- Determine current and future
training needs.
- Develop, review and
implement standards for the sector, industry or
occupation.
- Promote employer's
investment in people as pivotal to improved
business performance.
- Provide a forum for the
exchange of views between sector and government on
national technical and vocational education and
training issues.
The establishment of an ITO will
allow employers and a wide cross-section of
individuals in the sector to work together to develop
occupational standards which will be nationally
validated.
International standards may be
adopted and in some cases adapted to fit the needs of
the local industry. The occupational standards will
then serve as a basis for developing curricula for
training programmes and enhancing workplace
performance.
To be recognised as an ITO,
existing associations which represent sectors or
occupational groups must meet specific criteria. They
must, for example, include representatives
of:
- a wide cross-section of
firms of varying sizes within the sector;
- the trade union/workers'
association for the sector;
- the professional body which
represents the sector;
- any research and development
organisations in the sector.
At present, ITOs exist for the
following sectors and industries in Trinidad and
Tobago:
ITOs for the Construction and
Information Technology Sectors will be established by
the end of the year 2000.
For further information on ITOs,
please e-mail:
- Mr. Ronald Phillip, ntaos@tstt.net.tt
- Manager - Occupational
Standards & Sector Support
