JUBILEE TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTRE (JTTC)

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Background:
Ghana discovered oil in commercial quantities in 2007 in what is now known as the Jubilee Field. Production from the Jubilee Field started in November 2010. Ghanaian companies and individuals have very high expectations of participating substantively in the countrys emerging oil and gas sector through being employed in the industry.

The Jubilee Partners decided to evaluate the feasibility of providing competency based training for future Technicians in Ghana.
TTE International Limited was commissioned to carry out a survey to ascertain the sustainability of such a facility and benefits to industries (including the Oil and Gas) in respect of building local content capability.

Current Site Construction Status (as at w/c 28th Jan, 2013)

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Background
TTE met with representatives from Government (Energy and Education), GNPC, local industries, industrial member organisations and educational institutions They assessed existing in country infrastructure for competency based training, demand needs of industry and government sector strategy for skills development

They also reviewed the potential to build upon existing in country infrastructure
Feedback from the survey resulted in a decision to establish JTTC in collaboration with Takoradi Polytechnic

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What we do?
The Jubilee Technical Training Centre (JTTC) is a public-private initiative aimed at addressing the skills gap in Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) for Industry.
The JTTC will offer NVQ2 accredited qualifications to support industry (oil & gas and other industries). The Centre is currently designed to provide Competency-Based Training (HANDON TECHNICAL TRAINING) in Instrumentation, Mechanical, Electrical and Process vocational courses;

Health and Safety awareness and training will be an integral part of the technical training.

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Who we are?
The JTTC is a partnership between the Jubilee Partners and Takoradi Polytechnic.
The Jubilee Partners, namely the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Tullow Oil, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Kosmos Energy and PetroSA are full funding the construction of the centre. The Centre, which is part of Takoradi Polytechnic, will build on the 40 years proud teaching tradition of the Polytechnic in craft and technician training. The courses and programmes to be offered shall meet standards that will fulfill the Centres vision of delivering market leading technical training aimed at preparing students for a career in Technical Industry, and making JTTC the preferred provider of relevant high quality training.

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Why offering Competency-Based Training (CBT)?
Currently, the human resource skills, competencies and experience to support the growing industrial sector is inadequate, though this position is not unique to Ghana. The JTTC will therefore deliver relevant, accredited, and internationally recognised Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) in the technical industry value chain in order to build local capacity, and to create a technical skills Centre of Excellence (CoE) to build the human resource capacity of the Ghanaian industry. It is estimated that each year more than 300,000 students complete basic school education but only one third of them continue in general academic studies while two thirds to them expect to find suitable skills development opportunities on formal or informal programmes (Tullow Oil Plc, CSR Report Strategic Review for Vocational Skills & Competency Development, Ghana West Africa , 2010). The number of basic school graduates seeking skills development opportunities is also expected to double over the next 5 years in Ghana.
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Why offering Competency-Based Training (CBT)?
The initiators of JTTC see the need for Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) and the associated courses to be closely aligned to the needs of the growing technical industries in Ghana (including the emerging Oil & Gas) and also serve local and national industry skills needs.

Programmes are expected to be functional and open opportunities for sustainable employment and self development.
Furthermore, the curriculum content consist both initial formal training for young people, and opportunities to re-train and up-skill adults who form part of the local labour market for Ghanas industries. Research undertaken (Tullow Oil Plc, CSR Report, 2010) show that no standards exist to align skill development to the needs of industry and there are no example of industry sponsored educational projects aligned to practical skill development. Further, off and on-the-job practical skills development programmes (internships) are not currently providing effective learning environments.
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Scope: Building Construction of a VQ2 Training centre at the Takoradi Polytechnic, Ghana
Equipment procurement, Classrooms and Laboratory Set up for:
1. 2. 3. 4. Instrumentation Courses Mechanical Courses Electrical Courses Process Engineering Courses

Training of the Takoradi Polytechnic Staff to run the project on the above disciplines including NEBOSH Health & Safety Development of Course documentation and Syllabus for the aforementioned disciplines

Current Site Construction Status (as at w/c 28th Jan, 2013)

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Key Dates
Building Completion End of February, 2013 Equipment Installation March to End of April, 2013 Training Centre Launching Q2 2013 (Actual Date TBA) Commencement of Full Stream of Courses Sept/Oct, 2013

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Conclusion
The JTTC is a public-private partnership between the Jubilee Partners and Takoradi Polytechnic. The Jubilee Partners will build and operate the facility for a minimum period of 2 years in conjunction with Takoradi Polytechnic. The building will be completed within the second quarter 2013. The facility will be managed by Takoradi Polytechnic with support from TTE from May 2013. It is anticipated that transition to local trainers will commence from September 2014 and the Polytechnic having full ownership and management by end of 2015 by which time the Centre is expected to be fully operational and financially sustainable. The total budget for the JTTC project is approx $15million. The Jubilee Partners are financially committed to the JTTC until Takoradi Polytechnic can run it on a commercially viable basis, currently projected at no longer than 5 years from the start of project. Therefore, it is important that the economic and operational sustainability of the Centre is ascertained.

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THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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