizky, and Alfi Fadhillah Hakim for the junior accountant technician occupational scheme; Dwi Atmono, Muhammad Rahmattullah, Ananda Setiawan, and Monry Fraick N.G.R.S., and Rizky Febriyani Putri for the KKNI level 4 industrial entrepreneurship scheme; Dewi Ratih Rapisa, Dewi Ekasari Kusumastuti, and Rona Wulandari for the hearing sign language interpreter occupational scheme; Ati Sukmawati, Nuruddin Wiranda, and Muhammad Hifdzi Adhini for the junior office operator occupational scheme; Jumariati, Noor Eka Chandra, and Raisa Fadilla for the tour guide occupational scheme; and Rusma Noortyani, Arum Murdianingsih, Ahsani Taqwiem, and Dewi Alfianti for the public relations programming cluster scheme.
Previously on Wednesday-Thursday, November 23, 2023, LSP ULM held training activities for assessors to support the preparation of LSP ULM field assessments in order to obtain a license. The training activities were held in the FKIP ULM meeting room from 08.00-14.00 WITA. According to Jumariati, one of the LSP assessors as well as a member of the LSP scheme drafting team, this training aims to prepare LSP ULM to enter full assessment which is a mandatory activity before LSP ULM is declared eligible to provide certification services. As an extension of BNSP, LSP ULM must meet the standards set by BNSP. In this training, validation of 7 certification instruments was carried out, followed by testing the instruments in the practice of assessors and assessees. This is to see whether the instrument is ready to be used and whether the assessor is ready for duty or not. From the validation and testing, it was found that several parts of the certification instrument in each scheme still needed to be revised so that in the past few weeks the LSP ULM assessors had to work again to revise the instrument. Revisions must be carried out intensively so that during the full assessment later there are no more deficiencies found by the BNSP Team. “The target is for this revision activity to be completed before the end of December so that a full assessment and witness by BNSP can be carried out in early January 2024,” he said.
Regarding LSP ULM in the future, the Director of LSP ULM, Suratno said that later the LSP will stand as an independent institution as a partner of ULM, facilitating the certification of students from all Study Programs (PS). Therefore, in 2024 in addition to serving competency tests for students in 7 (seven) schemes, there will be expansion and addition of schemes as well as recruitment of prospective assessors for other schemes until all study programs can be served to test the competence of their students.
“The cost is very large to be prepared by ULM, but there is an additional allocation from the BOPTN source that allows LSP to take part more meaningfully, at least 200 students per semester per faculty can take competency tests according to the relevant scheme. For fellow assessors who already have certificates, I hope to continue to motivate themselves to add experience in conducting assessments for assessees according to the scheme they cover. Thank you very much for the willingness of colleagues who have supported the successful establishment of the ULM LSP. Two more stages must be undertaken, namely full assessment and witness, LSP ULM will obtain a license that stands equally high with other P1 LSPs in Indonesia. Only Wasaka’s intention will lead ULM’s KPIs to be achieved. Aamiin,” he said enthusiastically. (admin)