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Brazil Focus lish skills to fnd good jobs, and don’t feel “There is a shortage of highly-skilled structor. By the end of the year Bloch- a real need to learn a second language. labor, and even more so in terms of Kjaer expects to have 30 instructors. “Many otherwise excellent candidates very specifc skills such as those we The inaugural session, which will have have been rejected just because they are looking for in technical instructors,” a maximum of six native Brazilian don’t speak English.” says Hans Dürke Bloch-Kjaer, Managing students, will feature a course on

Bloch-Kjaer usually has to match off- Director at Maersk Training Brasil. Advanced Dynamic Positioning using shore salaries just to get the high-skilled Bloch-Kjaer says language barriers Maersk’s DP simulator, which was workers to join as trainers. Bloch-Kjaer make it diffcult to fnd qualifed instruc- supplied by Kongsberg. In addition to noted, jokingly, that he is part of the tors for the training center. DP, the facility will be able to conduct problem when it comes to poaching in “The working language of Maersk is drilling and bridge simulations. the industry. English, and we expect to have at least Maersk will also offer public short “When you fnd these people who some non-Brazilians participating in our courses, company-sponsored trainee speak English and have knowledge, they courses, and we require all our instruc- programs and tailor-made services are very expensive,” he says. tors to be able to communicate fairly at the Barra da Tijuca center. Maersk

Despite the challenges, the Barra da fuently in English as well as Portuguese,” says its training program with will

Tijuca facility currently employs 15 local he says. “Unfortunately, highly-skilled count toward investment in local instructors and one senior Danish in- workers in Brazil tend to not need Eng- content requirements.

Rio de Janeiro to both assist in constructing a new global technol- Group joins neighbors such as equip- satisfying rigid local content require- ogy center that will serve all of its ment and services providers Baker ments as well as to stay close to research and development activities Hughes, FMC Technologies, and clients in the Latin American region. worldwide. Schlumberger, who have all chosen

BG Group, a multinational frm The center will be located near to create technology centers on the that is currently exploring off Bra- Petrobras’ CENPES technology park island.

zil’s coast, plans to invest US$1.5- on Ilha do Fundão near the Federal Construction began on BG’s facil- $2 billion in Brazil, including University of Rio de Janeiro. BG ity in early March and is expected

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