Establishment of the H.E.A.R.T Trust

THE HUMAN EMPLOYMENT AND RESOURCE
TRAINING ACT, 1982
(Act 13 of 1982)

Heart Trust/NTA serves as a model in developing and implementing competency-based skill standards and qualifications in the Caribbean.

The HEART Trust/NTA and the NCTVET have ventured into a number of partnerships with regional and international entities.

As the National Training Agency and the national body with the responsibility for assessment and certification of the workforce the links between industry and the TVET system remain crucial. The thrust to enter into partnerships with regional and international bodies also speaks to the commitment of developing the Jamaican worker to be competent in a global environment.

The HEART Trust/NTA and the NCTVET have both been integrally involved in several developmental activities with the Caribbean and Latin American region, promoting the common understanding of technical and vocational education and training as well as worker certification and assessment according to occupational classifications.

Regionally, the HEART Trust/NTA and the NCTVET have been pioneers in TVET, being integrally involved and sharing development experiences with other regional TVET providers. The range of developmental activities between the Agencies have seen a wide range of developmental activities, including professional exchanges,
memberships as well as memorandum of understandings/agreement have seen the forging of linkages that promises impact at the national, regional and global levels.

Training

The HEART Trust/NTA offers a number of training opportunities though its various programmes. A wide variety of skill areas are offered in the following industry areas:

Information Technology - Agriculture - Apparel and Sewn products - Automotive Skills - Beauty Services - Commercial Skills - Building and Construction Skills

Industrial Maintenance Receiving training and certification in these industry and their related skill areas open career development opportunities. Training can be done whether you are on the job or just beginning to learn a skill.

These courses can be accessed through severalf intuitions island wide, including the: Academies and the Vocational Training Centres

Additionally courses can be accessed through:

Community Based Programmes
Special Needs Programmes
Industry Based Training Projects
Skills 2000
Special Projects

Employment Training in Caribbean: A study of 5 countries. Thomas McArdle. Senior Director, Planning and project development. November, 2004

Annual Report 2004-2005

Caribbean Journal of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) for Workforce Development, v.1, n. 1, 2005

National Council on Technical and Vocational Education and Training - NCTVET - Caribbean Conference Presentations

Annual Report 2003-2004

ICT4D Jamaica Officially launched

HEART Trust/NTA, the National Training Agency of Jamaica, has launched new website

Training and productive development. Community-based training. Robert Gregory. Executive Director. Address to the 36th. Meeting of the Technical Committee of Cinterfor/ILO. Guatemala, 2003.

Report from the English Speaking Caribbean Group.
Preliminary Report. 36th Technical Committee Meeting, 2003

Address by Robert Gregory, Executive Director HEART Trust/NTA, to the Annual Jamaica Employers Federation (JEF) Conference
Ocho Rios, Jamaica, May 30, 2003

IVETA ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Improving Education and Training Systems

A systematic approach in the management of training at the HEART/NTA in Cinterfor/ILO: Modernization in Vocational Education and Training in the Latin American and the Caribbean Region. Montevideo, 2001. p. 18

Jamaica: research and technical teaching development for upgrading the skills of human resources for training

Country paper:Jamaica. HEART
Competency - based Curriculum Design. Barbados, 19 to 23 November 2001

The National Council on TVET

The mission of the NCTVET is to improve the quality and the access of individuals to certifiable technical and vocational education and training in Jamaica. Access is increased and improved through the accreditation of training programmes and the certification of individuals’ competencies