KUCHING, September 7, 2017 - Seven youngsters from Baleh and Kapit have begun their 28-month
diploma course under the Sarawak Energy Berhad’s special capacity-building
programme for employment and economic
opportunities created by the Baleh Hydroelectric Project (HEP).
The seven youths from Baleh and Kapit in high spirit after registering for the Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health
They are the first of 20 youngsters to take the Diploma
in Occupational Safety and Health at a
training institute in Miri and they are expected to graduate at the end
of 2019.
The rest will take the course next year.
Upon graduation, they will be registered as safety health
officers with the Department of Safety and Health (DOSH).
Within the next two years, around 500 youths from Kapit Division
are expected to complete the SEB’s overall skills training programme to obtain
certification for employment.
SEB, in a statement today, said 91 youths have been
trained under various skills courses in the fields of construction, welding,
scaffolding, safety and health, engine operation and maintenance, electrical,
mechanical, metal blasting and coating, rigging and slinging, abseiling,
administration, human resources and entrepreneurship.
Recently, SEB enrolled 14 trainees for their Safety
Passport training programme, which is designed by NIOSH to provide safety
training for contractors and workers to work at the company’s construction
premises.
SEB’s assistant general manager for corporate social responsibility
(CSR) Jiwari Abdullah said that the company is committed to working closely
with the community in Baleh to ensure that they will benefit from the new wave
of economic opportunities brought about by the project.
“SEB wants to ensure that the local youths are equipped
with the relevant skills to enable them to take up jobs following the
construction of Baleh HEP and the opportunities which come with the regional
economic development in Baleh,” he said.
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