Forty-nine persons recently completed studies in various oil and gas programmes offered by 3t EnerMech through the Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL).
Last week, GOAL announced that 49 persons had finished the following courses: Certificate in Pipe Fitting, Certificate in Plating, and Certificate in Rigging.
Certificates in Pipe Fitting have been awarded to Alex Davis, Dimitri Thom, Fatima Kadir, Jalini Sawh, Keisha Prince, Meshach Williams, Rahul Raghubansie, Ryan Singh, Shaina Daniels, Shamar Bruce, Tulchand Persaud, Anandkumar Shivprashad, Krishan Kampadoo, Nafisah Janan Abdul Kadir, Navin Beaton, Ramesh Dass, Riaad Persaud, Thandika Williams, and Yugishpir Persaud.
Ashley Gooding, Daniel Perreria, Dondre Fiedtkou, Malachi Melville, Mark David, Nicholas Ballram, Salim Yussuf, Shaquel Williams, Tiffany Balgobin, Vitthal Bhemal, Doadnauth Sawh, Hasani Hazlewood, Isaac Bepat, Justin Sukhu, Kelissa Torisha Lewis, Raymond Rajiv Ramanie, Raniesha James and Tarikh Robinson completed the Certificate in Plating course.
These persons have completed the Certificate in Rigging: Darren Thomas, Dominic Samuels, Hezron Pedro, Jankey Balwant, Jessia Katwaroo, Adeeb Juman, Alex Bentham, Aurelia Basdeo, Dwain Thompson, Kevin Jagdeo, Ricardo Mahase and Shyon Niles.
File photo: GOAL students at a practical training session
In September 2022, Prime Minister Mark Phillips officially opened the 3t EnerMech Guyana Training Centre of Excellence at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
The US$20M state-of-the-art facility features blended learning software and technology for high-hazard activity training, a skills hall, a welding and fabrication shop, rigging and lifting areas, and a 14ft deep sea survival pool.
It is the first facility in Guyana to be accredited to deliver Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation (OPITO) training for a rigger, bandsman, and slinger skills, among others.
It has also signed an exclusive agreement with the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) to be the only facility to carry out its courses in the country.
The teaching hub was established to empower and provide Guyanese locals with key skills and training certifications that are required to work in the offshore environment without having to travel to the United States of America, Brazil, or Trinidad and Tobago.
Launched in 2021, GOAL is a part of the Government of Guyana’s transformative agenda to have an educated workforce. GOAL, through partnerships with several international universities, will provide a myriad of pertinent academic and vocational programmes: Certificate, Diploma, Bachelor’s, Postgraduate, Master’s, and Doctorate.
The primary objective is to deliver 20,000 scholarships by 2025 through a collaboration of agencies including the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Public Service, and the Ministry of Labour.
