By Fiqah Roslan
Mobile phone repair a growing industry
KOTA KINABALU: Mobile phone repair is a growing industry with continuous demand.
Mobile phones are no longer a luxury but a necessity, said Aldiano Div Silver, and people have grown heavily dependent on their gadgets for day-to-day tasks.
“Mobile phones are used for everything nowadays. People won’t stop using it so there’s a demand for phone repair,” he said, at the CAL Computer Learning Centre graduation ceremony for trainees in cellular phone repair, yesterday.
Along with 14 others, Aldiano participated in the seven-month course from June to December this year, where they were taught to repair mobile phones with theory and practical training.
Aldiano, who was initially interested in development, took up the phone repair course upon realising its potential as a sustainable industry.
He believed it had a future, adding that it would also make for a lucrative secondary source of income if he chose to venture into a different field.
Meanwhile, Rychee Aeren Mourice said with the skills obtained from the course, he could generate income to help his family and even work from home. He said he wanted to gain more experience and knowledge in the field, harbouring an interest to one day open his own phone repair centre.
The course was conducted by CAL Computer Learning Centre in collaboration with the Human Resource Development Department (JPSM).
In its fourth instalment, the course was targeted to empower human resource in Sabah, especially among youths who did not attend university.
JPSM chief assistant director (skills training sponsorship division) Celestina Aron reminded trainees not to waste the knowledge and skills obtained from the course.
She added that JPSM wanted to see success stories from the group and to see them become entrepreneurs that could create job opportunities in the future.
“We want to help the youth. We have to work very hard for the youth because we want Sabah to develop. We don’t want to be left behind. Next year, we plan to sponsor more youths with the allocation given by the government for technical and vocational education and training (TVET),” she said.