As partners will work large mining and construction, two industries closely related, in matters of job skills and job training.
They seek to increase employability, labor force development and productivity of current and future workers whose job profiles are shared or similar, and therefore may or will function in both sectors.
The partnership was formalized by the recent signing of a cooperation agreement between the Mining Council and the Chilean Chamber of Construction (CCHC), which will result in a collaborative work of the Mining Skills Council (CCM) of the Mining Council and OTIC of CChC, with expert advice from Innovum Fundación Chile.
The objectives of working together will unify criteria to define a common framework of qualifications for industrial trainers; generating agreements in relation to the common profiles of key value chains, with their curricular records; and generally enhance the employability and relevant training of the labor force in mining and construction.
The CCM is the first skills council of the country. It was created in 2012 under the auspices of the Mining Council and with the expert support of Innovum Fundación Chile. In a sectorial and collaborative manner, on the basis of supply and demand projections of workers and the development of standards and tools, it tries to give world-class technical and professional education to the critical profiles required by the mining companies and their main operation suppliers, who seek to expand and increase their productivity. «We are pleased that this agreement under Products Mining Skills Council are effectively used and complemented by the construction industry, which is closely related,» said Joaquín Villarino, Chief Executive of the Mining Council.
Meanwhile, the OTIC of the Construction has as one of its objectives to raise profiles of workers in these industry strategic areas. It is done in areas such as industrial assembly, building and civil works, which has been useful for greater dynamism and labor to contribute to public policies related to productivity and employability. To raise and homologate mining profiles is consistent with the work being done. «This partnership will unify criteria and generate agreements in relation to occupational profiles that are common to both productive sectors. It is a starting point that will facilitate mutual and permanent cooperation between the mining and construction“, noted Daniel Hurtado, President of the CChC.
Among other things, the agreement provides for the implementation of joint efforts before SENCE and ChileValora for the accreditation of shared job profiles, which in turn will facilitate the certification of job skills and the relevance of job training. The agreement also considers the definition of mechanisms that facilitate the recruitment of graduates of training programs aligned to shared standards, to join the world of work in mining or construction.
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