EMPLOYER PLEASED WITH QUALITY OF GRADUATE
Pacific TAFE programmes provide students with the knowledge and experience that is in demand in the current industry or workforce today,” said the VT Solutions Human Resource and Payroll officer, Ms. Adeva Tuinamuana.
Ms. Tuinamuana is one of the supervisors of Mr. Shivesh Naicker who graduated with a Diploma of Information Technology (Level 5) from University of the South Pacific (USP), Pacific Technical and Further Education (Pacific TAFE) on 19 September 2019.
WHAT THE STUDENT SAYS?
An ecstatic Mr. Naicker was lost for words after being conferred with a Diploma of Information Technology (Level 5) at the second Laucala graduation ceremony.
“I am extremely happy to have graduated with what I desired the most – a Diploma in IT,” he said. “I have always had a liking for computers, software’s and computer peripherals and Pacific TAFE has made my dream come true.” Mr. Naicker said he faced a number of challenges being away from family however, Pacific TAFE facilitators and course coordinators were always ready to assist him in times of need.
“I was brought up away from Fiji in Vanuatu,” he said. “My parents are in Vanuatu for the past 23 years and I stay in Suva with my sister who is a Physiotherapist in CWM hospital in Suva. I came to Fiji in 2017 to continue my tertiary education and enrolled in Pacific TAFE undertaking Diploma of Technology (Level 5). Staying away from my parents was my biggest challenge, with the help of sister, facilitators and course coordinators I am proud to have graduated from Pacific TAFE.”
He further stressed that Pacific TAFE programmes were designed to suit the industry needs and the syllables taught at Pacific TAFE were equally suited to his field of work.
“I am now an ICT Coordinator at VT Solutions and I have faith that one day I will be one of the most recognisable IT engineers,” he said. “Pacific TAFE’s further education has provided many and me alike a chance to achieve our dreams and be successful in life.”
WHAT THE EMPLOYER SAYS?
VT Solutions Human Resource and Payroll officer, Ms. Adeva Tuinamuana said that gauging from Mr. Naicker’s performances at work she would recommend Pacific TAFE programmes for those that want to pursue further education.
“ICT is a field that is forever changing, and Pacific TAFE provides students with these up to date knowledge that becomes an advantage to them when they join the workforce,” she said. “Companies will need to provide further training, supervision and imparting of knowledge which comes with years of experience, but we generally find that new graduates already have the basic knowledge and skill set when they start working, so we need to refine these skills and build on their knowledge base to help them become better ICT Engineers.” She stressed that education was key to success and encouraged young people that have left school early to pursue further education.
Education and hard work are the keys to success. If you want to pursue further education, I would say “Go for it!” You are only working on making yourself better, and that is really, what your goal should be in life, is to be the best version of yourself that you could be,” Ms. Tuinamuana said. “I definitely would recommend Pacific TAFE Programmes because it helps you gain a lot of skills and knowledge that is required in the workforce today.”
She said Mr. Naicker as a fresh graduate showed early signs of understanding and was willing to learn. “Shivesh had applied to our company through our online portal for an IT Systems Engineer position,” she said. “He was shortlisted and came in for an interview with Human Resources, General Manager ICT and our Senior Systems Engineer. After the interview we agreed that although this would be his first job, he was very intelligent, seemed like he is willing to learn and we saw him as someone we could train and mold to become one of the top Engineers in our company.”
Company profile VT Solutions provides technology solutions to businesses, corporates, NGO’s and government agencies in Fiji and the Pacific. We are always trying to find the best tech solutions for our clients, which not only work best for them but are also affordable; our team hand delivers these solutions to them and if things don’t work out quite as planned then we are there to support and fix these issues for them. We also offer a wide range of ICT Products and services which include Cabling, Cyber and Network Security, Network design and set up, Payroll processing, Recruitment as a service, Software licensing, Surveillance and monitoring systems, and the list goes on.