“I can secure my position as a purchasing staff at PT Panasonic Manufacturing Indonesia because I joined its apprenticeship programme. I even had a chance to continue my apprenticeship programme to Japan and am now able to have a better life and future,” stated Akhmad Riadi.

A similar benefit was also shared by Elegia Pertiwi who joined an apprenticeship programme at Abuba Steak. After learning about restaurant’s day-to-day work during her apprenticeship, she competed with other senior employees for a position at HR Department. “My skills and knowledge that I gain during my apprenticeship programme have helped me landing a permanent position as an HR officer,” she said.

Akhmad and Elegia shared their stories during the screening of the three short films on good practices of the industry-based apprenticeship programme jointly developed by ILO in collaboration with the Ministry of Manpower and the Indonesian Employers’ Association (Apindo). Their successful career journeys were also documented as one of the films on the benefits of the apprenticeship programme for youth and job seekers.

Attended by 100 representatives of governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations, companies and other relevant organizations, the film screening was conducted at CGV FX Sudirman, one of leading cinema network in Indonesia, on 7 March. These short films documented good practices of five multinational companies’ apprenticeship programme.

In addition, these films showcased the crucial role of the industry in the implementation of the quality apprenticeship programme, the important role of mentors and benefits gained by both companies and apprentices to ensure the quality and competence of Indonesian human capital according to the needs of industries. They also highlighted the key role of the trade unions in ensuring the implementation of quality apprenticeship programme.

“The ILO greatly appreciates the support given by the Ministry of Manpower, Apindo as well as the participating companies in documenting this important issue. These short films show that we need the involvement and commitment from companies and other relevant institutions to ensure the development of Indonesian human capital that is in line with the need of the industry and fast changing world of work,” said Maria Vasquez, Officer-in-Charge of the ILO for Indonesia.

M. Ali Hapsa, Director of Vocational Training and Apprenticeship Development of the Ministry of Manpower as well as Anthony Hilman, Apindo's Head of Institutional Interrelationship, applauded the screening for these short films. From the perspective of the government, M. Ali highlighted the commitment of the government through the Manpower Ministerial Decree No. 6/2022 to ensure the competitiveness of the Indonesian youth and job seekers through the involvement of the industry in the apprenticeship programme.

Meanwhile, from the perspective of the employers, Anthony emphasized the commitment of Apindo to promote quality apprenticeship programme to its company members. “Apindo is committed to the implementation of quality apprenticeship and we will continue to support this initiative by encouraging and supporting our company members to implement this programme,” he added.

“We continue to promote these short films to the public at large. To date, the films have also been screened through ILO TV with growing viewers of 700 and specifically for the film on successful career journeys of the apprentices has also been screened by Kompas Digital TV, reaching out to over 1,200 viewers. We hope these good practices can be replicated widely by other companies from various industrial sectors and the support given by trade unions can be strengthen by all trade union confederations,” concluded Dede Sudono, ILO’s Project Officer for Skills Development.

The short apprenticeship short films can be viewed below:

Industry-based apprenticeship creates competent workers
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Qualified mentors, competent apprentices