{"id":25543,"date":"2025-01-16T17:51:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T17:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25543"},"modified":"2025-01-16T17:51:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T17:51:56","slug":"134-region-six-residents-graduate-with-certification-in-technical-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/134-region-six-residents-graduate-with-certification-in-technical-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"134 Region Six Residents Graduate with Certification in Technical Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Kimberly Giddings | December 6, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One hundred and thirty-four residents of Region Six have earned certification after successfully completing a series of training courses offered by the Board of Industrial Training (BIT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The graduation ceremony, held at Out Back Adventure in Canje, Berbice, celebrated the achievements of the participants who trained in various fields, including agro-processing, welding and fabrication, refrigeration and A\/C repairs, cosmetology, commercial food preparation, and information technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the ceremony, Region Six Regional Democratic Council (RDC) Chairman David Armogan highlighted the importance of such training programs in addressing the skilled labor shortages in East Berbice-Corentyne. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Armogan stressed that qualifications in technical fields, particularly those related to machinery and heavy-duty operations, could lead to numerous job opportunities in the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that businesses are consistently reporting a shortage of skilled labor in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton also congratulated the graduates and urged them to apply their newly acquired skills in the workforce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hamilton revealed that his ministry had invested 182 million Guyanese dollars in Region Six to support the training initiatives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that much of this investment circulated within the region, benefiting local trainers and suppliers, further boosting the regional economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The training programs are designed to equip individuals with practical skills that will not only improve their employability but also contribute to the region&#8217;s economic development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kimberly Giddings | December 6, 2024 One hundred and thirty-four residents of Region Six have earned certification after successfully completing a series of training courses offered by the Board&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25535,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25544,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25543\/revisions\/25544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}