Xifeng launches winter vocational skills training

Xifeng county in Southwest China's Guizhou province has recently carried out winter vocational skills training work, according to local officials.

The county has formulated both a vocational skills improvement action plan and a winter vocational skills improvement training plan.

The Xifeng human resources and social security bureau broadcast the skills training policies through radio, television, LED screens and elevator screens, in order to expand policy coverage. It also promoted its vocational skills training policies to workers and enterprises in its jurisdiction through door-to-door visits, WeChat, and QQ, increasing people's awareness of the training so that workers are able to participate in it and enterprises can take the initiative to develop their own.

In addition, the bureau made its business policies into e-books and PPT courses, and carried out training to improve the professional quality of the staff members responsible for vocational skills training in villages, towns and sub-districts, better serving workers and enterprises. The bureau also strengthened its skills training services for enterprises, guiding enterprises to formulate training plans, improve training materials and carry out skills training for their employees.

Since December 2020, Xifeng county has carried out three skills training sessions for 102 people, including five people in poverty; three enterprise employee skill training sessions for 101 people, including four in poverty; nine skills training sessions for 309 people, including 25 in poverty; and production skills training for eight enterprises, with 486 people benefiting and an investment of 242,500 yuan ($37,383).

Che Weiwei contributed to the story.