China Communications Construction Company Ltd (CCCC) signed an agreement with Malaysian partners on a joint railway expertise training program to facilitate Malaysia’s railway development. The training programme, which is sponsored by CCCC and operated by Malaysia Rail Link Company and Universiti Malaysia Pahang, would nurture skilled workers for Malaysia’s East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) electric railway line and for the country’s rapid railway development.
Darwis Abdul Razak, chief executive of Malaysia Rail Link Company that owns ECRL, said the training program would facilitate the upskilling of up to 3,600 trainees with interests in the rail industry from 2017 to 2022. Malaysia Rail Link said the syllabus for the training program were formulated by two prominent Chinese universities, namely Beijing Jiaotong University and Southwest Jiaotong University, which also serve as railway technology training partners with the state-owned CCCC.
The first group of 50 people have already started their three-month training. Trainees that have completed the program would be automatically offered employment by either Malaysia Rail Link Company or the CCCC.
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