00:00YTEP's mandate is to empower citizens through practical, industry-relevant skills training and entrepreneurial support.
00:08However, over the years, less and less people have been benefiting from YTEP's programs.
00:14The economy has not been able to sustain the level of training that we provided.
00:22Like in the past, we had trained like 5,000 persons per year.
00:26All right, but in more recent times, the number's been much lower.
00:30All right, but we're still training well over 1,000 persons this year.
00:34The board reports that government funding has seen a commensurate decrease over the years.
00:39From 2013 to current, it's about one-third of what we got.
00:48We have one-third or one-third?
00:50We got about one-third of what we got, yes, back then.
00:54Nevertheless, the new board is committed to finding ways to fulfill its mandate.
00:59Today, YTEP signed two MOUs as it seeks to fill skills gaps in various industries.
01:06The two MOUs, we're pleased to have signed with the North Central Regional Health Authority and the Cary Dock Limited.
01:19And so we're going to be training patient care assistants for the North Central Regional Health Authority.
01:27And we would be, for the Cary Dock, the training would be in welding and fabrication.
01:34And we have, like, 16 persons to be trained at Cary Dock and 15 at NCRH.
01:42And they would all be one-year programs, one-year programs pretty much.
01:48And certification would be CVQ in both instances.
01:53And for the fabricators with Cary Dock, they'd also get a UK-based certificate as well.
02:01The chairman says YTEP has plans to further expand its offerings.
02:06Of course, IT, we have a strong IT presence.
02:10And so we continue.
02:12We are even looking at AI training.
02:14All right, we're looking at training.
02:17A number of other companies have approached us as well.
02:19People want training in photography.
02:24People want training in, like, well, we do, as I mentioned, cosmetology, barbring, et cetera.
02:32Renessa Cutting, TV6 News.
