00:00Several dozen young people have signed on to the hoist crane operations program one of the latest initiatives of the Ministry of Youth Development
00:08Graduates of the program will be trained in forklift operations boom truck operations rigsman operations
00:14Among other professional skills, which the Ministry of Works and Transport says are currently in high demand both locally and abroad
00:22In Toronto bigger right here even at the Ministry of Works
00:26We continue to need crane operators
00:29Skill crane operators, and I think is mr.
00:32Bob love from the Trinidad cranes, and he will tell you that getting skill operators
00:39is difficult and
00:43That is why
00:44Programs like this is important like even at our own port here in front bagel
00:51Recently we change out some of our gentry cranes, and we have actually upgraded to more electric
00:57Eco-friendly crane so again technology is changing is always the advancement
01:05Minister of Youth Development and National Service Foster Cummings also noticed that the industry is one which pays exceptionally well
01:14Some 20-something years ago. I was a commissioner at the Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago. I was head of the
01:20Human Resources Committee
01:22So I said to them include the management as well. I wanted to compare
01:27How the daily rated workers
01:29matched up against the monthly paid workers in terms of their take-home and
01:35You may be surprised to know
01:37that
01:3925 years ago
01:42the crane operator
01:45Salary per annum
01:49Surpassed this chief executive officer
01:51All
01:54Participants will receive a $500 weekly stipend in addition to having their tuition fully covered by the state
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