Summary of Polytechnic University(PTU) 2017

PTU has 56 year history as the COE (Center of Excellence) on VET(Vocational Education and Training)

in Japan. Major mission of PTU lies on education and retraining of vocational training instructors and

R&D on VET. In addition, PTU offers the undergraduate program in Bachelor of Science in

Manufacturing Technology. Graduates are expected to be process innovators at the manufacturing site

or vocational training instructors at the VET facilities and colleges all over Japan to lead Japanese

manufacturing industries, and have achieved 100% employment success until now. Besides, in 2016,

PTU started a new and unique graduate program, in which Master degree of Science in Manufacturing

Engineering is conferred together with the official certificate of vocational training instructor.

Logo：This stands for “Science”“Technology”and“Skill”

3 basic ideas of education and training

Contents 1 History of PTU Japan

２ PTU Organization

３ 50-year history and current situations

４ Four Functions and Roles of PTU

５ Education of new VET instructors

(1)Outline of long term education system for VET instructors

(2)Ability to be gained by learning subjects of long term

course 2 yrs. - Case of Mechanical Education Course -

(3)Graduate Course of Master of Science in Manufacturing Engineering

(4)Ability to be gained by learning subjects of short term course

(5)Outline of VET instrucors’ training-subject change course

(6)Outline of VET instrucors’ advanced training course

６ Re-training of current VET instructors

７ Survey, Research and Development

８ Outline of the 4 years undergraduate Course of Bachelor of Science in

Manufacturing Technology

９ International collaboration

10 Cooperation to World and National Skills Competitions, and

Youth Monodzukuri(manufacturing)Skill Competition, etc.

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1. History of PTU Japan

1961 Establishment of the Tokyo Vocational Training Center at Kodaira city of

Tokyo

Long term training school : 8 departments with 80 students

Dept. of forging and casting, mechanics, sheet metal and

welding, electrics 1, electrics 2, mechanics of transportation,

wood machining, painting

1965 Establishment of PTU

Central Vocational Training Center was reorganized to PTU and

attached Central Vocational Training Center

1973 Movement of PTU to Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture and

began to educate VET instructors thru its undergraduate course

1978 Establishment of Vocational Training Research center

1988 Establishment of Master Course of Engineering

2011 Polytechnic University of Japan was organized under the incorporated administrative agency “the Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers” and the Polytechnic University decided to close its undergraduate and graduate courses.

Its main role became

1) to educate VET instructors from active workers and undergraduates

2) to re-train VET instructors

3) to make research in VET

2012 Established new undergraduate course of “Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing

Technology”

2013 Integrated campus to Tokyo and closed its Sagamihara campus

2014 Started long term and short term course for VET instructors

2015 The Institute of Research and Development moved and was integrated into

Kodaira Campus

2016 Established graduate course of “Master of Science in Manufacturing Engineering!

Beginning term for modernization of

manufacturing technology , and PTU

provided more useful VET instructors

to national/public/private polytechnic

colleges and centers in Japan

Developing term for higher products

manufacturing, and PTU began to

provide more VET instructors.

New term for a new economical period

of Japan , and PTU must review its

work and began to revise them.

2. PTU Organization Vice

President （administration）

Head of the Institute

of Research and

Development Center

President

Vice

President （vocational ability

development）

Student Affairs Section

Educational Affairs Section

Training Office

Planning Office

Develop. Office

Administ.

Office Library

Computer Center

Health Care Center

Council for VET Professors and researchers belong to the 41units Basics : 3units

Appl. VET develop. : 6 units

Fundamental VET : 23units

Production Eng. : 2 units

New developing area : 7 units

Qualification Screening Office

VET examination Office

Director of examination on

VET instructors

3. 50- year history and current situations

New aim of PTU after half a century since its beginning/founding To lead and realize the Japanese new way of manufacturing by educating and up-grading VET instructors who can

match the new demands of today and future. 1) Education of candidate VET instructors

To educate candidate VET instructors who can teach students to be more innovative at the manufacturing site of

Japan by

providing various kinds of practical curricula which can correspond to those manufacturing engineers and new

comers from universities.

2) Up-grading capability of current VET instructors

To confirm the capability of current 5000 VET instructors by modernizing their technique/ technology/ engineering

ability.

