Youth in St James Southern to benefit from job-readiness training
ST JAMES, Jamaica – Member of Parliament in St James Southern, Homer Davis, has indicated that young people in the constituency are set to benefit from training to equip them to take up job opportunities in sectors such as business process outsourcing (BPO) and tourism.
Davis, who was making his contribution to the State of the Constituency Debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, said that the training courses are being developed in collaboration with the HEART NSTA/Trust and the Management Institute for National Development (MIND).
He said that the constituents are gainfully engaged in areas such as agriculture, tourism, and BPO, while others are self-employed, but there is still a challenge with unemployment and unattached youth.
“Contained in my rescue mission for these youngsters is a major training and empowerment programme, sustained focus on education, ramp-up of job creation, training and development of micro and small businesses,” he said.
“In supporting the Government’s pledge to create sustainable jobs at all levels, I will be engaging HEART Trust/NSTA and MIND to develop and institute fit-for-purpose training programmes, which we are hoping will reach a wide cross section of the constituents,” Davis added.
Davis said that the aim is to get the youngsters trained, certified and job ready to take up employment opportunities, which will be opening up in the tourism, the BPO sector, cruise shipping, the overseas work programme and in the construction industry.