On July 15th, 2022, the Conference on Establishment of Industrial Advisory Board for Industrial Electronics was held at Bac Ninh College of Industry (BCI) with the participation of representatives from BCI; Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Bac Ninh Province; Industrial Zones Management Board, GIZ officials and 08 partner enterprises in the field of cooperative training, including: Goertek Vina Co., Ltd, SamSung Display Vietnam Co., Ltd, Canon Vietnam Co., Ltd, HyoSung Financial System Vina Co., Ltd, Hong Hai Technology Group, Symkos Co.,Ltd, Fushan Technology Vietnam Co.,Ltd and HBTech Vina Co., Ltd.
During the first half of the conference, representatives from BCI introduced about the model of industrial advisory board, the operation mechanism of two-level industrial advisory board as well as the German standard training programme on Industrial Electronics from LILAMA 2 International College of Technology. In the second half of the conference, under the sponsor of Mr. Nguyen Duc Luu – Rector of Bac Ninh College of Industrial and Ms. Pham Viet Ha – Head of Component “Support of High Quality TVET Institutes”, Programme “Reform of TVET in Vietnam” (TVET – GIZ), all participants had the opportunity to discuss and contribute feedback on the difficulties of receiving students, requirements of skills from students before being sent to the enterprises, joint training activities at the enterprise and job arrangements for graduates, as well as the support needs of the enterprises for the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Bac Ninh province, BCI and GIZ.
Mr. Nguyen Dinh Duong, Training Manager of Goertek Vina Co., Ltd., commented: “Practitioners need to improve their awareness, industrial behavior, teamwork skills, situation handling as well as occupational safety”. Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Trang, Deputy Director of Recruitment Department, SamSung Display Vietnam Co., Ltd. kindly proposed: “Teachers from TVET institutions are encouraged to exchange at the enterprises, improve skills as well as experience in cooperative training”.
The conference ended with the approval of the list of industrial advisory board members at strategic and implementation level, including members from management board of Bac Ninh College of Industry and representatives from 08 enterprises in cooperative training of Industrial Electronics occupation, as well as agreeing on the operation mechanism of the industrial advisory board in the coming time.
The establishment of industrial advisory board is an important tool to ensure the effectiveness of cooperation between the college and enterprises in the successful implementation of the German standard-oriented training programme on Industrial Electronics at Bac Ninh College of Industry. This activity was held within the component “Supporting High-Quality TVET Institutes” as part of the Vietnamese German “Programme Reform of TVET in Viet Nam”.
The programme is financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) together with the Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).
