HCBT- INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY WORK BASED TRAINING HUB-WBTH

HCBT- INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY WORK BASED TRAINING HUB-WBTH

Most of the VET standards for industrial sector are developed by the Ministry of Skill Development & Vocational Training in Sri Lanka. TVEC as an apex body accredits all VET based training providing institutions in Sri Lanka and accredits most of the VET courses separately, which training standards are developed and regulated by National Apprentice & Industrial Training Authority (NAITA) at national level with the assistance of the its NITAC committee (and sector skills committee). All other national institutions under the Ministry are major VET Training providers – DTET, VTA, NYC, UNIVOTEC, OCUSL, NIBM etc. and conduct NVQ based training programme. Unfortunately, majority of public & private sector VET providers are not capable to provide high-tech practical training due to financial constrains as most of the training equipment & machinery are high cost, and can’t be replace with modern technology applications.

HCBT-IAST a private tertiary education and training provider liaises with industries & other service sector organizations to develop the “Industrial Technology Work Based Training Hub” (WBTH) which leads the maximum utilization of industrial facilities and expertise for upgrade the quality of VET training.

The main target of HCBT is to train minimum of 1000-1500 students annually through Work Based Training mode from basic level of apprentice trainings to technology/ professional level training through WBTH.

To meet the above target, HCBT proposed below mentioned activities under WBTH;

  • Organize apprentice training & placements

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    Organize Work Based Training for undergraduates

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    Arrange/ Organize industrial training with on the job/ implant training for trainee graduates

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    Training on “Brushing up & Adding Competency Based Knowledge (BACK)” suit to the current market trends- “BACK to Work Programme” for professionals

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    Providing facility to update knowledge & skills of school teachers in technology/ technical subjects stream through Work Based Training

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    Providing work based training facilities for upper secondary school students to develop their creativity through skill development and at tertiary students to improve their innovative & research skills

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    Arrange collaboration of public & privet training providing organizations with industries (PPP)

  • Organizing & providing Business Incubator Training (BIT) for young entrepreneurs

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    Conducting social entrepreneurship training with collaboration of public & private industrial partners to develop & upgrade social economic standards of rural society

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    Providing Non-formal, In-formal and Semi-formal training programmes with the assistance of Public & Private Partnership (PPP) for women in under developed rural areas and providing training for special Social Needs (community people, disables, ex-military personals, solution for “NEET”)

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    Promote Research through HCBT-Sustain Lanka Research Centre, with collaboration of local and international organizations and industries.

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    Organize & participation in updating of skill standards through PPP for minimize the mismatch between the industrial need and training output.

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    Facilitate the training opportunities for professional in engineering technology sector to acquire the required training skills for fulfilling the international professional qualification.

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