Six local hydraulic excavator operators now ISO certified
Six Guyanese are now ISO certified hydraulic excavator operators after completing a three-week ISO course in Suriname.
Dawn Hetimeyer, Ryan Lovell, Avin Marcus, Stanley Ford, Wallace Roberts and Winston Jones were on Friday presented with the “highly recognised” certificates during a ceremony at the Critchlow Labour College.
They successfully completed the course, an initiative by Clarke’s Productions and the Caribbean Heavy Equipment Educational Center (CHEEC) to enable Guyanese to gain the highest form of certification to meet the demands of the oil and gas industry. The six are said to be the first trained under the initiative. The ISO course and training took place at the CHEEC in Suriname.
Adrian Clarke, the Managing Director of Clarke’s Productions, applauded the graduates and encouraged them to put all they learned to good use. According to Clarke, the graduates passed all the levels of the course.
Meanwhile, Managing Director of CHEEC Raymond Tawjoeram encouraged the graduates to stay in contact and help each other because there is still so much that they can accomplish. He also In hopes of regaining outstanding licence fees, the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority encouraged them to continue their education. One of the tutors, Sabrina Van Dyke, also encouraged them to continue their education. Jones, meanwhile, thanked the two companies for the opportunity they have provided for him and his fellow graduates. He (GNBA) has filed lawsuits against two broadcasters who it says have refused to pay. GNBA disclosed in a said that although they experienced some challenges, they worked together to overcome those challenges and are confident that they have made Guyana proud. Jones expressed hope that the next batch of persons to sign on for the course will statement on Friday that it had initially taken legal action against three broadcasters, however, after have the same experience that they had.
The next batch of trainees are expected to leave Guyana for Suriname on November 3rd. Interested persons can make contact with Clarke’s Productions. being served plaints for legal proceedings, one of the agencies has since paid off all outstanding licence fees to the GNBA, which resulted in the Authority withdrawing the lawsuit against it. The remaining two defaulting broadcasters were identified as Atlantic Cable Network Inc. and Bartica Communications Network, which the GNBA said has refused to pay their outstanding fees even after they were served plaints for legal proceedings. As a result, court proceedings are expected to commence on September 30th, 2019.
According to the GNBA statement, the Authority has been urging various broadcasters to pay their licence fees for months. It urged “non-compliant broadcasters to bring themselves in conformity with the law and honour their obligations.”