Philipsburg:--- As part of his ongoing plan to keep UTS\CaribServe personnel up to date, interim COO Roy Richardson organized Red Cross lifesaving training sessions throughout the year with the result that almost every employee received the training. He said "it is not just enough to train our people with job-related skills, our aim is to give our staff the skills that also enriches them on a personal level, skills that will serve them wherever they go in life. We live on an island that has its share of natural calamities and challenges and we need to be prepared in every way possible."Red Cross manager, Marjan van der Steen, expressed her satisfaction at the number of UTS employees who had attended the training sessions and urges other enterprises to follow suit so that St. Maarten will have far more available "First-Aid Responders".
From saving lives to reaching out to everyday life, modern day communication is something we tend to take for granted and few of us are aware of what goes on behind the scenes when we pick up a phone, "ping a friend", send a photo or an email: there is constant work at hand in order to keep up with and maintain the ever changing, fast-paced technology lifecycle. UTS\CaribServe's operation technicians recently followed a series of vendor-based, technology training sessions at the Training & Development Center (TDC) in preparation of the launch of UTS' new, island-wide 3G+ network. "The necessary skillsets needed to operate and maintain our new Ericsson-based 3G+ / 4G LTE-ready network are now in-house and I am truly proud of our staff's commitment towards realizing this important milestone", said Roy Richardson, Interim COO, UTS Eastern Caribbean.
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These members of the operation team are part of that big story and their training will continue on throughout year and with every future innovation.