Needs assessment of model career bases intervention as a traverse for Culinary Vocational Education graduates' work readiness

Preparing the workforce who can be employed in the industry is the ultimate mission of vocational education. Therefore vocational education has to engage the learning model which is able to deliver the graduates to be ready to work. The study aims to strain the needed information which can be used as a base for designing the model Career Based Intervention (CBI) as a traverse to manage graduates' work readiness. This study is a research & development, referring to the Borg and Gall (1989) because it will be used to develop a model that will be generated. Needs assessment is a part of this research stage. Subjects were practitioners of the field of catering industry and academia related vocational education amounted to 20 people. Data collection through focus group discussions (FGD). Data were analyzed using descriptive qualitative. Qualitative analysis is described through a clear and logical narrative, analyzed, classified according to the thematic. Research results illustrate that the materials that need to be included in the design of the CBI models include (1) Orientation and information world of work; (2) The introduction of self-efficacy; (3) Skills achieve self-employment and development in the world of work. Solutions offered for implementation by providing learning tools in the form of modules and worksheets, and use of innovative learning methods that can help to explore the potential and understanding self-learners.