In order to respond to the Ministry of Energy’s challenge
of providing off...
In order to respond to the Ministry of Energy’s challenge
of providing off-grid rural electrification solutions in Sierra Leone, UNOPS
has been engaged to deliver the Rural Renewable Energy Project (RREP) with the
objective of increasing accessibility to public services and enhancing economic
growth in underserved rural communities.
The present four-year
project has been developed with the target outcome to increase rural renewable
energy access through private sector involvement, and support institutional
development/reforms on regulatory frameworks and business model approaches. The
RREP will implement sustainable technical and financial solutions to establish
electrification of villages through mini-grids, along with the technical
assistance required to support the sustainable development of this off-grid
renewable energy initiative.
The RREP is developed
around technical solutions designed under three work packages (WP):
- Work package 1 and 1+: Installing stand-alone
6kWp solar photovoltaic (sPV) systems in a minimum of 50 communities by July
2017 (with the ambition to scale up to 80 communities subject to availability
of funds). The stand-alone 6kWp solar
photovoltaic systems will provide electricity to the Community Health
Centres, and subsequently be expanded into small mini-grids in the 50
villages by the end of 2017, to connect all other public institutions and
households in the village. The 50 small mini-grids (< ~36kW)
will be operated by private operators with commercial interests or local
communities associations, both ensuring long term sustainability by December
2017.
- Work package 2: The project will
support a range of public-private sector business models for providing rural
communities electrification through installation of environmentally and
economically sustainable mini-grids (> ~36kW). A minimum of 40
mini-grids will be completed by October 2020, adding up to 5 MW to the
country’s power generation capacity
- Work package 3: Technical Assistance (TA) and institutional development (capacity
building) to both government authorities and private sector, as part of the holistic approach to facilitate
mini-grids development and long term sustainable operations.
As
part of the capacity building the Civil Engineer interns will be given an
opportunity through practical “hands - on” approach the
objectives of the training is to enable the interns acquire higher level of
skills, and consequently improve their competency. A period of formal structured internship is
necessary in order to fully integrate the theoretical knowledge to practice.
The interns will be systematically introduced to the ways and get a feel for
construction industry and putting such knowledge into practice with the aim of
becoming a competent and confident Professional Engineers.
2. Training components and learning elements
The
overall objectives of the training are as follows:
- To provide
structured guidance and training under the supervision of senior civil
engineers.
- To
provide the young graduates with an intensive exposure to civil engineering
discipline and practice.
- To
support young civil engineering graduates through their initial professional
development and eventually, to attain full professional status.
- To
facilitate bridging of the gap between education and professional qualification
and facilitate development of skills and professional approach needed to
practice as a civil engineering professional.
- To
increase the chances of employability in industry for young civil engineering
graduates.
3. Participation in missions or training courses
- Know
your work place and team
- Know
the organogram of the design office/construction head office/construction works
yard.
- Learn
the functions of Departments and key personnel in a design office/construction
head office/construction works yard.
- Know
key construction site personnel in a building and/or road project
- Understanding
the importance of Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) issues at work sites
- Understand
architectural and corresponding structural design drawings and cross sections.
- Understand
longitudinal and cross section road construction drawings.
- Use
of AutoCAD to produce design drawings.
- Know
civil engineering procurement process
- Know
the significance of main contract documents – drawings, specifications, Bill of
Quantities
4. Additional comments
- Use
of Surveying Instruments – Level machine, Total Station equipment or Theodolite
- Know
how to do setting out for a building project
- Know
how to take cross section levels for a road project
- Know
how to take contour levels
- Take
off Quantities from drawings
- Estimating
cost of civil engineering works.
- Use
of Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement (CESMM)) for civil
engineering works.
- Preparation
of Bill of Quantities (BOQ) using CESMM.