Chapter 987 Vocational Training
Among the vocational training courses offered by Qiongxi Academy, navigation-related majors can be regarded as the advantage of the academy because they were established earlier and have accumulated rich teaching experience. Zhang Jinbao first led Ning Qi and his party to visit the shipbuilding profession. Of course, the teaching staff here are only entry-level compared to the Shengli Port Shipyard in Sanya. The so-called professional skills are mainly carpentry skills and basic knowledge of hull structure. Similar to the sailboats built by Haihan himself, because the hull structure and construction methods are somewhat different from traditional Chinese sailboats, craftsmen can only come into contact with these advanced technologies that require confidentiality after entering the shipyard under Haihan's rule. These things cannot be learned in a school training shipwrights.
However, because Qiongxi Academy is one of the first educational institutions to sign a talent transfer agreement with the Ministry of Shipping, the Ministry of Shipping still has certain support measures for Qiongxi Academy. For example, it sends professional craftsmen here every year to give guidance courses to these students. During the training phase, you can be better prepared to work in the shipyard later. This also ensures at the technical level that students taught by Qiongxi Academy can adapt to the requirements of Haihan Shipyard in the shortest possible time, thus giving the academy a greater advantage when recruiting students.
Zhang Xin introduced to Ning Qi: "The teaching results of Qiongxi Academy are good, so since last year, the Ministry of Shipping has listed it as a teaching demonstration site for navigation majors. Graduates are not only assigned to local shipyards and shipyards in Hainan Island, but also Some were also assigned to serve in overseas colonial sites.”
Zhang Jinbao chatted next to him: "Half of the last batch of graduates in this major were sent to Jinlan Port in Annan."
Of course Ning Qi also knows that there is a shipyard that has been put into production at Cam Ranh Port in Annan, and its main function is to serve the South China Sea Fleet stationed in Cam Ranh Port in the future. It is said that the shipbuilding capacity planned by the Ministry of Shipping is on par with large shipyards in Sanya, Kaohsiung, Zhoushan and other places, so there is naturally a lot of demand for professional shipwrights. If shipyards in overseas colonies like this want to obtain enough professionals, relying solely on training from the shipyards on Hainan Island is far from keeping up with the speed of development. Training courses offered by educational institutions like Qiongxi Academy are indeed This is because Haihan has solved the problem of insufficient training scale for technical talents to a certain extent.
However, Ning Qi's understanding of shipbuilding technology is only theoretical, and his actual operation level is not comparable to that of ordinary carpenters. Therefore, he can only take a quick look at the wood processing teachings presented by teachers and students, and at most say more. A few words of encouragement, but not as many questions and answers as before at White Deer Academy. Of course, Zhang Jinbao would not be ignorant to use the craftsmanship of these craftsmen to test the level of the school director, and did not arrange any similar communication sessions during the visit.
Next, Ning Qi visited the academy's smelting major. This major does not simply train blacksmiths, but teaches basic smelting techniques, allowing students to master the basic smelting process from ore to pig iron. The corresponding receiving units for the smelting profession are the smelters in Tiandu and Changhua. In the future, the Jinguashi gold mine in Taipei may be added, as well as the tin mines on Bangka Island and Belitung Island in Nanyang. The demand for smelting professionals by employers is still considerable.
The steel smelting industry in the south of the Ming Dynasty was already developed, so the teaching staff was quite sufficient. Many of the immigrants who came to Hainan Island from the mainland were people engaged in the smelting industry, and most of them entered the smelting plants under Haihan's rule. There are also a small number of people who live outside the country, and some of them are hired to join educational institutions such as Qiongxi Academy and become teachers imparting academic knowledge. The two teachers teaching here used to be iron stir-fryers in Foshan's iron-making workshops. As they age, their physical condition deteriorates and they can no longer work on the front line. However, it is quite easy to lead apprentices in the academy and they can still mix. A decent income.
The so-called fried iron is actually the process of processing pig iron into mature iron, and wrought iron can barely be regarded as steel with extremely low carbon content. However, in order for wrought iron to be processed into real steel, it must be heated, carburized, and repeatedly forged. However, the ancients did not really distinguish between wrought iron and low carbon steel, and they were collectively referred to as wrought iron.
