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The Samarinda Forestry Vocational Training Center Project (SFVIC)

The SFVIC Project is funded by the Canadian International Development
Agency as part of Canada's development assistance to Indonesia. The
program is implemented in conjunction with the Indonesian Ministry of
Manpower. Since 1983, the B.C. Ministry of (Post-Secondary) Education
has administered Phase 2 of this project from Victoria. Under this
phase, Canadian advisors on two to three year contracts set up
classrooms and shops in an existing Indonesian college, developed
programs and advised Indonesian instructors in the following areas:
industrial electronics; carpentry; sawfiling; pipefitting and
millwrighting. Training was also provided in B.C. for Indonesian
instructors selected from the Samarinda College.

In the upcoming year a program of in-plant training will be introduced
to the Samarinda area and will be run by a Canadian Field Manager out of
the Indonesian college. Under this program, short-term advisors from
Canada will work with Indonesian college instructors to develop and
deliver tailor-made vocational/technical training courses for

industry. It is planned that these courses will be delivered in the
local plants, using plant machinery and supplies. Courses are also
planned for delivery in a number of small. satellite training centres in
the Kalimantan area.

The site for this training project is Samarinda, Kalimantan, a river
port located 1/2 a degree off the equator on the Mahakam River, three
hours drive from the ocean. The area is low-lying, covered in sparse
jungle, humid and hot. Candidates short-listed for selection will
receive detailed information on the site, project and conditions as part
of the selection process.