Vocational graduates in demand
TECHNICAL and vocational education and training (TVET) students are highly sought after and are being offered good jobs even before graduation.
Deputy Education Minister Datuk Chong Sin Woon said 90% out of 13,000 TVET students secured jobs before they graduated last year.
This proved that the country was in need of more skilled and technical workers, he added.
He advised school-leavers who did not do well in the SPM exam not to rush to join the workforce.
“Students who opt to work immediately after SPM usually get low-paying jobs,’’ he said after launching Eakon Academy, a new vocational skills training institution by the Eakon Group of Companies last Thursday.
Eakon Group of Companies founder and group managing director Datuk Seri Ricky Yaw said the institution provides certified training in the field of refrigerating and airconditioning systems, which offers a pathway to professional certification.
“Courses offered are designed to train highly professional and skilled technical personnel in this industry.
“Our curriculum has been approved by the Department of Skills Development,” said Yaw who is Eakon Academy principal.
“We welcome students with PMR and SPM as well as those who are currently working as technicians who want to keep up,” said Yaw who is Asean-Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Association president.
Yaw has been involved in the air conditioning, mechanical ventilation and refrigeration construction industry for more than 25 years.
He said Eakon is the first airconditioning company to establish an accredited academy in Malaysia.
It was awarded the title of “First Air-Conditioning Company to Establish an Accredited Academy” by the Malaysia Book of Records.