Tokyo Cement/NAITA to jointly boost construction sector national skill pool
View(s):A far-reaching MOU was signed recently between Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) PLC and the National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority (NAITA) with the objective of enhancing professional competence of construction craftsmen, by giving them the opportunity to obtain National Vocational Qualification, (NVQ).
The MOU will see the two organisations join forces to upgrade skills of masonry craftsmen with professional and industry knowledge by providing them training and certification facilities at Tokyo Cement’s A.Y.S. Gnanam Construction Training Academy in Dambulla, under the expert guidance and supervision of NAITA, Tokyo Cement said in a media release.
The agreement was entered into between Dr. Saranga Alahapperuma, Chairman of the National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority and Dr. Harsha Cabral PC., Chairman of Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) PLC at the NAITA Head Office in Rajagiriya.
Tokyo Cement Group, Christopher Fernando – Director/Consultant, Dr. M.G.M.U. Ismail – Director Research and Development, Mouly Gunarathna – Consultant Engineer, Janaka Perera – General Manager, TOKYO SUPERMIX and Dashantha Udawatte – Group Marketing Manager were also present at the event.
NAITA is involved at district level in every part of the country offering training opportunities to encourage youth and professionals to obtain a recognised qualification in a variety of fields of employment. Tokyo Cement Group on the other hand, has been providing a noble service to the construction industry by conducting training programmes for masons across the county, since the year 1997.
Furthermore, an ultra-modern Training Institute was established in Dambulla in 2012, in memory of the Founder Chairman of Tokyo Cement Company, late A.Y.S. Gnanam, which facilitates formal masonry training for school leavers.