To function integrated producing ability according to the Vocational Development Plan (now 9th from 2011 to2015) 3) R & D for VET and VET instructors

Make research on the trend of VET, method to match it, and education method, and apply the results to educate VET

instructors

4) Educate Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Technology , Master of Science of Manufacturing Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Technology : to educate manufacturing process innovators so as to lead

Japanese manufacturing,

4 divisions of mechanical, electrical, electronics and info and architectural engineering with 20 students for each.

And new Master course granted Master of Science in Manufacturing Engineering was established in 2016

50-year history (established in 1961 and half century ceremony in 2011) ・Provided 8164 VET instructors, 266 foreigners, who can innovate manufacturing technology.

About 2200 VET instructors work today at national and local governments, and private companies.

・Contributed much to develop Japanese manufacturing competitiveness thru. educating and re-training VET

instructors ,and manufacturing R&D.

・PTU began to find its new paradigm and realize it, affected by advancement of manufacturing technology and

technics as well as their internationalization.

○Long-term training course and Short-term

training course ・To train in additional abilities including

advanced expertise and skills and instruction

techniques necessary to become high-level VET

instructors; in order to receive such training,

people must be employees of JEED, the

prefectural governments, companies, etc. hired

to be VET instructors and meet requirements

such as some experience in the private sector

and degrees from engineering universities.

○Training subject- change course

・To train VET instructors, etc. to obtain VET

instructor licenses in new or additional subjects. ○Advanced training course

・To train VET instructors to teach advanced

subjects in applied courses at PTU

○Training courses ・To re-train the current VET instructors in:

① Advanced technologies and expanded

specialties to respond to technological

innovations, etc.; and

②Instruction techniques, development of

training materials, etc. to upgrade their

instruction abilities

※Results in FY2015

Number of courses: 566; number of

students: 5,226

Breakdown:

VET instructors in prefectural

governments: 1,663

VET instructors in JEED: 2,488

Others: 1,075

・Some courses are provided in regional

areas (“catered training”) to improve

conditions of participation

・The scope of eligible participants is

expanded to include those holding leading

positions in private educational and training

institutions, to provide need-based training,

in such areas as instruction techniques.

○Survey & research ・Conduct survey & research necessary to

make VET instruction practical and keep

it up to date to the changes in industrial

structures, technologies, etc.

○Development of training materials,

courses, etc. ・Develop current and near-future training

materials that contribute to

implementation of effective VET

○Development of training

techniques, evaluation methods, etc. ・Disseminate information on training

outcomes, etc.: e.g. TETRAS

※Results in FY2015

①Number of HP access: 1,189,904

②Number of downloads: 72,658

③Distribution of research reports: Total of

3,582 institutions

②Re-training of VET instructors ①Training of VET instructors ③Survey & research

４． Four Functions and Roles of PTU

Promote Japan’s vocational training through infrastructure development

and international cooperation in developing countries

○Undergraduate course in Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Technology ・The course aims to train “process innovators” who have knowledge of science, technology as well as skill and are active in the future at the Monodzukuri

sites. Bachelor’s degrees are offered by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology. A selected few group -- 80 students per grade --

studies Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Information, or Architectural engineering.

・The number of credit hours for completing the requirements is 5,600 hours/four years -- nearly twice as those required in general colleges in Japan of

which about 3,300 hours (60%) are devoted to practice and experiments.

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4 courses of Mech. Electro. Elec. & info.. Architectural engineering

are required the following 7 abilities.

Short term course requires 3 abilities of

VET development during 1 to 3 months.

Only a short time is required.

Category addition course(1 or 0.5 year)

Additional license to current instructors

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2016 April Established graduate school, masters program in manufacturing engineering

５ – (1) Outline of long term education system for VET instructors

After the current course, the graduates must possess capability to work at VET schools and centers as 3-year experienced instructors. They must manage to decide local VET policy, practical ability to work at VET, to support students to get a job (career consulting ability, formation of job cards, finding new business, etc.) as well as an evaluation of VET contents and its improvement.

２．Aims of education

1) To gain technical level equivalent to Trade Skill Test 1.

2) To gain knowledge and practice to fit to career consultant.

