Postal Union lauds plans for Caribbean postal training school
THE EIGHTH Annual Confe-rence of the Caribbean Postal Union lauded plansput forward by the Postal Corporation (PostCorp) of Jamaica for the establishment of a Postal Training School for the Caribbean.
The new facility, which will be located at the South Camp Road Central Sorting Office, aims to provide training in postal technology to employees at all levels. The plan also makes room for a core curriculum of workplace competencies in a number of areas including communication, supervisory, and management skills. The new curriculum will allow for the accumulation of traansferable credits which will enable postal employees to up-grade their certification and provide opportunities for entry into University programmes.
There are over 6,000 postal employees in the English-speaking Caribbean, many of whom could benefit from the broad-scale training opportunities which will be created. PostCorp is seeking assistance from the Universal Postal Union and the French post for the delivery of on-line courses, which will dramatically increase accessibility to training, andfor the implementation of exchange programmes.
The development of skills within the industry and the broadening of the skills base of postal employees is important if postal administrations are to provide a meaningful response to global trends which challenge traditional practices. Postal workers today must be trained in the new technologies of management and the delivery of the service if posts are to retain their customers and increase their customer base. The well-trained and professionally qnualified postal worker is the way of the future.
