The Chief Executive Officer of the Global Institute of Mines and Safety (GIMS) Larry Gabriel has vouched for youth who have received employable skills from the institution.
According to him, these men and women can and are ever ready to justify their inclusion especially in the mining and construction industry when given the opportunity.
Mr Larry noted that, a lot of the youth especially living in the mining communities have the desire to work with the mining companies but do not have requisite skills, hence the formation of the Global Institute of Mines and Safety, to equip them with employable skills.
He said, the Institution since its formation has trained about 500 youth in Ghana.
Delivery a key note Address during a graduation ceremony at Sheaga, in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region for some youth who have successfully undergone training, the CEO of GIMS said it is his hope and expectation that, the mining companies in the region will engage the graduates who fortunately are indigenes of these mining communities.
He stated that, “our mining companies should pick our graduates for industrial attachments. This industrial experience will give them more exposure into the mines and I believe when the mining companies give them [graduates] the opportunity, I tell you, I trust them and I know they will go and prove that, yes they have what it takes to work in the mines”.
The 28 graduates who are the first cohort in the region comprising 27 males and a female underwent 3 months intensive training in heavy duty equipment operations.
This includes an excavator, operator, Dumb Truck Operator, Bull Dozer Operator, Grader Operator Trainings, General Drilling among others.
Mr Larry entreated the graduates not to limit their search for jobs to only the region since they can work anywhere in the world with the relevant skills acquired.