3) To strengthen practical power to meet for increase of vocational training subjects (1080 hours).

4) To adapt for modern industrial and technological trend of advanced subjects.

5) To strengthen higher level of shop safety potentials by gaining life support knowledge as AED and emergency in addition to conventional safety and

security subjects.

6) To admit VET instructor license to graduates of long- term course (mechanical, electrical, electro-information, architectural engineering)

３．Characteristics of Curricula

Those who have passed entrance exam. for VET candidates or those who wish to be VET instructors, and to satisfy any of the following conditions. 1) Graduated from the department of colleges which are admitted by Japanese School Education Act and related to the desired license field. 2) Graduated from 4- year polytechnic colleges. 3) Those who possess the similar level of knowledge as the above 1) or 2)

１．Candidate

Technics & technology

To assist upgrading QCDSE(Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety and Environment) at shop thru. manufacturing technics and technology of manufacturing, assembly and inspection of parts.

Problem finding ability

To find substance of facing problems and to analyze their merit /demerit and to improve the problem.

Management ability To support proper technique and technology to realize high reliability, low cost, short delivery time on production line.

Innovation ability To support the proposal of plan to innovate actions from manufacturing site,understanding company’s strategy

Coordinate ability for VET

To set a new course and/or review old ones according to requirements of enterprises and workers.

To advise and propose a VET plan of companies hearing their needs.

Career consulting ability

To consult career similar with those who finished a140- hour career consultant model proposed by the Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare.

Leadership ability for VET To train trainers from the young to the aged to the

level of specified VET level under a given time and

training environment by possessing abilities of VET.

To manage VET training based on the PDCA cycle.

４．Ability to gain

Educating high level of VET instructors who possess such 7 practical training abilities as to teach and train workers

Career consulting ability Leadership ability for VET Coordinate ability for

training Innovation ability Management ability Problem finding ability Technic/Technology

５ –(2) Ability to be gained by learning subjects of long- term 2-year course . -Case of Mechanical Education Course-

-mechanical control hydraulics/aeronautics/production eng.

-mechanical design and manufacturing manufacturing measurement NC -exercise on

mechanical drawing and machining machining machine tools NC machine tools CAD/CAM exercise technic exercise precision machining

-management process manage. quality control factory manage.. product develop. and management

-exercise on mechanical control Hydraulics /aeronautics

-exercise on automatic control mechatronics 1,2 sequence control

-applied exercise of mechanical training applied training exercise applied exercise of precision machining assembly of precise mechanics assembly of automatic machines

-safety and clean operation safety and clean operation

-energy engineering energy engineering

Special subject Special exercise

-outline of advanced technology bio-engineering injection & licensing

-safety/security control safety/security guidance

Common subject

-psychology of VET psychology for VET

-teaching method lecture planning development of teaching materials supporting method for learners

-teaching & training management assessment of training development & operation of course outside training supporting method human resource supporting systems

-supporting career formation counseling & career consulting Counseling technology

-principle of vocational training principle of VT related law of VT

-practice of subject teaching teaching method for each special subject supporting system for learners training practice

-practice of VET management improve training practice coordination practice 1,2,3

-exercise career support systems career technics 1 and 2 career consulting for VETﾞ exercise career consulting exercise employment group approaching human relation networking

Ability development subject Ability development exercise

2 years (3600 hours)

Training course 1. Common 2.Vocational development

3.Vocational development practice

4. Course subject 5. Course practice total

Mechanical training course

108 hrs 432 hrs

1,260 hrs

（１,０８０ hrs is occupied by practice

at training place)

396 hrs 1,404 hrs

3,600 hrs

E lec tr i ca l t r a i n i ng Course

468 hrs 1,332 hrs

Electronic info. training course

432 hrs 1,368 hrs

Architectural training course

468 hrs 1,332 hrs

curriculum of long- term education system for VET instructors

５．(3) Graduate Course of Master of Science in Manufacturing Engineering” (Master’s course)

① Qualification for receiving the course Those who have passed entrance examination for VET candidates or those who wish to be VET instructors, and to satisfy any of the following conditions. 1) Graduated from 4 year polytechnic colleges of faculty of manufacturing science and technology or practical course. 2) Graduated from the department of colleges which are admitted by Japanese School Education Act and related to the desired license field. 3) Those who possess the similar level of knowledge as the above 1) or 2).

