By DayakDaily Team
KUCHING, Aug 11: Sarawak Metro Sdn Bhd (Sarawak Metro) is committed to grooming young local talents to ensure availability of competent workers for a modern public transport industry.
In a press statement today, Sarawak Metro said it introduced its Young Talent Programme (YTP) as a sub-programme of its Socio-Economic Enhancement Development (SEED) Programme under the Operational and Maintenance Readiness Programme Initiative.
Sarawak Metro chief executive officer Ts. Mazli Mustaffa said they believed that the new concept that will add value to their project, not only in Kuching but throughout Sarawak.
“We are committed to see this initiative through especially when we know that the Kuching Urban Transportation System (KUTS) project is a game changer in improving the socio-economic landscape of Sarawak, in line with its plan towards becoming an advanced economy by 2030,” he said.
With the main objective of adding value to the KUTS project, the SEED Programme is specially tailored for the needs of the industry in Sarawak.
The programme was inspired by the Industrial Collaboration Programme, which is implemented in most federal-funded mega projects, especially in Peninsular Malaysia.
For Sarawak Metro’s SEED Programme, one of the main components of the YTP are the series of industrial attachments with the KUTS Project’s contractors, either locally or overseas.
And one of the major benefits of the industrial attachments is the potential for knowledge transfer made possible through the on-the-job training experienced by the apprentices.
The first recruitment for the YTP was in 2021, starting with 12 apprentices. Sarawak Metro’s aspiration is to have 60 apprentices successfully completing the programme, by 2026. — DayakDaily
