ST JAMES, Jamaica — Transport and Mining Minister, Mike Henry has disclosed that starting this summer, through a pilot project, students of Denbigh High School in Clarendon will be trained by the Caribbean Maritime University to become traffic crash investigators and re-constructionists.

“I am using this opportunity to inform you that during the summer, students in Clarendon who are proficient in Physics, Mathematics and the Sciences will enrol in the Caribbean Maritime University Summer Traffic Crash Investigation, Reconstruction and Prevention Training Programme from July to August this year,” stated Henry.The minister, who was addressing the opening ceremony of the 6th International Road Federation Caribbean Congress at the Hilton Rose Hall Hotel in St James on Wednesday, said students will be taught how to investigate and analyse traffic collisions, reconstruct traffic collisions and prevent traffic collisions.Henry said this area is a skill set in high demand.”Clarendon is therefore going to supply the insurance companies, companies with fleets of motor vehicles and traffic police divisions with students who are fully equipped to investigate, analyse, reconstruct and prevent traffic collisions,” added Henry.He also said he will be employing some of these students to the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC), which is involved in a number of crashes.The minister encouraged high school students and their parents in the pilot parish to visit the website of the Caribbean Maritime University and enrol in their Summer Programme entitled “Traffic Crash Investigation, Reconstruction and Prevention for Secondary Schools” for the period July 4, 2017 to August 25, 2017.He said this will be a comprehensive seven-week programme, which will be three hundred hours’ worth of theory and practice.Meanwhile, following the congress, Director of Public Relations and Communications in the Ministry of Transport and Mining, Vando Palmer told members of the media that within the next five to six years, Jamaica should have enough trained persons that can be leveraged to other countries.The programme will run through the pilot phase and then extended to students from other parishes.Anthony Lewis