Let us support more females in vocational skills-RMU Vice-Chancellor

Accra-Ghana, April 27, GNA – Dr Jethro W. Brooks Jr, the Acting Vice-Chancellor of Regional Maritime University has called on organisations to support and empower more females to develop their vocational skills for the industry.
He said this at the launch of a female welder training centre at the University to empower young ladies with welding and fabrication skills.
The Centre is a state-of-the-art facility refurbished by MODEC and Tullow and handed over to the University.
The Acting Vice-Chancellor commended MODEC and its partners for their commitment to building local capacity in welding and fabrication in the country.
He said so far, 307 individuals had been trained in various levels of welding and fabrication, adding that despite the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, MODEC had continued to provide training opportunities for aspiring welders from Ghana, Togo, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Gabon.
These individuals, he stated, had secured jobs in industries such as oil and gas, maritime, mining, and construction.
Dr Brooks Jr. said recognising the need to support female empowerment in vocational skills, was critical to creating the human resource capacity for sustained development.
The Acting Vice-Chancellor said the University recognised the need to encourage more females to enrol in vocational courses like welding and fabrication, as only a few had done in the past.
He said the facility would train participants for three months, culminating in the students receiving an RMU certificate and an opportunity to write the Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) examination for welders.
He said the examination would qualify the students to receive a CWB Level I certificate for welders, an internationally recognised certificate in welding and fabrication, opening doors to a variety of career opportunities in industries.
Dr Theo Ahwireng, Managing Director, MODEC Production Services, commended the University for maintaining the high standards of the centre and training programmes.
He said MODEC would continue to invest in world-class, tailor-made training programmes for young engineers in the upstream oil and gas industry and give young senior high school graduates with a science background the opportunity to gain practical professional skills to begin their career path.