Ok Tedi Mining Limited continues to develop Papua New Guineans as the country prepare to celebrate 50 years of independence.
The company, through its Training and Development Team has applauded ten students that recently graduated from the Papua New Guinea University of Technology (UoT) on April 11th and University of Papua New Guinea on April 28th .
The graduands will now join OTML’s Graduate Development Scheme later in the year.
OTML Manager Training & Development Ian Strachan highlighted the significance of the company’s drive in its legacy of building young professionals at an early stage.
“At OTML, people are our greatest resource, most of them come through tertiary institutions including Unitech, UPNG, and DWU. OTML invests substantial amount of money every year in its Undergraduate Scholarship Program, Graduate Development Scheme (GDS), Apprenticeship Training, Preferred Area Development (PAD), Industrial Training Program, and On-The-Job (OTJ) Trainings,” Mr Strachan said.
“It is evident that we are not only committed to developing OTML’s human resource, but also PNG’s human resource,” Mr Strachan added
Brian Ngi Sissan Titley, the recipient of the OTML award at UoT, graduated with the highest GPA. He acknowledged OTML’s support on behalf of his colleagues for the assistance in industrial trainings, school fee aids, book allowances, and travel assistances.
“The scholarship has eased the financial burden on my parents. I have two other siblings who could not start school earlier. When OTML sponsored me, my parents were able to pay for my siblings’ school fees,” said Mr Titley.
Mr Strachan stated the 10 graduates had successfully maintained their GPAs throughout their studies.
“Their success reflects not only their personal commitment but also OTML’s ongoing investment in developing future leaders for Papua New Guinea. These achievements have been rewarded as they have secured their spots in OTML’s two-year GDS program,” Mr Strachan said.
As a responsible corporate citizen, OTML is committed to investing in the education and development of Papua New Guinea's future leaders. This is evident with the company’s financial support to promising students pursuing higher education in relevant fields such as engineering, geology, applied physics, environmental science, surveying, accounting, and more.
Since the inception of the training programs, OTML has trained 1,161 Apprentices, 700 PAD trainees, 50 Industrial trainees, 30 OTJ students and 70 students have successfully graduated through the Undergraduate Scholarship program.
