Panama Launches Machine Worker Training Program

Developed by INADEH, the program seeks to train 600 Heavy Machine Operators in 270 hour courses.

Friday, June 11, 2010


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The National Human Development Training Institute (INADEH), is looking to prepare qualified laborers for them to participate in the Expansion of the Panama Canal and other infrastructure projects.

From the press release: “students will conduct field practice in the management of tractors, hydraulic excavators, compactors, forklifts, cranes and articulated trucks”.

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Panama Announces $8 Million Training Center

February 2011

The government will put in place a training center to address the lack of qualified labor in the country.

Such initiative will be executed by the National Training Institute for Human Development and the Panama Pacifico Agency (APP).

Olmedo Alfaro, manager of APP, expressed his concern over the “lack of technical staff, capable of supplying the needs of transnational companies located in this economic area”.

Panama: Tender for Training Center for $7.5 million

February 2012

The National Vocational Training Institute is inviting bids for the implementation of a center for training workers in the Panama Pacific area.

According to the specifications the tender comprises of the Implementation of a Training Centre for Training INADEH workers in the Panama Pacific area and includes the design, modification, acquisition of furniture and equipment, teacher training, technology transfer and implementation.

Panama Training Center Tender for $ 7.5 million

April 2011

The second of its kind to be tendered in Panama, the training centre is designed to train technical personnel in various disciplines.

Like the previous centre put out for tender, this centre aims to meet the need for trained staff required by multinationals operating in the Panama Pacific Special Economic Area.

$353 Million in Job Training

January 2010

The government of Panama plans to invest $353 million in job training programs between 2010 and 2014.

Such funds would be administered by Inadeh, the National Institute for Professional Training and Development, and the Labor Ministry.

“These institutions will receive $70.6 million in 2010, and $353 million in the next five years”, reported Prensa.com.

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