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There is need for the country to seriously look into issues of training, especially in the plantation industry to avoid massive losses that are usually imminent from lack of proper skills in the field.
Kawalazi Tea Estate Manager Harmomder Pannu said recently that most serious mistakes that workers do in the plantation industry are a direct result of poor and outdated working skills in the employees.
The manager said training is the backbone of any organisation and that it is an ongoing process that needs to be greatly considered.
“People join an organisation with basic skills which need to be upgraded as the employees grow with an organisation. This would help prevent mistakes that result from, among other things, fire breakouts or breaking down of processing machines,” said Pannu.
Technical, Vocational and Entrepreneurial Training (Tevet) Executive Director Jones Chafa said during a certificate presentation ceremony for 12 managers of Kawalazi that any organisation needs skilled workers for it to move forward.
“In the fast growing world, new skills need to be continuously imparted in the employees,” said Chafa.
The certificates were for the managers who went through a finance course for non-finance managers drawn from various sectors of Kawalazi Tea Estate.
The training is part of the Private Sector Training programme that Tevet is undertaking, targeting people that are already working.
Industrial Liaison Specialist Modesto Gomani said such training programme has no specific area of coverage but is demand driven especially by the employer of a particular company.
Tevet was established in 1999 to look into all areas of training. The private sector training is a new concept that was adopted in 2001 as a pilot project.
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