Aim To train leaders in the field of human resources development who have up-to-date knowledge, technologies and skills and be able to develop VET instruction techniques etc. with research thinking.

Major Department of Mechanical Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Electronics and Informatics / Architecture

Quota 20 (about 5 for each department)

Term 2 years *we do not shorten the training them for those who completed faculty of manufacturing science and technology or practical course.

Master’s degree Master of Science in Manufacturing Engineering

② Outline of Graduate Course of Master of Science in Manufacturing Engineering.

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facilities practice) ● Learn skills required for VET instructor ●Acquire VET instructor license

Advanced course and Research paper ● Learn advanced skills required for VET instructor

● Acquire degree (Master of Science in Manufacturing Engineering)

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VET instructor license (They can acquire by applying to prefectural government)

●Mechanical Engineering ⇒ Machinery, Welding course,

etc.

●Electrical Engineering ⇒Electrical, electrical work course,

etc.

●Electronics and Informatics ⇒ Electronics, Computer-

control course, etc.

●Department of Architecture ⇒ Construction, Architecture

course, etc.

認定職業訓練施設

④ Place of employment after completion

HRD facilities

JEED Prefectural

government

Ministry of Justice (correctional facilities)

Accredited vocational

training facilities

Others

５ –(4) Ability to be gained by learning subjects of short term course

The following one of 5 who are employed or wish to work as VET instructor. 1・・・those who are permitted to try VET instructor exam. by Japanese VET law 30-3. 2・・・those who are permitted to receive seminars of VET law 39-1 by the Ministry of Health, Labour and welfare 3・・・those who wish to become VET instructor 4・・・those who are working as VET instructor 5・・・those who received VET instructor exam. By VET law 28-1.

１．Students

1 to 3 months at PTU are required.

Training Period Training

hours

1- month １４４ hours

3- month ４３２ hours

Less than

1 year １４００ hours

Necessary subjects can be selected among those of long- term training course in accordance with its training program. Subjects are, Working ability for VET, Coordinate ability for VET, and Career consulting ability.

Teaching method of technics （36H）

Supporting method for students （36H）

Material development （36H）

Course design （36H）

Subject relating to VET instructor

Leadership ability for VET

Coordination exercise （36H ） ）))

Course development and management （36H）

Human resource development （36H）

Training support method outside of training place （36H ）

Subject relating to coordinate ability

Practice of career consulting （36H）

Basic skill for career consulting（36H）

Theory of career consulting （36H）

Outline of career

consulting （36H）

Subject relating to Career consulting

Career consulting ability Coordinate ability for

VET

２．Training hour, subject

１） To provide only insufficient subject and ability to those who possess various experience ２） Those who pass the final exam. are admitted as those who graduated from long- term course.

３．Course feature

５-(5) Outline of VET instructors’ entering into new vocational categories

１） aim 6 months or 1 year training course to give a new or additional VET instructor license

２） department(following 18 kinds ) casting, mechanical engineering, structural iron works, plastics, welding, electrics, electrical

operations, electronics, computer controls, architecture, wood works, plumbing, mechatronics,

information control, automobile repair, combustion engine, painting, designing

５-(6) outline of VET instructors’ advanced training cource

１） aim 1 year course to give special and applicable ability as well as research ability to those who

graduate from PTU graduate course or admitted under similar circumstances.

The graduates can teach at practical courses of polytechnic colleges.

○training course

Training method development courses(2~10 Days) :teach efficient training methods, training materials, and design of training course based on needs.

Training practical technic and technology(2~5 Days) ：teach skill improvement of specialty and curriculum, workshop planning and management.

Revision of curricula due to changes of needs in VET etc, and new curricula development

Ability to teach technics of wooden buildings for VET instructors

６. Re-training of current VET instructors

Course of expanding specialty, updating training potentials, and introducing

business to graduates, etc. . 566 classes, 5226 VET instructors in 2015.

Lining and assembly of wood housing Curricula development

Training new instructors courses (5 Days)： teach fundamental knowledge and technics.

