Duy Tien Vocation Training Centre has strictly followed the sectoral direction, taken advantage of provincial and district investment priorities to increase the capacity of equipment and facilities, expand the network and create linkages with enterprises. The training quality of the centre has been affirmed by labour users themselves. They have kept “making orders” to the centre. Thus, the centre has built its solid reputation among the local people and authorities.
Quality as the crucial factor
Given the nature of vocational training centre (in which practice makes up a large proportion), and operation in rural area with limited facilities, Duy Tien Vocational Training Centre has attempted to overcome difficulties to organize and attract learners. Director Nguyen Van Khuyen shared, “We regard training quality as the crucial factor to attract learners, and the most precise measurement for training quality is the rate of post-training employment.”
To guarantee training quality compliance with the standards of Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, the centre has taken advantage of provincial and sectoral attention to gradually make new investments and upgrade its facility and equipment systems by implementing projects of capacity building and development on vocational training, vocational training for rural labourers, poor labourers and youth in need. So far, the centre has a 200m2-large hall for theory and 700m2 of practice area which is well-equipped with facilities for vocational training of industrial tailoring, civil electricity and electricity-welding-automobile engineering. The fairly comprehensive workshop system and facilities used for practice meet the practical requirements of learners.
Apart from centre-based classes, to encourage participation of people in vocational training, the centre has organized mobile courses. The centre has coordinated with People’s Committees of communes and towns to transfer equipment and facilities to local community houses in villages to guarantee local-based vocational classes such as: tailoring courses in Yen Bao village (Tien Ngoai), Than Nu (Bach Thuong), Vu Xa (Yen Bac) and Minh (Tien Ngoai), each of which attracted 20-30 participants, and two courses on livestock and crop production techniques in Kenh village (Chau Giang) and Quy Hoa village (Hoa Mac town).
To ensure the learners’ employment after training, the centre has paid close attention to stages right from the initial enrolment. Class organization plans and selection of vocations for training have been made on the basis of surveys by vocational groups, suitability with age range and local production conditions. In addition to training for the improvement of traditional vocations, new vocations and technology transfer in the communes, towns, the centre has emphasized key sectors to meet local enterprises’ needs of labourers with qualification and serious attitude, especially in industrial tailoring.
Linkage expansion
At present, to create tight linkage with local enterprises, the centre’s officers and heads have actively surveyed and sought information to grasp their recruitment needs. It has sent invitations for businesses, formed training linkages and coordinated with companies to provide training (at the companies) and evaluate training quality. For example, NorthFox Textile Company, Hanosimex and others have made repeated orders to the Centre for training qualified labourers.
The survey conducted demonstrated that all participants in industrial tailoring courses have landed jobs with stable income (averaging about VND2 million/person/month) and over 80 percent of the learners have effectively adopted crop production and livestock techniques. Aside from vocational training for rural labourers, the centre has associated with Hung Yen Transport Vocational School to open classes for B2-level drivers; and with the centre for licensing under provincial Department of Transport to open classes for A-1 level motorbike drivers.
Notably, the centre has coordinated with relevant agencies to open a job fair which has attracted over 300 labourers and about 20 enterprises in all sectors and industries from both the province and others. Thus, there’s a link among businesses, labourers and vocational training units created to exchange information of recruitment needs, training plans and employment.
In coming time, the centre intends to expand these links to bring opportunities for demobilized soldiers to learn vocations such as: operating construction machines (excavators, bulldozers), 3G string welding, and opening the labour export market for this group.
Thanks to general measures, for the past 3 years, Duy Tien Vocational Training Centre has asserted its position as the core unit in vocational training for rural labourers in the district, with nearly 3000 learners in agricultural and non-agricultural areas. Given the trust of the province and sector, the core officers of the centre will constantly make efforts to fulfil tasks in the coming years.
However, due to limited resources, the centre would like to receive investment from the province and sector for practical equipment to diversify vocations for rural trainees; as well as policies to encourage engagement of sectoral officers with vocational activities at district level. To promote labourers' participation in vocational training, the Government and province should introduce binding regulations for enterprises during recruitment and labour using stages to beat the certain percentage of trained labourers.
Long Trinh
Vietnamese
