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Morowali polytechnic commences training of first batch
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Workers at a stainless steel hot rolled coil (HRC) station at the Morowali Industrial Park’s HRC plant in Morowali, Central Sulawesi, on Sept. 18. (JP/Stefani Ribka)
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he Morowali Metal Engineering Polytechnic has commenced training its first batch of students in a bid to improve the skills of locals living in Sulawesi where a nickel and stainless steel industrial park, the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP), is located.
PT IMIP, a Chinese and locally owned firm that operates the polytechnic, offers scholarships to 96 youth in Sulawesi to learn skills such as machinery maintenance, electrical engineering and installation and mineral chemicals -- in exchange for work contracts after graduation.
The students were selected from 679 Sulawesi teenagers who took part in an enrollment test in Morowali, Palu, Central Sulawesi, Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi and Makassar, South Sulawesi.
Read also: Morowali Park to produce carbon steel“We opened this polytechnic because we still depend on Chinese employees for some technical work. We can’t depend on them continuously. We need skilled locals to work with us,” said IMIP CEO Alexander Barus on the sidelines of the commencement ceremony on Monday.
The polytechnic has six classrooms, five laboratories, two workshops and one innovation center.
Industry Minister Airlangga Hartarto attended the event and emphasized the importance of more businesses contributing to improving the skills of locals by establishing polytechnics or helping local vocational schools or polytechnics upgrade their equipment. (bbn)
