Economy Minister Updates On Job Training

September 16, 2012

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced today [Sept 16] that several local businesses, including a hotel, have expressed an interest in hiring trainees of the Nail Technician Programme, once the students have finished the certification programme.

Last month the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Patrice Minors launched the Nail Technician Programme, an initiative in partnership with the National Training Board, the Bermuda College’s Professional and Career Education Division or PACE, and industry partners.

The programme is currently training 12 young women in the skills and competencies required to work as nail technicians. Classes began at the Bermuda College on September 4 and end December 21.

At the time of the original announcement, Minister Minors confirmed that Face and Body Shop will hire graduates of the certification programme.  And today the Ministry confirmed that at least five other local businesses including Rosewood Tucker’s Point have also expressed a keen interest in discussing employment opportunities with the graduates once their courses are complete.

Of the development, Minister Minors said today, “This is tremendously good news and its very heartening to see local businesses stepping up to support our young Bermudians in this way.

“We have had extensive discussions and consultation with experienced cosmologists in our local industry and they have all indicated that there is a need for highly skilled Bermudians in this field. So it is very gratifying to see employers playing their part by helping to get Bermudians back to work, and I want to publicly commend them for their dedication and commitment.”

The nail technician programme is the second job training initiative unveiled by the Minister in the past month. It was roughly five weeks ago that the Ministry sponsored the training of 18 young Bermudian men to travel overseas to receive their Level 5 Drywall Certification.

Minister Minors concluded, “The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, is making tangible efforts to provide fair opportunities for Bermudians by creating and implementing programmes to enhance their ability to become economically stable.

“And we are very pleased that we have the help of our private sector partners in these very worthwhile endeavours, because together we are demonstrating that we are standing up for Bermudians.”

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  1. Get ready says:

    This not how you stimulate the economy

  2. your joking says:

    Have we had an update on how many waiters/waitresses where hired in that training program and how many are still employed??? out of curiosity. It make no sense training people if you do not follow up on their progress afterward.

    • Keep it 100 with yourself says:

      In all due respect. B realistic. NTB has enough ppl on there hands that’s unemployed that needs placement. Also NTB does follow up on their trainees. So if your missed there call and you hadn’t heard nothing back you should have called yourself. Use your own initative.u aint showing that your serious. Businesses look at that and you stand out.I have took the waiter course and got employed by me using my own initative. Going around calling, filling out apps and I feel its excellent that there training our Bermudians because its too much foreigners here . BDA’s money needs to circulate not get shipped Jamaica and other places. Bermuda needs to take back Bermuda and Support Our Own.Bermudians don’t have our own ppls back and its sad #Simple

  3. wizeazz says:

    I heard Tuckers were taking the nail technicians because the dry wall technicians all failed their exams over in Atlanta.

    • andre says:

      Wrong!!

      • keeping it unreal says:

        ALL of the Bermudians on the Drywall Mechanics course have passed and are certified in addition to also completing and passing OSHA 10 and first aid and CPR. Most will also achieve the highest level of certified plus. ALL have demonstrated the ability to frame, hang and finish to level 5.
        If the bottom drops out of construction they also have the option to work in other countries if it comes to that or if local companies fail to support them on their return.

  4. Redundant Bermudian says:

    What the dear Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Patrice Minors failed to report was that the initial course started with 12 nail technicians and now a few have dropped out already. (Minimum 3)

    But yes I am very glad these young ladies that DO stay focused will earn gainful employment IF they last til December.

  5. William says:

    Well ,
    You have to say that at least it is better than training them to be water fountain communication clerks , which must be a very stressful job in government .

  6. Victor says:

    Perhaps it is time we stopped pussyfooting around the truth, admit that many of the long term Bermudian unemployed are simply unemployable, and come up with a proper solution to this structural problem (yes it is that big). Some of the solutions might include intensive school boot camps (including lots of sports and other outdoor activities), ending this notion that any Bermudian who cannot get a job is a victim, and recognising that expats create more jobs for Bermudians than they take and that it is therefore a good idea to treat them like human beings before they all get up and go (believe me, nobody is kicking down the door to move to Bermuda). If the good minister gave up on feel good, dumbed down, photo-op drivel, just maybe those of us who still think God is a Bermudian might wake up (that includes you minister).

  7. Dawn de Toilet says:

    Trainees or ceritfied whatever it will be a job but at lower wages. We have all got to realize that all the up coming jobs will be at lower wages.The economy is NOT IMPROVING one bit as so dont expect high wages! You will have to earn the money by working hard, long hours and proving yourself. This includes all those drywallers that are going away for training.

  8. Dawn de Toilet says:

    I listened on Sunday to a woman speaking on the radio who had lost her job and couldnt find anything. She sounded desperate and was in the retail trade which isnt doing well cause there are so many out of work or who have had salarys cut or basically we just arent spending money in these tough times. She said she had contacted the govt employment office who listened to her but wasnt able to offer anything. She sounded like she was in the 40-60year old age bracket..yes we too need retraining but are being forgotten. The govt since its offering retraining need to offer some to us older folks as we have to work too!