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Training general instructors (2~5Days) courses： teach various kinds of knowledge and skills outside of special knowledge, technics and technology.

Training particular subject courses(5days to 1 yr) ：teach contents in depth at the dispatched companies.

Applied Example # Appl. to job duty analysis and workers education as model data at companies and organization # Appl. to revise standards of

job training

# Appl. to training subjects to confirm states of technic and technology level of job seekers # Appl.to job training conducted by prefectural branch office of JEED at private VET for their curricula and

evaluation

Private co., public VET facilities, etc. Change of plans and actions of job training according to the change of training needs and people

# Job Duty analysis of whole and

systematic life-long vocation # Basic research on practical curricula

for each vocation

# Development of training materials # Expansion of training curricula at each training school

# research on VET subjects for job seekeｒｓ # quality assurance for VET made according to “the Act of Job Seekers”

Provide information through HP, reports, special magazineｓ, and the facilities for VET employees. In 2015, HP access number 1,189,904, downloads 72,658, research reports sent to 3,582 facilities.

Information Channel

Survey & research on necessary VET instruction

Development of training courses and materials

Development of training methods and evaluation

７. Survey, Research and Development

# Appl. to teaching materials at public VET facilities # Appl. To VET facilities for their curricula, syllabi, and practical subjects

2. Department, number, current number

The course of Science in Manufacturing Technology is an undergraduate course for 4 years. It s education principle consists of Science-Technology –Skill, and aims to educate so-called “Process Innovators” who can work to operate, manage, and innovate at manufacturing sites, which involves quality, production and structurel management . At the same time, graduates will have enough knowledge to be VET instructors in future.

1. Features of Course

Setting combined practical/academic curricula (5,616 hours that is 1.8 times of study of normal colleges in Japan, and the contents of real exercises occupy 60 % of the total learning hours and the students can be real engineers and technologists. )

Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Technology is given as well as many kinds of technology status .

Real technic and technology can be acquined in small classes of skill exercise, experiment, and practice.

3. Students’ home town

８. Outline of the 4 years Bachelor Course of Science

in Manufacturing Technology

Department

quota Present number of students

class １yr ２ yr ３ yr ４ yr total

Mech. Eng. 20 27 17 18 13 75

Elec. Eng. 20 29 25 15 22 91

Electro-info eng. 20 40 21 29 20 110

Architect eng. 20 33 32 26 20 111

total for year 80 129 95 88 75 387

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【outline】 # invite VET instructors in developing countries to Japan for 1 year # upgrade ability of those by teaching training methods, career consulting, planning ability of VET 【receiving country】 # ASEAN countries as Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippine, etc. 【receiving time】 # April every year

Upgrading ability of VET instructors in developing countries

９. International collaboration

（The number of people trained so far）

【invited VET instructors】since1963

1642 persons from 92 countries

【government-financed overseas students】since1992 to 2011

undergraduate course : 254 students from 8 countries.

graduate course : 21 students from 4 countries

at present:12 students

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referees and competition members : subject preparation, management, cooperation on preparation

<main cooperating sort of operation> mechanics : assembly, molding, precise machinery assembly, mechatronics, mechanical drawings, milling machine, mechanical CAD, electro discharge machining, metal press, structural ironing, plating, molding, etc. Electric : shop electrics, electrics operation, assembly of electro machinery, maintenance, drawings, etc Electro/info : assembly of electro machinery, assembly of electric circuit, info. technology, LSI manufacturing, print assembly, ITPC network support, info. Network support, etc. Architecture : furniture, fittings, carpenter, blocking, tiling, wood machining, etc

１０. Cooperation to World and National Skills Competitions and

Youth Monodzukuri (manufacturing) Skills Competition, etc.

○2017 National Skills Competition (total 51 members of PTU joined)

techno chairman 1, oper. member 1, referee of competition 42,

supporter 6

〇2017 Skill Grand Prix. (total 7 members)

techno chairman 1, oper. Member 1, referee of competition 5

○2015 Youth Monodukuri Skills Competition (total 29 members of PTU

joined)

techno chairman 1, vice chairman 1, oper. member 1, competition

member 18, supporter 8.

○2015 World Skills Competition (2 Members of PTU joined)

technical delegate 1, skill competition Manager1