KOTA KINABALU – Petronas has launched the Sabah-Petronas Human Capital Development Agenda (HCDA) today to create more skilled human resources in Sabah for the energy sector.
HCDA is a joint initiative by Petronas and the Sabah government that aims to build a sustainable talent pipeline for the state and the nation.
The agenda will establish structured initiatives to support Sabahan talents through different stages of learning to reach their full potential in the state’s energy sector.
Speaking at the launch of HCDA here, today, Petronas chairman Tan Sri Mohd Bakke Salleh said Petronas hopes to nurture an ecosystem that effectively inculcates interest, provides equal opportunities and advances the expertise of Sabahan talents.
“With programmes and facilities in place, I am certain that even more Sabahan talents will rise to the occasion to support Sabah’s energy aspirations,” he said.
The agenda was presented to the state’s Local Government and Housing minister I Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun by Bakke together with Petronas president and group chief executive officer, Datuk Tengku Muhammad Taufik.
The event was also attended by Petronas senior vice-president of project delivery and technology, Bacho Pilong, and human capital investment and group human resource management head Syed Mohamad Muhafiz Syed Bakar.
HDCA will focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics learning, strengthened with new programmes focusing on the state’s demographics, including a recently concluded second edition of the BeDigital Bootcamp that aims to improve participants’ digital entrepreneurship and leadership skills.
Initiatives under the agenda will leverage on Petronas’ current human capital development ecosystem including Institut Teknologi Petroleum Petronas, Petrosains, Yayasan Petronas, Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) and others.
At the event, Petronas also announced that over 100 Sabahan top achievers for SPM 2021 have been offered the Petronas Education Sponsorship Programme this year.
Since 2003, 568 outstanding students from Sabah, including 177 currently in the programme, have benefitted from sponsorships valued at RM53.2 million, to pursue a range of subjects at UTP and other renowned universities locally and abroad.
Meanwhile, Universiti Malaysia Sabah and UTP signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly strengthen their energy-related modules based on industry needs, and to raise the intake of Sabahan students in technical subjects.
A second MoU was also signed between Petronas Global Technical Solutions Sdn Bhd and Sabah Energy Corporation Sdn Bhd to collaborate in the areas of technical capability building and programme certification towards nurturing technically competent and skilled talent in the energy industry. – The Vibes, August 26, 2022
