Bioenergy production course is one form of the Vocational Lecturer Retooling program by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research in 2019 which was held at Van Hall Larenstein Leeuwarden. This activity was attended by 16 vocational lecturers from 12 Polytechnics on various islands in the archipelago, of the 16 lecturers, TRKI Lecturer Rizka Amalia, S.T., M.T was one of them. This bioenergy production course is intended to develop the competence of vocational lecturers in Indonesia.
In this course, participants have looked at bio-energy production from an environmental, social and technical point of view. This course also learns how to produce bio-gas and bio-fuel from biomass, both theoretically and practically. The trainees have also explored the social aspects of bioenergy production such as policies, different energy demands, and how to deal with them technologically and how to address energy use and production from an economic perspective.
The course contained 4 elements:
- Enhancing the subject expertise in the field of biomass and bioenergy production.
- Educational theory and didactics relating to problem-, student and society-oriented education and problem based and competence-based learning.
- Translation and application of the new subject expertise and didactical concepts to the trainees’ own cultural, societal and organizational context. Trainees have translated this in curriculum elements of the courses they are responsible for.
- Building and operating a biogas reactor.
Rizka said “In this course we have learned how to build, operate and troubleshoot biogas reactors”. “This program is extraordinary because this program has the aim of supporting the polytechnic revitalization program, supporting preparations for establishing the MST program, strengthening the quality of the certification program/LSP/TUK, and strengthening the capacity and capability of lecturers, as well as increasing the competitiveness of students to get job opportunities internationally. globally,” he continued.
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