.: SHRDC Learning Programs and Management

Strategic Business Units

SHRDC offers a number of learning programs in line with the government policy to train graduates in industry-relevant skills. These learning programs are managed by strategic business units (SBUs). The SBUs hold the ownership for planning, organizing, designing and implementing the learning programs. They are also responsible for constant monitoring and upgrading of the quality, currency and relevancy of the learning programs. They carry out the learning program management events through liaison and consultation with industry leaders in the respective areas, who will actually endorse them before allowing to offer to the students.

The SBUs are headed by a Project Leader and supported by a team of industry specialists. The Project Leaders for the SBUs currently are:

Relevance and Currency

All the learning programs offered at SHRDC are competency-based that are formulated through a systematic process of analysis of role responsibilities and tasks of industrial jobs. They focus on developing the appropriate skills, knowledge and attitude, and they are delivered by specially qualified trainers with related industry experience, to build the necessary capability in students to make them effective employees upon employment. Key industry personnel who are closely associated with the target jobs from respective industries provide the necessary input and consultation for continual change and improvement of the learning programs.

There is also an industry feedback mechanism that seeks to match and understand student learning against requirement of job performance. A continuous system is in place to amend any mismatch between them.

Competency Certification

SHRDC learning programs are competency-based and conducted according to student centered learning principles. The students are trained to become both capable and knowledgeable to carry out their jobs efficiently and effectively. Because the emphasis is on competency, the design and structure of the learning programs and courses follow a unique competency format that governs the actual learning as well. For most part, the students learn by doing.

All the learning programs are developed with timely assessment activities for both the critical knowledge and skills. The assessment activities are planned, validated and conducted according to the principles and guidelines that are highly valued in the vocational education and training environment. A carefully thought out criteria of competency demonstration on the part of the students decides the final judgment of competency certification.

Benefits

Students who pursue learning programs and attain certification of competency at SHRDC do enjoy the following benefits:

• Learn on-the-job skills combined with off-the-job learning
  
• Gain industry relevant competencies and experience
  
• Gain knowledge of new technologies
  
• Keep abreast of current development in the industries
  
• Attain competency recognition in the industries