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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS ReleaseREFRIGERATION TECHNICIANS TRAINED IN GOOD PRACTICES GRADUATEMarch 15, 2000 Over
one hundred (100) Refrigeration Technicians trained in “Good
Practices in Refrigeration” were graduates at a ceremony held
recently at the Technical Vocational Educational Training (TVET)) Auditorium,
Vocational Development Training Institute (VDTI), Gordon Town Road.
The function which marked the successful first phase of training
of refrigeration technicians was attended by individuals from the public
and private sector, environmental organisations, non-governmental organisations,
the church, government agencies and academic institutions.
The
training is expected to; increase awareness of the Montreal Protocol for
the Phase Out of Ozone Depleting Substances, introduce procedures that
reduce refrigerant losses during preventive and unscheduled maintenance
of equipment, disseminate information on chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), stimulate
the development of a network for information sharing throughout the sector
and ultimately help the country achieve the planned phase- out of CFCs
in a coordinated, planned and cost-effective manner. A
series of eight (8), three – day workshops on “Good
Practices in Refrigeration” were conducted island-wide during
the period October 1999 – February 2000.
These workshops, designed specifically for technicians constituted
the second phase of a project for the on-the-job training of refrigeration
technicians approved under the Refrigerant Management Plan for Jamaica
in March 1999 by the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund.
The executing agency for this project was the Natural Resources
Conservation Authority (NRCA) which found it necessary to collaborate
with the HEART Trust/NTA – VDTI, the University of Technology (UTECH)
and the Jamaica Maritime Institute (JMI) in implementing the training
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