Dream Center: Hyundai Boosts Kenya’s Automotive Training Capacity With New Facility

****************** and automobile manufacturer Hyundai on Thursday, June 24 commissioned the Hyundai Dream Center – a modern facility at the National Training Aut**rity’s Athi River campus fitted with state-of-the-art hybrid and electric car engine simulators that w*** enhance automobile training in Kenya.

The face-lift of the facility also includes the renovation of the cl*****, auto care centre, motor vehicle mechanic and the auto-electrics works**p. Currently, the works**p is 80% equip***, and w*** be fully equip*** by August 2021.

Done in partnership with the Salvador Caetano Kenya organisation and funded by Hyundai Motor Company, the Hyundai Dream Centre is aimed at enhancing the existing training facility for the automotive industry to modern standards and developing capacity for young men and women with demand-driven entrepreneurship and employability s***** in the automotive industry through industrial training.

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****************** and Hyundai w*** sponsor 120 young women and girls between the ages of 18-35 years from disadvantaged backgrounds across the country, w** w*** be enrolled in the 9 months training course in motor vehicle auto-electrics. The training curricula for both technical and non-technical s***** have been revised to meet the labour market expectations.

Speaking d****g the launch, ****************** Director of Operations Mr. Patrick Ngenga said that the Hyundai Dream Centre Project w*** address youth unemployment through enabling them to acquire technical s***** in auto-electrics and non-technical demand driven employability soft s*****.

“We are pleased to build capacity for our young women and girls w** w*** change the perception that the automotive industry is male dominated. This course w*** bridge the gap where many young people lack job opportunities due to lack of relevant s***** that match the labour market needs. The training platform w*** not only empower them with technical and non-technical s*****, but also enable them acquire decent jobs to improve their liveli**od,” said Mr. Ngenga.

Through sustainable partnerships with the private sector, the auto-electrics trainees w*** also benefit from placements for industrial training attachment programs **sted by various motor vehicle companies and leading garages spread across the country. Out of the over 120 beneficiaries, the first 20 pioneer trainees are currently undertaking their industrial attachment.

 “The Project w*** focus on transferring advanced knowledge and s***** in Motor Vehicles Auto-electrics, technologies; increasing the opportunities for employment and decent work for the youth and boost the number of youth engaged in wage and self- employment; and, enhancing efficiency in project management processes to facilitate self-employment and start-ups among young people”, remarked the NITA Board Director Wilson Ngahu w** was representing NITA Board Chairman,  Kamau Gachigi.

Other organizations and dignitaries w** attended the launch were drawn from the International Labour Organization (ILO), Federation of Kenyan Employers (FKE), Kenya ***ociation of Manufacturers (KAM) and leading private sector players with an interest in quality industrial training.

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The boost of innovative equipment at NITA is part of the realization of one of the Big 4 Agenda’s – manufact****g, that aims at ***isting in training young people for improved s****** work force.

About The Hyundai Dream Centre Project

The Hyundai Dream centre project is a three-year project funded by Hyundai Motor Company -Korea. The project is implemented in Kenya by a consortium of three partners and led by ****************** Kenya. The other two consortium members are National Industrial Training Aut**rity (NITA) – Athi River and Salvador Caetano Kenya. The Hyundai Dream Centre – Kenya is among the Seven Dream Centres in the world, with presence in Ghana, Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines, and Peru.