The Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) has signed agreements with eight training institutions to create 10,000 new skilled workers in the construction sector.
The MoU was signed with the training institutions at REHAB office on Wednesday.
Earlier, REHAB has completed training of 21,000 construction workers in three phases. Of these, 90 percent have been employed abroad, including with various developer companies.
REHAB is conducting this training program under the Skills for Industry Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (SICIP) of the Ministry of Finance.
REHAB President Md. Wahiduzzaman and Senior Vice President Liaquat Ali Bhuiyan signed the agreement on behalf of REHAB. Their respective representatives signed for the institutions.
At the time, REHAB Vice President (Finance) Abdur Razzak, SICIP-REHAB Project Standing Committee member and REHAB Training Institute Standing Committee (RTI) Chairman Eng. Md. Manjurul Farhad Philip were present.
Co-Chairman and REHAB Director Eng. Sheikh Md. Shoaib Uddin, REHAB Training Institute Standing Committee member and REHAB Director F. M. Ubaidullah, Suruj Sardar, Muhammad Labib Billah and Project Chief Coordinator Kazi Abul Kashem and various officials were also present.
This training is provided completely free of cost with the aim of creating skilled construction workers in the housing industry. At the same time, each trainee is given a scholarship of Tk 13,500 at the end of the course.
Training will be provided in four trades: Plumbing and Pipe Fitting, Machinery and Steel Binding, Tiles and Marble Works, Electrical Installation and Maintenance. The training period will be four months. After the training, students will have employment opportunities in the country and abroad.
