Showing their certificates, from left to right: Leabner Aniun, Make Suah, Deel Bierron Donny, Ceyler Mansin, Junior Sampil and Aber Allex.
KOTA KINABALU: Deel Bierron Donny is an 18-year-old who has big dreams. He aspires to start his own hand phone service and repair shop in his hometown in Tambunan.
“I spent two months learning about hand phone repairs and servicing and I find it interesting. This is the career for me,” said the young lad after receiving his certificate from the director of the Human Resource Development Department, Billy Yumbod, at the TH Hotel & Residence near here yesterday.
My next move, said Deel, would be to apply for a business licence.
“I have learned how to handle both the newest brands of hand phones and the old ones during the two months course,” he said.
Deel was one of the 20 trainees to complete the course on ‘Mobile hand phone repair and maintenance’ conducted by the CAL Computer Learning Centre.
Like Deel, most of the other trainees are from the rural parts of Sabah.
“We thought the course would attract youths from the city but surprisingly, we received more applications from rural youths than we did from those living in the city,” said Yumbod.
Like Deel, Yumbod is optimistic about the future in hand phone servicing and maintenance.
“These trainees will never be jobless…everyone owns a hand phone, hence, their service will be needed anywhere,” he said.
However, he also stressed that without a capital to start a business, most of the trainees may have to start by working with other people. Or, they could start by working freelance, from their own home, he said.
He reminded the trainees that they should treat the certificate that they received as something of big value to them.
“Don’t lose it because it is a huge asset,” he said.
For others who are keen on signing up for similar courses, Yumbod said that they would be organising another one next year.
“It will be open to locals between 19 and 40 years old, irrespective of their marital status…we will advertise in the newspaper,” he said.
Among the skills imparted to the 20 trainees were technical training in mobile technology, skill knowledge for enhancement, skills and knowledge in ICT and its tools as well as social skills.