With vocational training policy to shift the labor and economic structure, in recent years, districts, towns and city in the province have done well. At present, the rural labor force in the province has not only stable jobs but also good skills and high qualifications.
After a hair styling course, Bui Thanh Phuc is now confident with his skills.
Excellent skills
"Living for people, sharing difficulties with people around is a happy thing in my life," said Bui Thanh Phuc in Di An ward (Di An Town). That was the reason why people here considered him as a reliable support for young people want to learn a profession. Di An town Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs Office introduced him to a hair styling course. After graduating, Phuc opened a barber shop in Nhi Dong Street. With his passion and creativity, customers are always pleased as coming to his barber shop. He also teaches his skills to many young people. Phuc said he wanted to help young persons like him in his old days. Most of his trainees have good skills, stable jobs and stable lives. At present, Phuc's average income is about VND10 million per month. He also dreams of taking part in a professional hair styling contest to study, improve more his skills.
Nguyen Van Trung in Tan Binh ward took part in a course of forklift driving. Three months after, Trung graduated and applied for DaiDo Vietnam Company. His job was to drive a forklift truck, starting salary was over VND3 million/month plus other allowances. After 2 months working in the company, Trung is proud of his forklift driving skills. "Previously, my family had 2 hectares of low rice fields. Since Tan Binh ward started to build urban residential area, many families have volunteered to offer lands to the State. Thanks to the introduction of local civil servants, I learned to drive forklifts to get a stable job. Local government also supported the vocational training cost such as meals, travelling cost. I am confident with this job because it not only suits me but also guarantees income for the whole family. I will work harder, and at the end of the year I will register for a car driving class to improve my skills”.
In 2017, Di An town gave vocational training to 125 rural laborers. Training classes such as: hair styling, cooking, forklift driving. Pham Van Bay, Vice Chairman of Di An town People's, said: "Caring and giving vocational training to rural laborers is the responsibility of both political system and whole society. The town's policy is to combine vocational training to shift labor structure in line with economic restructuring in the area. Investment for vocational training is an investment for development; laborers in all rural areas must be educated to work according to their capacity, helping for job creation, income generation, poverty elimination and sustainable economic development".
Training is always associated with business needs
After the project "Vocational training for rural laborers up to 2020" was promulgated, DOLISA actively directed localities to set up implementation plan for each year. Vocational training and LISA chambers in districts, towns and city actively prepared documents, informed vocational training classes to wards, communes and townships, collaborated with wards to give vocational training counseling to rural laborers, demobilized soldiers who want to study or have no stable jobs. In 2017, districts, towns and city organized vocational training for 1,853 laborers, reaching 134.3% (target 1,380 laborers). Taught trades were: forklift driving, cooking, hair styling, mechanical, industrial electricity, motorcycle repair...
Pham Van Tuyen, Deputy Director of DOLISA, said: "Binh Duong has successfully implemented vocational training in association with the needs of enterprises by helping enterprises to participate in vocational training and creating jobs for laborers. Vocational training institutions have linking programs with enterprises, such as sending trainees to practice at enterprises to familiarize themselves with the production and business environment.
In addition, vocational schools have a business relationship office to introduce jobs to trainees, help businesses find the right candidates. For vocational training in the coming time to be effective, the department will further improve mechanisms and policies to encourage laborers to attend vocational training, especially rural laborers; attract good pupils and students to become job-training teachers; strengthen vocational guidance and guidelines of the Party and State on development and vocational training, contributing to labor and economic restructuring, meeting the province's socio-economic development plan”.
Reported by Kim Ha – Translated by Ngoc Huynh
