NESC extends partnership with Canadian Polytechnic Institution
Point Lisas, Couva: Students of the National Energy Skills Center (NESC) will soon benefit from a work-integrated learning curriculum, which will give them real-work experience directly within their academic programmes. This is one of the new initiatives NESC and the Canada-based Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) plan to collaborate on as they extended their partnership agreement to 2031, during a signing ceremony held at RDP’s campus in Alberta, Canada on 18th November 2022.
NESC Instructor Receives National Youth Award
NESC congratulates Shiva Seepersad, an Automotive Services Instructor based at our Point Lisas Campus on being awarded the Technical Vocational Award (18-35) at the 26th National Youth Awards on Sunday 25th September 2022.
Aneila Mahabir, Subject Matter Expert in the area of Drilling and Millwright was also nominated in this category.
NESC Newspaper Supplement August 2022
NESC Newspaper Supplement August 2022
NESC Graduates First Cohort in Guyana
NESC Technical Institute is pleased to announce the graduation of its first cohort in Guyana on 9th August 2022. The 10 graduates, all instructors at Guyana’s Linden Technical Institute, have successfully completed the NESC Heavy Equipment Diploma.
NESC was contracted by the Ministry of Education Guyana to undertake this training, as the country’s energy sector is set to grow rapidly over the next decade, thus increasing the demand for competent technicians in the specialisations required bythe sector.
23 Graduate from NESC’s Building Construction Programme in Mayaro
Twenty-three students from Mayaro and environs – including two women – received certificates in Building Construction Technology from the National Energy Skills Center (NESC) in May 2022.
Graduates of the hands-on programme learned the foundations of building construction over four months at the NESC’s Mayaro Campus. The curriculum covered masonry, carpentry, tiling, plumbing, steel bending and fabrication, blueprint reading and measurement, and job safety.
Taking into consideration the market needs of Mayaro and environs, the NESC developed the BCT programme to ensure that participants developed the in-demand skills for the area so that they could access employment opportunities or even start their own businesses.
At the graduation ceremony held on May 26th, Indra Ramroop-Ramkissoon urged the graduates to put their skills to productive use. “Don’t stick your skills in a draw. Nobody can take them from you. Use your skills. Practise your skills. Earn a living from your skills,” she said.
Perenco Trinidad & Tobago Ltd, one of the NESC’s longtime corporate partners, fully sponsored the training programme for residents as part of its corporate social responsibility initiatives. The programme’s Most Outstanding Student awardee, Joeneil Halls expressed his gratitude to Perenco and NESC for “helping the youths” and pleaded with both institutions to continue their investments in the lives of Mayaro’s youth.
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(Standing) Building Construction Technology Graduating Class of May 2022.
Seated (L-R): Stephon Stoute – Business Development Officer, NESC; Samantha Inglefield – HSE Advisor and External Relations Manager, Perenco; Indra Ramroop-Ramkissoon – Dean, NESC’s School of Continuing Education and Kristle Gangadeen – Manager, Marketing & Corporate Communications at NESC.