REGION 10 resident, 59-year-old Evadney Lorrimer has expressed deep satisfaction with the programmes offered by the Board of Industrial Training (BIT) in the region.
Like Lorrimer, there are hundreds of Guyanese men and women who have benefitted from the vast skills training opportunities offered by the agency.

Lorrimer is one of the 36 females from the batch of 69 Region 10 residents to benefit from the skills training and personal development, thanks to BIT.
According to BIT, Lorrimer is among 14 women who will embark on a comprehensive and engaging Commercial Food Preparation course.
Lorrimer told BIT that she heard about the course through a close friend who prompted her to apply.

“Now that I got through with it, I feel so great. I feel that it can improve my life a lot. Because when I start doing my work in that field, it will help me and encourage me to keep going.”
She is also one of the beneficiaries of the National Pathway Workers initiative, which allows for one person (per household) to work in public offices for ten days per month and earn $40,000.
With the mindset to change this reality, Lorrimer said that she would make the best use of the opportunity.

The mother of two, whose daughters also applied to this year’s batch of programmes, said that she does not intend to keep the skills she received “hidden from others”. Instead, she aims to open a bakery after graduation.
“I want to open this business because people who want cakes and these things can put in their orders. I usually make cakes, and people would give me their orders. So I am happy now that I can get the official training to open my business,” she expressed.

While she initially voiced concern about the timing of the programmes colliding with her work schedule, the determined woman told the training centre that she would put in all the necessary effort to develop herself to achieve her goals.

“They (the Board of Industrial Training) have a good job bringing a programme like this for the people of Region 10. It is a good challenge at this age for me and I am so happy about that,” she noted.
Moreover, one of Lorrimer’s daughters was accepted in the Heavy Duty Equipment Operation (HDEO) programme launched in Region 10.