By TAKESHI OWADA/ Staff Writer
November 26, 2024 at 16:56 JST
Kei Takeuchi, CEO of Daito Trust Construction Co., and Ade Maman Suherman, rector of the University of Singaperbangsa Karawang in Indonesia, at a ceremony in Tokyo’s Minato Ward on Nov. 21 (Takeshi Owada)
Daito Trust Construction Co. will start a university course in Indonesia starting in August 2025 to nurture future engineers and possible executives at the company while addressing labor shortages in the construction industry.
The company and the University of Singaperbangsa Karawang reached an agreement about opening the course at the Indonesian national university.
Around five students are expected to enroll. They will visit Japan in December 2027.
The students in the program will be selected from among those who wish to work for Daito Trust Construction in Japan.
The graduates will be hired under the same conditions as full-time Japanese employees.
The company will teach the students Japanese language skills and other knowledge to gain Japanese national certifications needed to carry out and manage construction projects in Japan.
Local instructors at the university will provide lectures in Indonesia. University credits will be awarded for the program.
A ceremony to sign the memorandum was held in Tokyo on Nov. 21.
Kei Takeuchi, the company’s representative director and CEO, said securing human resources is an urgent issue in the construction industry.
“This course offers technical lectures to students, and it is based on an agreement of employment, and this is a highly innovative plan,” he said at the ceremony. “It will enable us to quickly secure human resources from overseas and operate in the long term.”
Ade Maman Suherman, the rector of the university, also made a speech at the ceremony.
“In Indonesia, the number of young workers is increasing year by year,” Suherman said. “Many of them are looking for opportunities to work in foreign countries, and this trend will not change.”
Daito Trust Construction also hired five students from a national technical university in Uzbekistan in September.
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