Sixty-seven persons became experts in using and repairing sophisticated gas equipment after they attended courses at the Training Center “GazTrain”. Some of these are employees of state institutions, while others are private individuals who learned a new specialty, director of the Training Center “Flacara Albastra” (“Blue Flame”) Iurie Truhin said in a news conference at IPN. The Center “Flacara Albastra” merged with “GazTrain” and staged the courses in concert.

“These persons studied and received certificates for the German boilers Viessmann and permits for servicing and exploiting these boilers. By these courses, we help the specialists improve their skills as they are able to attend the courses once in two years. Furthermore, new jobs are being created,” stated Iurie Truhin.

Within the second phase of the project, the center “GazTrain” was equipped with a training info-automobile outfitted with operational boilers and other installations. This travels through Moldova’s districts and is used in seminars, presentations and training courses for engineers who already work in the field. Our priority is to reduce the accommodation and travel expenses for the participants. Furthermore, each client feels better at home than when coming to Chisinau,” stated Truhin.

About 300 persons a year can be trained at the Center. These can later find employment. The courses last for two weeks and cost 2,000 lei, while the graduation certificates are issued by the Viessmann Academy. “We are always ready to stage seminars. We have people here who train those who want. When we receive the newest information from Germany, we transmit it to the employees in Moldova,” said Valentiu Inga, the representative of the German company “Viessmann” in Romania.

A course aid for specialists and a boiler regulation and servicing manual were worked out within the project, which laid great emphasis on the popularization of the most efficient and modern technologies. In the past, the technicians in Moldova serviced only gas installations up to the door of the consumer’s home, but now they can also repair individual boilers.

The project was implemented with financing from the Government of Germany. A sum of about €300,000 was allocated for the purpose.