13 September 2024 12:07 am Views - 24
From left: Ceylinco Insurance Assistant General Manager Nishantha De Alwis, Nippon Paint Lanka Brand Manager Dinesh Dilhan, Nippon Paint Lanka Head of Technical Support Prabath Jayawardana, Nippon Paint Lanka Director/General Manager Nemantha Abeysinghe, Construction Industry Development Authority Deputy Director Buddhika Sirimanna, Nippon Paint Lanka Sales Manager Decorative Pramitha Wijesena, Nippon Paint Lanka Sales Manager Tools and Accessories Naminda Hapuarachchi and Ceylinco Insurance Senior Manager Corporate Accounts Sumedha Priyadarshana
The Nippon Paint Lanka Painter’s Academy completed its six-month-long, eighth professional training programme successfully.
During the event, the NVQ Level 3 certificate was awarded to 50 painters. The certificate awarding ceremony was held recently at the Nippon Paint Lanka head office in Colombo.
“This training programme was conducted in association with the Construction Industry Development Authority (CIDA),” said Nippon Paint Lanka General Manager/Director Nemantha Abeysinghe.
“We launched Nippon Paint Lanka Academy as a CSR project to help develop professional skills among painters in Sri Lanka. The training is designed to raise the standards in the industry and provide our consumers with a higher quality of usage of the technologically advanced paints and coating products that we offer and equip them with the knowledge to deal with customers in a very professional manner.”
“Even the best product in the world is useless unless it is applied properly,” Nippon Paint Lanka Head of Technical Support Prabath Jayawardena said.
“This training is given by us free of charge and any painter can connect with us to obtain this specialised training. What we give is the technical knowledge to understand the customer requirements and offer them professional coating solutions, the correct products to be used and the correct method of application. We show them that they won’t be professional painters simply by using a brush or a roller but with ample technical know-how. They are taught which applications to use and the procedure and method required. We were the first to start such a training programme for painters but it is not restricted to those using our products.”