Training camps to fast track skills development for tsunami affected
people
BY SARATH Malalasekera
THE OPA joined with the DTET for organising training camps to fast track
skills development for tsunami affected people at 14 technical colleges
of the DTET in the coastal region of the country.
For this purpose the OPA received Rs. 3.7 million from
Velsen in the Netherlands, said Netherlands Alumni Association Lanka
President (NAAL) S. P. C. Kumarasinghe.
The aim is to enable the affected people to rebuild and
repair their homes destroyed by the water. Hands on training will be
done by the staff of the DTET for over five days for a total of 40 hours
and will cover skills in brick and cement block laying and painting
(masonry), plumbing, electrical and wiring and carpentry.
Each centre will train four groups of 15 in the area of
training and in the first round it is expected to train around 840
people.
A successful first round will pave the way for second
and third rounds of training. It is hoped that most of the trainees
would subsequently want to acquire further training and be certified as
craftsmen to embrace the acquired skill as a permanent vocation.
The trainees will be given an allowance during their
training period. On successful completion of the training they will
receive a basic tool kit for the trade and a working overall and also a
certificate of competence.
They will have the opportunity to upgrade their skills
following advanced courses in selected trade later on at the same
centres, NAAL President said.
The locations of the DTET Training colleges- Ratmalana,
Matara, Ampara, Trincomalee, Kalutara, Beliatta, Mirijjawila, Jaffna,
Balapitiya, Weerawila, Samanthurai, Galle, Embilipitiya and Batticaloa. |