NCDMB urges stakeholders to give jobs to Egina FPSO trainee graduates
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has urged stakeholders in the oil and gas industry, especially owners of Egina project to ensure they give jobs to the 49 vocational trainees which graduated from the Nigerdock Academy.
Simbi Wabote, Executive Secretary of the NCDMB, who was represented by Iwhiwhu Maurice Kelly, manager, capacity development division, made this appeal during the graduation ceremony of the Trainees some of which are meant to be deployed to work on the multibillion dollar Egina FPSO which is due to arrive the country soon.
Wabote said it would be unfortunate if after spending so much resources and time to train the graduates they are not able to employ them.
The NCDMB boss however expressed appreciation to Nigerdock, Samsung Heavy Industries and Total Exploration and Production for further deepening local content and improving Nigeria’s human capacity development through its world class training academy.
“We are confident that these vocational trainees have been trained in various skill sets that empower them to provide the necessary manpower and services for the sector and they can compete with their counterparts in other parts of the world, “he noted.
Simbi Wabote also appealed to the graduating trainees to be good ambassadors of the Academy. He commended all the stakeholders for completing the training safely.
The National Human Capacity Development (NHCD) plan for the training was designed as an on-the-job training model. As such the trainees witnessed the fabrication of various structures on Egina FPSO Project and provided support during the project.
In addition, some of the trainees witnessed activities in other areas of Nigerdock’s operations like the shipyard division and offshore logistics division.
The vocational trainees comprising 47 young men and 2 ladies are secondary school graduates. They commenced their on-the-job training (OJT) in May 2016 and 24 trainees acquired skills in welding with (international: 6G and 6GR certifications and Nigerdock Certification of Completion -NDCC). 19 of them were trained in fitting and 6 were trained in machining.
Egina NHCD trainees fortuitously happen to be the first set of trainees to graduate from the recently rebranded Nigerdock Training and Development Academy.
The Training Centre was established in 1986, and has as so far trained about 30,000 Nigerians in various skill sets and discipline in the oil and gas industry, awarding globally recognized certificates.
Earlier this years, 48 professional trainees graduated from the Academy upon completion of their on the job training under EGINA FPSO Project.
Joy Okebalama, Group Corporate Affairs Director, Jagal, reaffirmed Nigerdock’s commitment to continuously champion local content development in Nigeria. She also lauded Samsung, Total and NCDMB for supporting the program.
Sylvanus Unwene, a graduate who trained as a machinist, expressed gratitude to Nigerdock, Samsung, Total and the NCDMB for providing the platform to empower young people. “I feel happy for this life-changing experience. We all appreciate the experience especially as we completed it in very safe environment. We are eager to utilize these skills both locally and internationally.”
Olusola Bello