SIXTY-THREE IBTE students received a Condition of Employment (COE) by 15 participating companies from various industries for the COE Market Day held on the 19th to 24th March.

The COE was a collaboration between IBTE and Ministry of Energy and Industry which aims to help and reduce the mismatch of skills and talents, with the alignment of programmes according to the industry needs.

During the Market Day, students from the ICF HNTec and NTec programmes visited company’s booths to look around for positions that are relevant to their programmes and submitted job applications to chosen companies.

Students who passed their interviews were offered placement by the relevant companies as part of their training.The students received their COE at a presentation that took place at the hall of IBTE Mechanical Campus.

Present as the guest of honour was Principal IBTE Satellite Campus, Jemee bin Jenek who also presented the COE.A total of nine ICF programmes with 246 students attended the event.

ICF programmes involved are HNTec Plant Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Construction Engineering, Design and Draughting, Electronic Engineering, Hospitality Operations and NTec Apprenticeship in Professional Cookery and Services.The companies involved in the Market Day comprised of Adinin Works and Engineering Sdn Bhd, Amec Foster Wheeler, Expro Sdn Bhd, KCA Deutag, Mozzat, Aegis Secure Data Solutions, Olive Tree Corp, Tambak Kayangan, SPHI Marine, Megalift, Syarikat Sariah Sdn Bhd, Mashhor General Contractors (MGC), Tekad Fajar Sdn Bhd, Swensen’s Café and Restaurant and Danne Burger.