Sifax Group, ports & Cargo Handling Service Launches, graduate Trainee Programme

Sifax Group, ports & Cargo Handling Service Launches, graduate Trainee Programme

…. inducts 25 engineering graduates

SIFAX Group has kicked off one of its industrial capacity development initiatives, at its 22 Annual Council of Registered Engineers ( COREN) Conference. Twenty-five young engineering graduates of various universities and polytechnics across the country have recently been inducted into the Graduate Trainee Programme of Ports & Cargo Handling Services Limited (PCHS), a subsidiary of SIFAX Group.
The one-year programme will allow the participants practical technical training and mentorship.
John Jenkins, Managing Director, PCHS, Speakings at the induction ceremony in  Lagos, said the programme was launched to address the shortage of competent technical manpower in the country’s maritime industry as well as provide job opportunities for young and talented Nigerian engineering graduates.

His words: “We designed this engineering graduate trainee scheme for two major reasons. The first is to open young Nigerian engineering graduates to the immense opportunities that abound in the Nigerian maritime industry. We want them to know they can build a long career in the maritime. The other reason is that the sector currently needs a new set of young and competent technical hands who can contribute meaningfully to its growth through the deployment of their skills. This one-year training will take them through the nitty gritty of the repairs and maintenance of key heavy-duty equipment like rubber tyre gantry (RTG), reach stackers and shore cranes, among others.”
He urged the participants to take full advantage of the great opportunity extended to them by the company through their commitment and willingness to learn.

Christopher Nnamuah, HR Manager, PCHS, in his remarks said the scheme would also serve as a succession plan programme to groom the next set of engineers both for the company and the industry at large.
According to Nnamuah“As a company that is tracking trends in our industry, we have discovered that opportunities abound in the maritime sector but we have low manpower to harness these opportunities. With the support of the management, we have now begun this training with 25 engineering graduates. There is a need to start planning for the future and we know that this set of young trainees will take over from the experienced ones in the nearest future”
Speaking further, The company plans to absorb into its workforce the best of the trainees upon the completion of the programme