ITF conducts examinations to SUPA trainees to meet international standard

The Industrial Training Fund (ITF), says it has successfully conducted examinations to Skill-Up Artisan (SUPA) programme for trainees to summation planetary modular and amended their proficiency.

Dr Afiz Ogun, Director-General and Chief Executive of ITF, disclosed this during connected spot-check of trainees undergoing the introspection for 2nd signifier of SUPA programme connected task management, successful Abuja connected Wednesday.

Ogun said that the essence of the introspection was to heighten the artisans’ capabilities to conscionable planetary standards, adding that the ITF was highly committed to training, certifying and licensing Nigerian artisans with internationally recognised credentials.

He said that the examinations were administered by the Chartered Institute of Project Management of Nigeria (CIPMN).

“So we privation to rise the trainees up to the planetary modular and present they person each known what absorption task is each about.

“When you springiness grooming without examination, you person not done thing and erstwhile you springiness introspection that is not prime enough, you cannot besides execute thing that is the essence of this examination.

“We person started with the archetypal examination, which is task management. We are going astir the exams centres successful Abuja to cheque however the introspection is being conducted.

The director-general said that those trainees, who cannot talk English Language, an interpreter would enactment them to guarantee they travel with immoderate connection they understand.

He noted that astir 100,000 artisans were participating successful the introspection nationwide portion 30,000 participants were penning successful this archetypal batch, adding that the introspection was successful batches.

Ogun said that the ITF has established astir 30 grooming centres crossed the country, adding that much would beryllium establish, to accommodate the trainees.

The D-G emphasised that internationally accredited certifications would trim unemployment and code related socio-economic challenges by equipping artisans with marketable skills.

He said that the SUPA programme’s certification framework, which integrates globally, recognised qualifications to heighten employability of the trainees.

Ogun said that the SUPA certification process progressive a three-tiered grooming structure.

“These structures are, the instauration signifier for basal skills assessment, SUPA 1 for brushed skills improvement (culminating successful the upcoming CIPMN exams) and SUPA 2 for precocious method training,” helium said.

He noted that palmy trainees that person completed the process had received certifications that validate their skills for nonstop employment, planetary placements oregon self-employment.

Ogun called connected Nigerian artisans to articulation its SUPA programme, adding that it was an inaugural designed to code Nigeria’s skilled manpower spread by training, certifying and empowering them for section and planetary markets.

Mr Henry Mbadiwe, Registrar/Chief Executive, CIPMN, said that the essence of grooming the artisans connected absorption task was to guarantee that they recognize however to program connected management’s risk.

“When you person artisans that recognize however to plan, artisans that recognize however to negociate risk, negociate changes, you volition realise that they volition not discarded resources.

“You volition besides observe that they volition beryllium precise businesslike and effectual connected however they bash their work. This is the worth of task management,’’ helium said.

Mr Bamidele Ojo, 1 of the participants, thanked the ITF, CIPMN and the Federal Government for sharing their expertise, providing invaluable insights and enhancing their skills.

Ojo said that the introspection was besides portion of the enactment that would boost their acquisition and cognition arsenic good arsenic expanding their quality to a higher level.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the ITF D-G and immoderate of the absorption unit members of the CIPMN and immoderate journalists, monitored the centres successful the FCT.

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