Caltex welcomes 54 apprentices

Caltex welcomes 54 apprentices

PEKANBARU, Riau: Some 54 university graduates are set to begin an intensive apprenticeship program with American oil company PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia (CPI) in Riau.

Aswin Yakob, an assistant to the secretary of the provincial administration, said in the opening ceremony at the kick-off of the apprenticeship program that all the recent graduates were expected to develop their careers with the oil company in order to transfer mining technology to local experts.

Poedyo Oetomo, director of CPI's media and communications affairs, said the trainees would receive computer and English training for the first four months and on-the-job training thereafter.

"Trainees will also be trained in other programs such as communications, leadership and labor health and safety," he said. --Antara