Twenty-five engineering entry and line staff at Atlantis are now basic engineering certified having completed the first level of a three-level program, a technical collaboration between the resort and the Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute (BTVI) to strengthen and support opportunities in the area of internships, job placement, up skilling and additional training for Atlantis team members.
The group was the first of Atlantis engineering employees to complete this initial basic engineering stage of the program which took place over 80 hours.
Level two will focus on engineering upskilling, and is approximately one year. Level three is advanced engineering management which takes place over 20 to 30 weeks.
"The program is ongoing and is dynamic as we customize areas of the program to meet the needs of our workforce," said Kevan Dean, executive director of engineering services.
It's a program that he said is important to and for Atlantis because it demonstrates their commitment as a company to making opportunities available to its team members as they get to increase their technical and professional skills while being employed.
"It is our belief that this translates into improved service levels and a better guest experience as well as supports the quality of our preventative maintenance of the program too," said Dean.
"It is important to recognize that talent is discovered, skills are identified, but expertise are identified. We hope this program creates industry experts in our ever changing and evolving technology age."
Atlantic Technical Institute (ATI) is a comprehensive training curriculum that resides under the umbrella of Atlantis University. The program is designed to leverage industry and vocational partnerships to deliver practical and theoretical course content related to facilities engineering and operations. The program objective is to strengthen the technical and managerial capacity of Atlantis's team members. With the help of strategic partners like BTVI, through its MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) Atlantis engineering employees are reinforced and upskilled in vocational trades such as painting carpentry, plumbing, electrical, airconditioning and refrigeration.
"The program embraces the opportunities to bring technical training into the workplace by improving the technical capacity of existing Atlantis team members, while providing a more fluid conduit from the local pool of talent into the Atlantis family," he said.
The MoU between Atlantis and BTVI is for two years. Trade areas included electrical installation, carpentry, plumbing and heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC).
The contact hours for each trade is 50, totaling 200 contact hours to complete the four disciplines. The training was held at Atlantis Each participant had some prior learning in the areas.
According to Alexander Darville, BTVI's dean of construction and workforce development, there will be a continuation of the training in fall 2023. The next step is National Center for Construction and Education Research (NCCER) certification along with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) training.
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