The changing nature of work and Jamaica's place

[Jangle]

New $3.5-b Portmore BPO complex to create 4,500 jobs

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Up to 4,500 additional jobs will be created for Jamaicans through construction of GTECH Park, a new $3.5-billion business process outsourcing (BPO) complex in Portmore, St Catherine.

Prime Minister Andrew Holness today (October 24) broke ground for the facility located at lot #2 in Cooks Pen.

The complex will comprise three multilevel buildings, which can accommodate a total of 240,000 square feet of BPO operations, employing 1,500 people per building and up to 4,500 in total on a shift system.

The Prime Minister noted the Government's commitment to rapidly increasing training, so that operators can readily find labour to occupy the BPO spaces.

“I have called on the Heart Trust/NTA and other stakeholders in the BPO sector to intensify their training efforts at all levels, so that we can meet the needs of the global information technology-enabled service industry. The community colleges, the universities now offer courses that will prepare young Jamaicans to work their way up in the BPO industry and assume top management positions,” he said.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/New_$3.5-b_Portmore_BPO_complex_to_create_4,500_jobs

[Sir X]

Soon start charge yuh...lol

[Don1]

Even better...

Rebranding /rewording STEM - JA. UP.

SUPPORT.
TECHNOLOGY.
EN.
MASSE .

Jamaica up. - STEM UP.

[Sir X]

Rebranding /rewording STEM - JA. UP.

SUPPORT.
TECHNOLOGY.
EN.
MASSE .

Jamaica up. - STEM UP.

[Don1]

S.T.E.M. dem up.

S-SUPPORT
T-THOSE
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M-MASSE

Technologically.

noice!

[Sir X]

S.T.E.M. dem up.

S-SUPPORT
T-THOSE
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M-MASSE

Technologically.

[Don1]

Ten years ago I learnt that work was changing and it was due to the work that I was doing at Siemens. It was during that time that I found that there was this massive transformation happening in the industry. We are already 10 years into the 4th Industrial Revolution, a revolution marked by the hallmark of skills disruption, wherein 35 per cent of skills has become obsolete. As a developing country, disruption is good for us, we want to be a part of it as there are opportunities for us a country,” she stated.

“The industrial revolution is the largest wealth creation opportunity in the history of our planet; so whenever we hear something like that as a developing nation, we have to listen, we have to pay attention,” she further stated.

i.e. There's no time to dilly-dally on transformational workforce upgrades JA

Sass please forgive the "plagiarism"

[Don1]

Erica Simmons is champion advocate for Jamaica gaining a strong capability in tech applications. I've worked, shared ideas and learned from her in a past project. She has a mastery of the technology landscape and how JA can fit in it.

For those like Jangle who mistakenly believe that a mastery of a few key technology applications "tek too long"...now hear this..

The education sector, the government, the private sector, the industry is aware of the change that is happening in the market place and knows that there is an opportunity for us as a country to move ourselves forward and to leapfrog right into the midst of the 4th Industrial Revolution,” she closed in saying.

Leapfrog obviously means a rapid change..which is possible in education via online, self-directed training. That minimizes the roadblocks of Ministries, teacher issues, unions etc that slow things down.

Unnu thinking is stuck in the 1980s. Get up to speed

[Jangle]

in the 4th Industrial Revolution


Within the last decade it is believed that Jamaica, among other countries worldwide, has began to witness the changing nature of work. With aspects of the 4th Industrial Revolution having begun to manifest in workspaces, through heightened use of technologically driven operations, the country is encouraged to prepare to meet the demand for technology-based skills.

Simmons noted that currently, with Jamaica located in the lower quadrant or beginner stage of digital maturity, there is still much work for us to do even though commendations are given for the work which has already started, especially through some programmes now being offered in the tertiary institutions of the country. She highlighted advanced engineering, engineering and design, information technology applications, digitalisation, project life cycle management and robotics as some of the skills that will advance us and place us on a level playing field with other powerful countries such as Russia, China and Brazil.

“We want to develop the skillsets of the people so that we can have higher value-added jobs coming to Jamaica. The education sector, the government, the private sector, the industry is aware of the change that is happening in the market place and knows that there is an opportunity for us as a country to move ourselves forward and to leapfrog right into the midst of the 4th Industrial Revolution,” she closed in saying.

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