Previous International Projects

Key objectives

Uganda Technical College - Elgon (UTC-Elgon) and NAIT twinned with the overall objective to establish UTC-Elgon as a Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Centre of Excellence (CoE) in the delivery of hands-on Competency Based Education and Training (CBET) to support Uganda’s construction industry by providing demand-driven skills. This objective was to provide employable skilled youth (female and male) to Uganda’s growing construction industry.

UTC-Elgon will support the construction industry by delivering CBET programs that transmit relevant practical skills to youth and produce work-ready graduates.

Key Outcomes

A COE delivering high quality, demand-driven training programs supporting the construction industry in Uganda.

Outcomes-based technical training that reflects international standards.

Key objectives

Uganda Technical College - Lira (UTC-Lira) and NAIT twinned with the overall objective to establish UTC-Elgon as a Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Centre of Excellence (CoE) in the delivery of hands-on Competency Based Education and Training (CBET) to support Uganda’s Road Construction industry by providing demand-driven skills. This object was to provide employable skilled youth (female and male) to Uganda’s Road Construction industry.

The CoE will support the road construction industry by delivering CBET programs that transmit relevant practical skills to youth and produce work-ready graduates. Fostering industry linkages to seek advice, advocacy and conducting active collaboration through advisory committees are critical to this project. This aligns with the MoES Skilling Uganda BTVET Strategic Plan to move away from supply-based training and focus on quality programs that industry requires.

Key outcomes

A COE delivering high quality, demand-driven training programs supporting the road construction industry in Uganda.

Outcomes-based technical training that reflects international standards.

Key Objective

Strengthen the technical capacity of workers within the Ministry of Energy and Mines through various initiatives designed to help modernize the Cuban economy, which has helped to develop the foundation of the Cuban post-secondary vocational training system.

Key Outcomes

• A strengthened and results-oriented Ministry of Energy and Mines with improved capacity to deliver a national vocational training program;
• Outcomes-based technical training that reflects international standards;
• Increased capacity of MINEM to train and certify Cubans within its industrial certification systems;
• Introduction of new training programs and specializations reflecting existing and anticipated requirements for investment and growth;
• Introduction of technologies (including ICT) that reflect modern requirements; and
• Increased access of women to gender-sensitive training in trades and technology.

Key Objectives

•  Accelerate the rate of industrial certification processes to international standards.
• Adoption of new approach in the industry, by including concepts such as productivity, efficiency, health and safety, and sustainable practices.

Key Outcomes

• Strengthen the institutions working with certified workers (CNCI, Dirección de Certificación de Obreros (DCO), and Dirección de Certificación Industrial (DCI)).
• Provided human resource development (HRD), worker and industrial certification (DCO and DCI), and performance monitoring to internationally recognized levels in order to modernize economic institutions and contribute to economic and social development within the nation.

Project Goals/Objectives

Increase skills and knowledge related to typical maintenance for the petroleum sector.

Improve technical skills and knowledge through exposure to the latest technologies, enabling the participants to become better instructors upon their return home.

Training Solutions

Delivery of 10-month hands on training program at NAIT’s state-of-the-art facilities.

Prepared students towards attaining Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) certification.

Training successfully delivered to a group of 9 selected candidates.

Project Goals/Objectives

• Improving maintenance workers technical knowledge and skills.

• Standardizing work procedures.

• Upkeeping safety standards.

• Enhancing plant productivity by reducing equipment downtime. 

• Increasing mill efficiency by reducing maintenance costs

Training Solutions

• Development of customized competency-based training programs reflecting worker needs.

• Hybrid delivery with theory taken via online platform, complemented by practical shop activities at NAIT state-of-the art millwright training centre.   

Project Goals/Objectives

• Improving maintenance workers technical knowledge and skills.

• Standardizing work procedures.

• Upholding safety standards.

• Augmenting plant productivity by reducing equipment downtime. 

• Increasing mill efficiency by reducing maintenance costs.

Training Solutions

• Development of customized competency-based training programs reflecting worker requirements.

• Hybrid delivery with theory taken via online platform, complemented by practical shop activities at Interfor training shop in Georgia, USA.

• Obtaining certification officially recognized by the US Department of Labor.