The production techniques mastered by these private iron fryers are passed down from generation to generation through the relationship between master and apprentice, father and son, but few people can understand the principles. The main thing that can be taught to students is the operation process. As for For many technical indicators that need to be quantified, trainees can only wait until they graduate and enter the factory before they can gradually come into contact with and learn them at the production site. Moreover, the production equipment, technological processes, operating methods, etc. used in the Haihan smelting industry are all somewhat different from traditional smelting methods. After employment, these trainees still need to receive further training before they can actually work on the job.
After seeing the teaching situation of the smelting major, Ning Qi and his party visited the medical major. Medical personnel are an indispensable profession in the social structure that Haihan wants to build. However, the proportion of medical personnel in the areas under Haihan's rule is only about two to three per 10,000, which is far lower than what the executive committee wants to achieve. More than one thousandth. Of course, there are many reasons for this situation. The main reason is that the scale of towns on Hainan Island was limited in the past. The Li and Miao ethnic groups in the mountainous areas accounted for a large proportion of the total regional population, and professional medical staff They are only found in areas inhabited by Han people, so the number is naturally not too large.
Although Haihan opened a health school to train professionals after getting his foot in the door, the training cycle for the medical profession is long and the threshold is relatively high. It is difficult to learn medicine without a certain cultural foundation. In addition, the composition of Haihan's own medical staff is also a congenital problem. There are a few nurses with relatively low technical skills, but the only real practicing doctors are two foreigners, Johnson and Morgan. In addition to language and cultural barriers, these two people are both Western medicine practitioners. The medical methods they master are quite different from the theories of traditional Chinese medicine, and it is also difficult to implement them in terms of medication and treatment. Therefore, the medical department later recruited a group of doctors and pharmacists from the Ming Dynasty to teach and teach students. In the past two years, they have graduated and started to work one after another.
However, with the rapid expansion of Haihan's overseas colonies, the needs of medical staff are still far from being met. In isolated overseas colonies like Ambona Island, there are only three or four doctors stationed there all year round. If we go to the hospital and subdivide it into internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics, and pediatrics, the medical services it can provide are far from meeting local needs. Faced with such a shortage of personnel, the only emergency solution Ning Qi, who was in charge of science, education, culture and health, could think of was to mobilize private power.
Although Qiongxi Academy's training courses, which are based on short-term training and only instill basic knowledge, cannot teach qualified doctors, they can at least train some barefoot doctors who can prescribe medicine according to prescriptions. All they have learned are skills such as folk prescriptions, internal and external injury treatment, first aid during delivery, etc. Even if the disease cannot be cured, usually it will not cause death. After graduating from here, you only need to go to the Central Health College in Sanya for three months of further training, and then you can basically start working. The training period for nurses is relatively shorter.
Zhang Jinbao proudly introduced to Ning Qi and others: "A total of 35 people graduated from Qiongxi Academy in the medical major last year, including 10 doctors, 20 nurses, and 5 pharmacists. All of them received certificates from Sanya Central Health School. It is also the only college in Danzhou that offers medical and nursing majors with all its staff qualified.”
Ning Qi was somewhat impressed by this, because he was one of the attendees at the health system's year-end summary meeting last year. When Johnson was summarizing the results of newcomer training, he specifically mentioned that the quality of graduates from Qiongxi College was good. Being able to hear praise from Johnson was a low probability thing, so Ning Qi also paid attention to Qiongxi Academy. At this time, when he heard Zhang Jinbao boasting about himself, Ning Qi asked casually: "Where did the academy hire this medical teacher?"
Zhang Jinbao responded: "Reporting to the chief, when it comes to the teachers hired by the academy, they have a lot of background. The three teachers of the medical profession in this academy are all famous doctors who spent a lot of money to invite from Guangdong. One specializes in treating bruises. Injury, one is good at difficult and complicated diseases, and the other is an experienced pharmacist. Mr. Sheng, who used to treat the magistrate in Fucheng, is also the disciple of one of them. "Ning Qi nodded and praised: "So you say it. I’m not willing to spend money, I guess the tuition for this medical profession is not cheap, right?”
