Japanese firm launches high-level vocational training facility in Myanmar

29 November 2018
Japanese firm launches high-level vocational training facility in Myanmar

Japanese technical staffing firm Altech has launched a high-level vocational training facility in Myanmar to help meet Japan's manpower needs, focusing on the elderly care and agriculture sectors, staffingindustry.com reported.

The vocational training facility, known as the Alps Giken High Grade Vocational Training Institute is managed by the Greater Mekong Initiative, an organisation established in 2006 to support young people in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region encompassing Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam as well as southern China.

According to the report which quoted Kyodo News, the institute aims to produce skilled labour through a one-year program, that teaches skills in Japanese language, nursing care and agriculture.

After candidates complete the training program, Altech will select qualified workers from among the trainees for employment in its workplaces in Japan with a three-year contract providing the basic salary of 180,000 yen (USD 1,581) and above per month.