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GTI attracts scores at Open Day event
Government Technical Institute (GTI) which provides an atmosphere that encourages learning, and promotes the personal development of each student through the medium of applied learning held an open day to the general public Thursday.
The event which was held at GTI, Woolford Avenue, Non Pareil Park hosted several booths that were opened to the general public.
Some of the booths featured were Mechanical Engineering, Business Department, Building department, Science department, wood working shop, welding department, auto mechanic department amongst others.
Students who visited the auto mechanic department at the event.
According to Ann Maria, who was representing the information booth, persons should be interested in the various courses that are up for offer because they prepare the applicant for tertiary education.
Dominique Benjamin, who was representing the Mechanic Shop, said that the departments have three major groups such as auto electrical, engine department and foundation.
The event he explained had on displayed various aspects of the mechanic trade which entails the engine and its components, tools that are used on a regular basis, wheel balancing and aligning machine and items relating to the department.
In selling the department he represents, Benjamin said that there are full-time classes and part-time classes for persons desirous of furthering a passion they would have for the mechanic field.
In the wood working department, Deoram Tagore said that the section is capable of making various wooden items such as beds, chairs, Chester drawers, and any furniture that can be built. It is requested by contracts or agencies who sign contracts with the wood working department.
He explained that the building department provides students with theoretical and practical training needed in order for them to acquire the necessary skills in an efficient manner.
Noting that there are also full-time and part-time courses, Tagore said that the course would be of two-year duration to provide knowledge and skills training.
Carl Baird of the Welding department said that anything that deals with fabrication and welding the department can handle.
He said that gym equipment, frames for beds, grills and anything that can be fabricated could be done at the department. However, persons who are interested must work towards the standards that are set.
At the Open Day there were also representatives from the Guyana Industrial Training Centre (GITC) and according to Asante Waterton, who represented the division, more practical work is done in the department than theory since the organisation trains welders, masons, carpenters, and Information Technology students.
At the Machine shop, technician Vernon Nelson said the department is one that produces parts for automobiles and various equipments.
He explained that students are taught to operate various pieces of equipment that help operators in the industrial field of machinery they excel.
“I would encourage any young person to learn a trade, since it will benefit him or her later in their lives,” Nelson said.
In the science department, Miss Tiffany Charles said that students, after they graduate with a diploma, can branch off into pharmacy, medical technology, become a laboratory technician, microbiology and any other related discipline.
And the computer science department representative, Kevin McKenzie, explained that the division covers programming, networking, database, web page design, computer repairs, and building of PC’s.
He said that persons who are interested in the field can be exposed to all the latest in technology.
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