Zhang Jinbao smiled dryly and said: "Chief, the cost of teaching this medical profession is high. Not only do we have to invite famous doctors to give lectures, but we also have to contact official and private clinics in Danzhou to let these students do miscellaneous internships. And most of these students are from poor backgrounds. The students can’t afford the full amount of tuition fees. Many of them are paid in advance by the college. They have to wait until they graduate and join the job before they can recover the tuition fees bit by bit. In fact, they have no choice but to charge higher tuition fees. The college has collected less. If we operate at a loss, this medical class will not be able to run for a long time. Doesn’t that mean we have betrayed the trust and support of the leaders? ”
"You have enough reasons!" After listening to Zhang Jinbao's explanation, Ning Qi really felt how slippery this guy was, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with Qiongxi Academy's setting of a higher tuition fee. After all, the medical industry under Haihan's rule still had scarce technical jobs, and the income was still quite good. As long as Qiongxi Academy can let these students learn useful skills, it is reasonable to make some money. Otherwise, wouldn't the industrialization of education become an empty slogan?
After viewing these three majors, it was already dinner time. Zhang Jinbao had already ordered people to prepare a banquet, and even asked Ning Qi and his party not to refuse: "Dear leaders, today's banquet is prepared by the students of the academy's cooking class. Please invite Be sure to taste and evaluate it.”
Ning Qi turned back to Fan Diemen and said, "The cooking class students here have prepared a dinner for us. Are you going to eat it or not today?"
Fan Diemen followed Ning Qi around the academy for a day today. He ate some dry food on the carriage at noon. He was so hungry that his chest pressed against his back. Hearing this, he responded seriously: "I think we should respect the students. The fruits of their labor, and by the way, test the effectiveness of their learning here.”
Ning Qi was secretly amused, but his visit to Qiongxi Academy was relatively pleasant, so he decided to fulfill Zhang Jinbao's wish and stay for dinner. Of course, this itinerary was not actually Zhang Jinbao's bold and impromptu arrangement. He had already reported to Zhang Xin for instructions, and only after getting approval could he speak out and ask for Ning Qi's opinion on this occasion. Zhang Xin had already sent someone to supervise the operation of the kitchen to prevent anyone from causing trouble in this unguarded place of the academy.
Zhang Jinbao claimed that the banquet was cooked by the students, but in fact it was the master who taught the students, and the ordinary students were just temporary helpers. The chefs majoring in cooking all have formal training qualifications at Fort Victory. They can be said to be from orthodox academic backgrounds, and their skills are inherited from Haihan’s top chef Fan Wei. Although the banquet they prepared is not as good as Fort Victory’s It's an official banquet, but it's definitely a step above the Haihan cuisine that's known as the "authentic Victory Fort taste" in ordinary town restaurants.
Of course, such an occasion must include good wine. Zhang Jinbao not only prepared Sanya special wine, but also several other common good wines on the market in Guangdong, and even prepared a jar of rice wine produced in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Zhang Jinbao never touched the stool from the moment he took the seat, and kept toasting back and forth with a wine pot and glass. His fighting ability was also quite amazing.
After three drinks, Zhang Jinbao finally sat back down at Ning Qi's request. However, he did not stop there, and immediately launched a lobbying offensive: "Dear heads, Qiongxi Academy has submitted several new subjects this year on the basis of the original subjects. It is just that I have little talent and knowledge, and I don't know if there are any. If you can give some advice on what aspects need to be prepared, Danzhou Guangdong University students will also be grateful!”
Ning Qi drank a few glasses of wine, but his mind was still very clear. He did not get dizzy because of Zhang Jinbao's flattery. Hearing this, he smiled and responded: "You don't have to talk to us in a roundabout way. Just say what you want to say directly." Say!”
Zhang Jinbao was pointed out by Ning Qi, but he did not feel ashamed at all. He laughed twice and said: "Chief, one of the new subjects previously submitted by the academy, Director Zhang said that it must be approved by the executive committee. I want to take this opportunity to ask for your instructions in person.”
After hearing this, Ning Qi didn't ask him any questions, but turned to look at Zhang Xin directly. Zhang Xin nodded and said, "That's right. Among the new courses that Qiongxi Academy applied for this year, one of them is a major related to steam engines."
As soon as Ning Qi heard about the steam engine, he knew that this project must have been stuck here in Danzhou. The steam engine is still a key confidential project of Haihan. Regardless of manufacturing, use, and maintenance, all personnel who have direct contact with the steam engine are under the control of the Department of Safety, and the control of production and use technology is extremely strict. Not to mention recruitment, even recruitment is checked at all levels, and even needs to pass the political review process.
Happy New Year to all readers! Money is rolling in!
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