Few days ago, a centre of $21 MILLION was formally opened at Nanyang Polytechnic to train precision engineers at polytechnic level is the first of its type. The centre run by the polytechnic, the Economic Development Board (EDB) and Spring Singapore is part of the $76-million Precision Engineering Manpower initiative which aims to produce an additional 2,000 precision engineers by 2012.
This centre will be used by students getting the Diploma in Digital and Precision Engineering Services from their second year onwards, for their industrial and final-year projects. Its objective is to train 600 such students by 2012.
The centre will boast state-of-the-art precision-engineering equipment such as the Metrotom, a scanning device that uses X-rays to measure the microscopic parts of objects, rather than the physical method of measurement which may destroy the objects. The centre will also be used to train adults working in any precision engineering company under the National Precision Engineering Specialist Programme offered at Nanyang Polytechnic.
The program was founded in 2007 and offers diplomas including the part-time Diploma in Precision Engineering and Work Skills Qualification Diploma in Precision Engineering in Mould Tool Making. These courses can be completed in time period ranging from two to five years.
EDB chairman Leo Yip, who was the guest of honor at the centre's opening ceremony stated that:
"Talent will be key to the deepening of the capability of the precision engineering (industry), and, with this centre, we want to encourage more students to take up precision engineering,"
Moreover, he said: "Not only do we want them to enter the industry, but (we also want them) to stay and grow with it."
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