“Uttoron - Skills for better life”, a skill development project funded by Chevron and implemented by Swisscontact, has launched an advanced welding training facility situated in Khulna Shipyard.
The new advanced welding lab will support young people in enhancing their welding abilities. Its inauguration ceremony was held in Khulna recently, read a press release.
In 2021, Uttoron signed an agreement with Khulna Shipyard to launch advanced welding training and an advanced welding lab for the first time in Bangladesh.
Due to a lack of advanced-level training facilities, there is a shortage of skilled welders in Bangladesh. In the ongoing mega projects, welders are hired from abroad at much higher salaries.
As a result, our youth are losing job opportunities in such projects. To solve this problem, in collaboration with Khulna Shipyard, Uttoron initiated the construction of an advanced welding lab.
Distinguished guests of honour of the event were Chevron Eurasia and Europe Corporate Affairs General Manager Zamira Kanapyanova, Chevron Bangladesh President and Managing Director Eric M Walker, and Bangladesh Navy Khulna Shipyard Limited Managing Director Commodore M Shamsul Aziz, (L), NGP, psc, BN.
Among other dignitaries, Chevron Bangladesh Corporate Affairs Director Muhammad Imrul Kabir, Swisscontact Bangladesh Country Director Mujibul Hasan, and Uttoron Team Leader Nadia Afrin Shams were present in the event.
Uttoron project was initiated in 2016. By 2022, a total of 3380 young people received technical training in Sylhet and Dhaka. Besides, Uttoron established and upgraded the Bholananda Uttoron Technical Training Centre in partnership with Sylhet City Corporation.
