Teachers of the Ninh Thuan Vocational College (NTVC) have successfully completed and been registered in the Wind Industry Database after passing the training modules of Global Wind Organization Basic Safety Training for Wind Energy Technicians. The five-day training was conducted from 21 – 25 November 2022 by the Global Wind Academy Viet Nam, an accredited training partner of the Global Wind Organization (GWO).
One objective of the training was to consolidate the competencies of the vocational teachers on occupational safety and health and to enhance their professional competencies with specialized knowledge and skills on first aid, working at heights, manual handling, fire awareness and sea survival safety when working at onshore and offshore wind parks. The second objective of the training was to enable the teachers to integrate the new content and multiply gained competencies in their regular training activities at NTVC and to contribute to the development of a new training programme for Wind Energy Service Technicians, oriented on international standard.
Ms. Ngo Thi Kim Hau is one of the key teachers for renewable energy at NTVC. She shared “I had a great learning experience attending this hands-on safety training by GWO. The first aid module matters to me a lot. I know how to rescue injured persons from fire incidents, in height places, and even at sea”. She further added, “I now feel confident to train students on safety and health and multiply the GWO training that prepares them for working safely in the offshore and onshore wind turbine environment. I’m looking forward to continuing with GWO technical training courses and deepen my knowledge on wind turbines”.
The NTVC’s teachers deserve applause for their excellent participation in this safety training. It is one of the primary goals of the college to become the Occupational Health and Safety training center in Vietnam to certify labors to enter the renewable energy employment market in the upcoming time.
The further training was implemented in the frame of the Development Partnership (DPP) Vocational Training Center for Renewable Energies – Wind and Solar Technology. The DPP is implemented jointly by the cooperation partners Vietnam Industries Building Services JSC, Festo Didactic SE, Schneider Electric Vietnam, Ninh Thuan Vocational College, and the Programme “Reform of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Vietnam” and supported by the develoPPP.de programme of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in cooperation with the Vietnamese Directorate of Vocational Education and Training (DVET).
