SENATI Annual Report 2005
Summary of important facts

In the year 2005, SENATI trained 300,350 participants, exceeding the figure of 275,997 that were trained in the year 2004.

In addition, it managed to exceed the amount of income coming from contributions (32.7 per cent) of income generated by courses, services and other activities (67.24 per cent), being the activities of the National Information Technology Programme and of the Higher School of Technology of SENATI the ones that generated the highest income from their courses and services.

On the other hand, a Workshop on Continuous Improvement was carried out with the participation of Local Directors, Operational Units Chiefs and Business Managers in order to offer students methodological tools to design and implement improvement projects in their Operational Units. In this context, the process of revising general and specific guidelines of the Integrated Management System ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 was finished. This allowed to incorporate improvements to processes and therefore confirm the commitment with quality and the environment.

According to the procedures established to confirm the effectiveness of certifications, Bureau Veritas Company conducted half-yearly follow-up audits to the Integrated Management System, reassuring the effectiveness and validity of the ISO certifications.

In 2005, the process for the implementation of the Occupational Health and Safety System began. It is oriented towards improving the safety and health conditions of members of staff, in an atmosphere of respect to safety and health at work. Training was provided to workers of different Operational Units in order to complement their knowledge about quality and environment management standards with the occupational health and safety standards mentioned above.

The Textile and Clothing Technological Centre of SENATI was founded at Lima's headquarters, with the purpose of promoting competitiveness in the textile-clothing sector and offering laboratory services, audits and specialised consultancy, as well as the issuance of textile certifications and training.

Alternatively, SENATI's CENTROPYME Network trained over 28,000 enterprising women belonging to Mother Clubs and Soup Kitchens all over the country to handle, maintain and repair gas kitchens with specially developed methodologies.

The implementation of the first stage of the Information System SINFO SENATI was consolidated. It benefits both external and internal clients since it has up-to-date, real and timely information through the Internet. This experience has been showed as a successful case in Latin America, within the framework of the Annual Forum on North American Higher Education celebrated in Puerto Rico in 2005. It has been reckoned that by the year 2006 the second stage of the SINFO Project will be launched. It addresses the financial management system, which will allow for a more efficient use of the institution's resources and will make timely information available for an appropriate decision-making process.

In 2005, important agreements were signed with entities such as University Ricardo Palma and the Alliance Française of Lima. The first one extends the validation of credits of the Degree on Industrial Administration and Engineering Technician to graduates who wish to follow their university studies. The second one proposes teaching the French language in SENATI's Headquarters of Independencia.

In the financial field, it is reckoned that by 2006 there will be the necessary resources to guarantee the efficient operation and development of SENATI.

Programme Updating

During this year, updating was continued for occupational profiles, curricular contents and written teaching material for different occupations and specialties of SENATI. The purpose is to have appropriate means to train competent professionals that can satisfy the needs of the industrial sector.

Support from entrepreneurs who integrate the Employers' Advisory Commissions of SENATI and Enterprise Trade Unions was obtained to update occupational profiles and curricular contents

To define occupational profiles, workshops on Participating Occupational Analysis were carried out with the contribution of specialised technicians and experts from enterprises.

Based on the approved and validated curricular contents, SENATI's instructors produce their written teaching material or update the ones available. It is thought that by 2006 participants will be given the written teaching material at the moment of enrolment, bearing always in mind their quality and how timely the delivery is.

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