Sarawak Skills signs MoU with Petronas Carigali, Mui Lee, Sogwa

MIRI: Sarawak Skills marked a new milestone with the signing of collaboration agreement, service agreement and memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd, Mui Lee Enterprise Sdn Bhd and Sarawak Oil and Gas Workers Association (Sogwa) respectively, yesterday.

According to Sarawak Skills executive director Hallman Sabri, Sarawak Skills would jointly develop industry-relevant courses and training programmes including application of the latest technologies in accordance with the global environment sustainability standards, with the collaborations.

“The signing of collaboration agreement with Petronas Carigali will allow Sarawak Skills Miri to utilise their training premises such as classrooms, instrumentation and process control engineering equipment, and laboratories for teaching and training purposes for our school-leavers programmes and industrial training purposes.

“The relevant industrial equipment will contribute to the effectiveness of upskilling and reskilling programmes offered by Sarawak Skills Miri,” said Hallman in his address at the signing ceremony here.

As for the signing of service agreement with Mui Lee Enterprise, he said it would carry the obligation of the ‘Professional Training and Education for Growing Entrepreneur (Protégé)’ in the Blasting and Painting Protective Coatings Technician course, and to deliver the service agreed between Sarawak Skills and Recoda.

Mui Lee will also provide competent trainers and specialists to deliver the course.

On the MoU with Sogwa, its role is to cooperate on areas of training under the Recognition of Prior Experiential Learning (RPEL) where Sarawak Skills Miri branch would conduct the training and instruction to Sogwa members. Programmes to be delivered are recognised by Jabatan Pembangunan Kemahiran Malaysia (JPK) with trainees who have fulfilled all the requirements to obtain skills certificate from JPK.