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Thursday, June 25, 2015
GE, in Nigeria, has sent the first batch out of the 15 newly recruited technicians and engineers to Brazil for training in the assembly and test of subsea equipment. The young Nigerians, most of whom are just fresh from school, departed Nigeria for the one-month training.
The trainees will also go to Aberdeen for the next phase of training at GE’s Bridge of Don manufacturing facility where they will receive hands-on exposure to subsea equipment manufacturing.
According to president and CEO of GE Nigeria, Dr Lazarus Angbazo, “The trainees include three manufacturing engineers and twelve technicians who fill form the core team for assembly and testing of subsea equipment. GE is investing approximately $3.6 million in the training and development of these employees.”
Other training that the trainees have gone through include GE New Employee Orientation training (NEO), and a 90-day assimilation training program in GE’s Port Harcourt office, workshops, and training at the Onne facility.
This training is geared at providing a pipeline of talent and resources for GE’s manufacturing and assembly facility in Calabar. GE has already announced a $1-billion investment, $250 million of which is earmarked for the capital expenditure on the facility alone. When completed, this will make Nigeria a manufacturing and assembly for the oil, gas, and power sectors across West Africa and beyond.
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