A practice on the productivity and the problems faced by the students of the logistics branch of secondary education institutions in the field of transportation services in the context of workplace skills training

Rapid changes in the economic development process bring many innovations and developments. In this process, countries can adapt to changes through the support of the logistics sector to the economy and the added value strategies it creates. Due to the increasing development and innovation in the global economy to gain an advantage in the commercial market and who want to become logistic bases Turkey, the training needs of the industry, is investing in infrastructure and technological development. One of these investments is the training of "Logistics" to students in secondary schools with vocational training in order to enable them gaining qualified workforce with sufficient knowledge and skills in the logistics sector. Students receive both theoretical education thanks to vocational training and participate in the skill training practice in enterprises and make sector internships in workplaces compatible with their professional fields. The positive or negative situations faced by the students during this practice can affect the students' level of satisfaction with the sector internship, their perspective on professional development and the sector, and the application of the vocational education they have received at school. In this study, it was aimed to examine the productivity and the problems faced by the students of the logistics branch of secondary education institutions in the field of transportation services in the context of workplace skills training. The universe of the study consists of 12th grade students in the field of Transportation Services and Logistics who participate in skills training in enterprises in the official secondary schools that provide vocational education in the 2019-2020 academic year, according to the Vocational Education Law No. 3308. 7 geographical regions in Turkey taking into account the participation of at least one school from each region was planned for in the way of research. In the study, the data were collected by the survey technique method and as a result, 513 questionnaires were analyzed. Percentage and frequency distributions, factor analysis, T test and ANOVA were applied in the analysis part of the study. As a result of the researches, it was determined that there is a statistically significant difference between the geographical regions of the schools where the students are studying and the satisfaction levels of the skills training in the businesses they have done. In addition, it has been determined that there is a statistically significant difference between the skills training in the enterprises of the students participating in the study, their attitude to the sector and their gender. In addition, it has been determined that there is a statistically significant difference between the skills training in the enterprises of the students participating in the study, their contribution of the vocational education they received at the school and their gender.