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Caption: Ready to Go….Petromin HR Manager Timboko Pyapeta flanked by two of the graduate trainees, Roy Sangi on his right and Isaac Kone on his left.
The strategic management and training of graduate trainees is important in addressing the chronic skill shortage affecting the industry in PNG and the Asia Pacific Region.
The new Human Resource Manager for Petromin PNG Holdings Limited, Mr Timboko Pyapeta said because of the skills shortage there is aggressive competition for skilled employees in the industry, the impact of which has been felt by many resource organizations.
“If we are not prepared, competition for available skills will be very aggressive. As a national company, we want to put Petromin in the hands of nationals and without a commitment in their career development at an early stage, this can only be a dream.”
Petromin has developed and put in place a Graduate Development Program designed to expose new graduates in fields related to mining and petroleum industry. These graduates will be given administrative and operational exposure complimented with formal training over a period of three to four years. Secondments and post graduate training both in country and overseas will be essential part of this training.
Six candidates have been identified with three commencing their training in January 2008, with the other three expected to join soon.
Mr Pyapeta is the former Employee Relations Coordinator for Porgera Joint Venture.
He has held various senior Human Resource management roles in both the private and the public sector, including PNG Harbours Board (now PNG Ports Corporation), Ok Tedi Limited and Porgera Joint Venture and was a graduate trainee with Bougainville Copper Limited.
A graduate of the University of PNG, Mr Pyapeta also has an MBA from the University of Central Queensland in Australia.
He said his new role with Petromin PNG Holdings presents with him the opportunity and the challenge to build a robust Human Resource system on par with global industry best practices standards.
4 comments:
Very commendable - for too long we've always depended on expatriates to provide direction and never thought of forging into what's usually worngfully considered as outside of PNG skills and knowledge capabilities.
The Graduate Training Programme is indeed highly commendable and I must firstly congradulate the Petromin Management led by Mr. Kalinoe. We have started this process in the public service starting last year when Mr. Kalinoe was the Chief Secretary to Government and as a proud national I would like to see this initiative replicated elsewhere in both the public and private sectors so that we will have very dynamic and vibrant young PNGans running their own country. On this note, I would also like to see the dual salary system being reviewed very urgently by the Somare Governement. Only this will retain the best PNGans in country. Otherwise we will continue to face braindrains with top and highly qualified citizens leaving the country for greener pestures.
I truly support the graduate training program Petromin is putting in place. We need well trained nationals to run this organisation.
Thump up to those who are taking the approach.
Let this organisation be run by well trained nationals who have the heart to make a difference in a more important natinal organisation.
San
I am a student at the University of Newcastle (NSW) Australia. Studying Occupational Health and Safety. I suppose when we highly talk about the dynamics of vibrant elite young PNGans running the country from various facets of the spectrum, health and safety of our people resource should be dominant force. One cannot be denied of the constitutionality of the safety. In so far as the issue is concerned, what is the policy on safety measures? Do we have safety policy in place and if so then what does that entail? Safety is pivotal and safety must take precedence over work. When we have a sound and workable safety policy that encompasses the facets of occupational health and safety discipline, country is rest assured of not merely stronger but a healthy population that can take country forward. Don't let the safety issue of our invaluable people resource be taken as second fiddle for record profit margin and productivity.
We must be proud of unity in diversity. We are blessed with abundance of natural resources. We have the potential to be competitive in the commercial world. That can be truly realized and come to fruition when the people welfare is adequately addressed. Safety issue must be tangibly embedded and enshrine in the management safety policy and adequately communicated to every stakeholder.
Graduate training programs must incorporate the OHS induction training. Impartation of training alone is insufficient. A safety officer must ensure the continuity of rigidity in its compliance for the optimum safety of the workers, visitors and others at stake because of the activities undertaken in the course. Unless safety issue is adequately address through enactment of OHS law and legally make it mandatory, our young country would be inevitably be deprived of the dynamic people in their productive work life with accidents, injuries and early insidious work related illnesses of some kind.
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