Mastery of Skills 4.0 Effects on the Readiness College Students to Face Revolution of Industry 4.0

Abstract

Revolution of industry 4.0, initiated by the German government, starting from the development of individual innovation behavior, especially in the fields of robotics, digital technology, and information, has caused distortions to the future skills requirements. Some of the skills needed a lot in the past, and now they are beginning to experience a shift towards less needed. Some are even unnecessary because they are replaced by automation and robots. The emergence of several new skills (skills 4.0) that are more dominant is needed to make every interested party need to prepare themselves to face the challenges of the revolution of industry 4.0. Students are one of the interested parties who will face the challenges of the revolution of industry 4.0 after they graduate from tertiary institutions. This study determines the readiness of students in facing the revolution of industry 4.0, influenced by the mastery of skills 4.0 and individual innovation behavior with their innovation behavior as a mediating variable. Respondents in this study were students of the Universitas Andalas Undergraduate Study Program, in the amount of 233 respondents. A cluster sampling technique does a sample. The questionnaire uses a Likert scale whose calculations are performed with the Smart-PLS Program software 3.2.8. The results show that skills 4.0 and individual innovation behavior have a positive effect on students' readiness in facing the challenges of the revolution of industry 4.0, which means that to be ready to face the challenges of the revolution of industry 4.0, Universitas Andalas students need to improve their mastery of skills 4.0.