Manpower Minister projects PTDI as aerospace centre of excellence
Manpower Minister Yassierli has inaugurated the Training Centre of PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) and projected the state-owned company as a national centre of excellence in the aerospace sector, focused on supplying certified skilled workers to the global market.
“The challenge ahead is not only for Indonesia, but for almost all countries, namely training to prepare competent human resources, certification, and global recognition. The Ministry is building several centre of excellence points, and PTDI is for the aerospace sector,” Yassierli said after the inauguration of the PTDI Training Centre in Bandung, West Java, on Saturday.
This step, according to Yassierli, is in line with the government’s national target for 2026, which aims for 150,000 participants in the national internship programme and 300,000 participants in national vocational training as instructed by President Prabowo.
The Manpower Ministry and PTDI have agreed on a quota of 500 internship places and 1,000 vocational training places for 2026.
For the vocational programme, Yassierli said it will be integrated between PTDI and the Bandung Vocational Training and Productivity Centre (BBPVP), with the target of producing graduates who hold national BNSP certification and skills certificates with international recognition.
“This is our future agenda, global recognition. So we have started to direct Indonesian human resources so that they not only have BNSP certification, but we are moving towards global recognition,” he said.
A similar centre of excellence model to PTDI, Yassierli added, will also be developed in the mining, oil and gas, and information technology industry clusters.
PTDI President Director Gita Amperiawan revealed that the PTDI Training Centre focuses on producing certified human resources for the needs of the second-tier market in the aviation industry, operators, and aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO).
In fact, PTDI has completed training for dozens of manufacturing specialist experts who have departed for the South Korean aerospace industry.
“Most recently, KAI (Korea Aerospace Industries) is the one we supply. We have already supplied 60 people. So they asked, ‘I want welding, I want metal forming and so on’, they have ordered and specified the quantity, and we carry it out,” he said.
Gita disclosed that besides South Korea, PTDI is currently exploring expansion to meet human resource needs for the MRO industry in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
It was reported that out of the target of 500 six-month internship places this year, PTDI has completed 150 participants and is ready to complete the remaining 350 participants by utilising the newly inaugurated training centre facilities.
Meanwhile, for the vocational training programme lasting under two months, PTDI is collaborating with BBPVP Bandung, Nurtanio University (UNUR), and the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) to train 1,000 participants from basic to advanced level, ready to be channelled into the aviation industry.