Project Goals/Objectives

• Developing maintenance workers technical knowledge and skills.

• Standardizing maintenance work procedures and improving safety standards.

• Enhancing mine productivity by reducing equipment downtime. 

• Increasing efficiency by reducing maintenance costs of crushing equipment, conveyor belts, heavy mobile equipment, and industrial electrical installations. 

Training Solutions

• Development of customized competency-based training programs reflecting maintenance worker needs.

• Design and development of technical training centre in Hermosillo, Mexico.

• Onsite training delivery on rotational basis.

• Interpretation/translation of training programs into Spanish.

Project Goals/Objectives

• Sponsored by Baker Hughes in Ghana, project aimed at training local youth up to international standards to support energy sector needs for qualified technical workers.

• Decrease need for expatriates to conduct technical work in Ghana. 

• Support GNPC’s vision to transfer technical skills and knowledge to nationals and develop local expertise and capacity. 

Training Solutions

• Delivery of intensive 10-month hands-on training program at NAIT’s Wayward Centre for Steel Technologies in Edmonton.

• Prepare students towards attaining Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) certification. 

• Training programs successfully delivered to a group of 5 selected candidates.

Project Goals/Objectives

• Company policy to send every telecommunications department technical worker to NAIT to increase technical skills. 

• Standardise level of competence for all workers. 

• Motivate employees through overseas trip to update their knowledge and skills.

Training Solutions

• Delivery of customized 10-month hands-on training program at NAIT’s main campus in Edmonton.

• Full student support during stay in Canada from airport pick up to departure. 

• Prior learning assessments and crediting of past education enabling most students to achieve a NAIT Diploma in Wireless Systems Engineering Technology.

• 36 students have completed their training at NAIT.  

Project Goals/Objectives

• Increase competence to perform advanced maintenance to industrial equipment of both Energas and Sherritt Oil & Gas maintenance personnel.

• Improve safety standards.

• Decrease servicing costs and extend equipment lifespan.

• Develop proper troubleshooting skills among local mechanics and decrease dependence on expatriates for more complex repairs.

Training Solutions

• Deliver series of customized training programs onsite in Cuba to groups of maintenance workers.

• Incorporation of actual equipment and facilities into practical training. 

• Interpretation/translation of training programs into Spanish.

• 56 students have completed their training in Cuba.

Key Activities

Classroom observation including pre and postdebrief sessions with NAIT instructors.

One-on-one instruction from NAIT Instructional designers, librarians, and LMS specialists.

Guided tours at industrial partner sites and cultural attractions.

Key Outcomes

Faculty return to China with a solid understanding of the Polytechnic Educational Model with specific skills and tactics to implement in their own classrooms and institutions.​

Key Activities

The NAIT instructional design team works in collaboration with the Subject Matter Expert to convert decades of experience and technical knowledge into digestible and compelling curriculum.

Key Outcomes

Stakeholders learn how to create a win-win scenario for all parties to benefit from resource development project in emerging economies.

Key Activities

3 weeks of intensive TEFL / TESL training taught by seasoned instructors with an advanced degree in TESOL or a related field and international teaching experience.

Guided cultural activities and visits to attractions in and around Alberta, Canada.

Key Outcomes

Hundreds of Faculty members from over 20 institutions in Guangxi province in China were sponsored by the Guangxi provincial government to complete advanced TEFL training in Edmonton, Canada over three weeks.

Key Objective

To equip students with the cultural competencies and practical, industry driven skills that are in demand as the local digital economy in Northern China evolves.

Key Outcomes

As of May 2020, 1362, students have completed the program.

A natural sharing of educational approaches is achieved through cultural exchange.

Graduates enter the workforce with enhanced cultural competencies and the technical skills to make an impact immediately.

Key Objective

To equip students with the cultural competencies and practical, industry driven skills that are in demand in both Alberta, Canada and China.

Key Outcomes

Hundreds of TPU students completed this program with a number of students choosing to emigrate to Canada to pursue work opportunities with Albertan employers.

A natural sharing of educational approaches is achieved through cultural exchange.

Graduates enter the workforce with enhanced cultural competencies and the technical skills to make an impact immediately in both Canada and China.