With EU support, training centre for drivers and mobile crane operators opens in Horishni Plavni, Ukraine

A modern training and practice centre for drivers and mobile crane operators opened this July at the Higher Vocational Mining and Construction College in Horishni Plavni, a city on the left bank of the Dnieper in Kremenchuk Raion of Poltava Oblast of Ukraine. The project was implemented with the support of the European Union under the Ukraine Facility programme.

The Higher Vocational Mining and Construction College is one of the leading vocational education institutions in the region, training specialists for the mining, construction, transport, and other sectors. The new centre has become the fourth modern training and practice space at the institution, alongside centres for training electric gas welders, maintenance fitters, and vehicle repair mechanics.

The centre was created as part of the public investment project ‘Modernisation of workshops and laboratories of vocational and professional pre-tertiary education institutions, ensuring energy efficiency, safety, and inclusiveness of the educational space’.

Thanks to the project, the institution has received modern trucks and a passenger car, a passenger car simulator, an interactive panel, laptops, and upgraded classrooms.

“The opening of such a training and practice centre is an investment in preparing qualified specialists that the country’s economy urgently needs today. It is important that young people in the Poltava region have the opportunity to study using modern equipment and gain practical skills that will underpin a successful professional future,” said Myroslav Kostenko, Director of the Department of Education and Science of the Poltava Regional Military Administration.

Earlier, another training and practice centre (TPC) ‘Modern technologies for vehicle maintenance and repair’ was established in Hadiach, a city in Myrhorod Raion, Poltava Oblast in east-central Ukraine. The project was also implemented with the support of the European Union under the Ukraine Facility programme. The EU invested UAH 6.7 million in this facility, which made it possible to transform old workshops into a modern inclusive educational hub.

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