Chairman of the West Aceh Branch of the Indonesian Engineers Association (PII), Kurdi, along with a number of other administrators were officially appointed for the 2024-2027 period. The inauguration of the PII West Aceh Branch administrators took place on Monday, November 18 2024.

The inauguration of dozens of administrators and members of the PII West Aceh Branch was held at the Integrated Building Auditorium of Teuku Umar University (UTU) Meulaboh. The West Aceh PII administrators were appointed by the Chair of the PII Aceh Region, Marwan, who is also the Chancellor of Syiah Kuala University (USK) Banda Aceh.

The Main Management of PII West Aceh Branch, Chairman – Kurdi, Deputy Chairman – Fitriadi, Deputy Chairman II – Mukhrijal, Secretary – Azwanda, Deputy Secretary – T. M. Azis Pandria, Deputy Secretary II – Lissam Opirina, Treasurer – Meidia Refiyanni, Deputy Treasurer – Chaira.

After being inaugurated by the Chairman of the PII West Aceh Branch, Kurdi said that this new management had an important role in achieving the nation's ideals, as well as in equalizing perceptions in accordance with the Asta Cita of the President and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka .

He said, PII has a vision, namely to be a driver of national independence, as well as an agent of change and development through the development of engineering professional competencies based on science and technology as well as the vision of PII itself.

"We will continue to produce engineers who are competitive and add high added value to the welfare and prosperity of the nation," said Kurdi.

Thus, this indicates that Kurdi has been Chairman of PII West Aceh for two terms. Kurdi expressed his hope that the management and members of PII West Aceh can contribute to regional development by creating innovations and developing personal competence.

In front of the engineers, the chairman of the West Aceh Branch of PII, who is also the Head of the West Aceh Public Works and Spatial Planning (PUPR) Department, said that the development of the technology sector was in accordance with President Prabowo's Asta Cita, namely strengthening the development of human resources (HR). ), science and technology, education, health, sports achievements, gender equality, as well as strengthening the role of women, youth and people with disabilities.

From these aspirations, he said, engineer competency is really needed, including skilled engineers who are able to create innovations, apply technology, and provide science-based solutions that support the development of human capacity, improving the quality of education, as well as advances in science and technology for sustainability. development.

“Ensuring the Efficiency and Reliability of New Technology, by being able to design, test and optimize newly implemented systems. "Also, being able to understand technical details ensures new technology can operate efficiently and with minimal risk," he added.

Apart from that, Kurdi continued, overcoming the challenges of adaptation and integration is by recognizing challenges and preparing appropriate solutions.

He added, as people who have special skills, engineers must also be able to improve the safety and welfare of workers, by ensuring that the implementation of technology does not endanger the work environment or worker safety.

He also hopes that engineers will be able to face global challenges and regulations, and be able to implement sustainable solutions, comply with regulations, and support sustainability targets.

“High problem solving abilities. "Where you are able to develop problem solving skills, this is important to ensure smooth processes and long-term solutions," he explained.

“Major technological developments that require increased competency of engineers. Like cybersecurity in Industrial Systems. "Engineers must understand how to protect networks from potential cyber attacks that could disrupt a company's operations and reputation," he added.

He also hopes that engineers in West Aceh will be able to master digital twin technology. Because digital twin is a technology that enables digital replication of physical assets, so engineers can monitor and test asset performance virtually. This competency is needed by engineers to anticipate damage and optimize machine or system performance without disrupting actual operations.

Seeing the complex competition in the business world and the industrial world today as well as a number of current challenges, he said, there are many things that need to be done, including investment in training and development, conferences and workshops.

"There is also a need to establish partnerships with research educational institutions, in the form of collaboration with universities and research institutions, as well as industrial practical internships," he said.

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