MUKAH: Sarawak achieved another milestone in the development of more technical training in the state with the launch of Centre of Technical Excellence Sarawak (Centexs) Mukah as the sixth campus outside Kuching after Lundu, Dalat, Lawas and Betong.
Centexs chairman Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohamad Morshidi Abdul Ghani said it was born from a determination to have more technical people trained especially the youth, to meet the needs of industries, and to help achieve Sarawak’s vision as a developed state.
He added as envisioned by the Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg, Centexs Mukah would be offering technical programmes in the Oil and Gas Academy as well as Palm and Agriculture Academy, as their core programmes apart from other generic technical skills training.
According to him, Centexs was setting up the Oil and Gas Academy in its Mukah Campus as it considered it timely to do so in view of the active participation of the state in the Oil and Gas Industry through Petroleum Sarawak (Petros).
“The relevant training programmes offered by Centexs will produce skilled manpower required by the oil and gas industry,” he said at the launch of Centexs Mukah here on Saturday (Aug 28).
Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Open officiated at the launching ceremony. He also launched the Oil and Gas Academy as well as Palm and Agriculture Academy at Centexs Mukah.
The former state secretary added the Oil and Gas Academy offered both upstream and downstream training programmes.
He said for upstream oil and gas programmes, Centexs was partnering with a new partner, NExT, a division of Schlumberger, the world’s No. 1 company in oil field services.
The company is renowned for its unique ability to offer customised training programme to exploration and production companies, using blended learning technology.
Mohamad Morshidi pointed out that with the collaboration, Centexs would be able to leverage on Schlumberger’s expertise in the design, development and delivery of training programmes through their international subject matter experts.
He revealed that the training programmes offered would be Exploration & Production (E&P), Subsurface Onboarding, Geology, Geophysics, Reservoir and Drilling Engineering, and the target trainees would be those with Bachelor Degree in Engineering or Science graduates.
He added by attending these programmes, it could accelerate the technical capability of fresh graduates in some core competencies of oil and gas subsurface disciplines in the proficiency level of awareness-knowledge maximum, as the industries did not need just fresh graduate but those with the necessary skills sets.
For downstream programmes, he said Centexs Mukah offers Welding Technology (6G Advanced), Welding Inspector, Oil and Gas Construction Crew (Offshore and Onshore), Rotating Machinery, Static Equipment, Welding Tehnology (Non-Destructive Testing) as well as Blasting and Painting Operator.
According to him, all these programmes are certified by international certification bodies from United Kingdom, such The Welding Institute (TWI) as well as City and Guilds. TWI is the world’s leading organisation for Certification for Welding Inspection Personnel (CWIP).
He said in addition to the Oil and Gas Training programmes, Centexs Mukah also offers other generic programmes such as Chargeman Level 1 training, Welding Inspector, Welding Technology (Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)), which are our home-grown programmes.
