YMAP: Steering the Course
YMAP: Steering the Course
Upskilling, Yachting Marine Apprentice links garment construction experience with sail repair
The Yachting Marine Apprenticeship Programme is helping to develop the local workforce and create a ready supply of labour, filling existing vacancies in the leisure marine sector as well as closing related skills gaps.
In this entry first cohort YMAP trainee Sade Metivier, shares on her experiences.
The six-nine month programme provides specialization in areas such as sail repair, marine air-conditioning and refrigeration, marine plumbing, renewable energy systems for the boating industry, marine cleaning, painting and repairs, marine electrical and electronics, woodworking for the marine Industry, marine welding and fabrication and marine mechanic.
The first cohort of participants began in July, 2024.
YMAP is an initiative by the Government, through the Ministry of Trade and Industry, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries.
Learn more here.
