Generic and Specific Relevant Soft Skills for Increasing Competence of Vocational Teachers Candidates

This study aims to find the attributes of soft skills both generic and specific that are relevant to be integrated in the lecture program in the Electrical Engineering Education. The soft skills attribute found is expected to be a supplement in lecture activities in order to produce graduates who have simultaneous competence between knowledge, attitudes, and skills. The data collection methods were carried out by: (1) identifying the types of attributes of soft skills based on local culture, which originated from 6 pillar of unimed character education, as well as attributes derived from the results of international studies; (2) conduct studies and groupings of all attributes that are generic and specific; (3) identify the characteristics of the course, especially those relating to the objectives and plans of lecture activities; (4) conduct a study of the relevance between the objectives and activities of lectures with attributes that can be integrated. The results show that there are 73 attributes that are generic and 56 that are specifically relevant to be mapped, distributed, and trained in each subject. Soft skills that will be trained in the first year are distributed in 22 courses, in the second year 22 courses, and in the third year are distributed in 18 courses.