Introduction to Can Tho Vocational College

As one of the key high-quality educational institutions with a scale of over 5000 students, the college offers various levels of education such as college, intermediate, vocational training with the standards of advanced countries in the world, towards standardization, modernization, socialization, and international integration, contributing to meeting the demand for high-quality human resources for the industrialization and modernization of the country.
The college currently focuses on training in Electronics; Mechanical Engineering; Hydraulic, Electrical, Information Technology, Refrigeration, and some other hot fields such as Fashion Design, Accounting, Construction with the aim of becoming a high-quality international vocational training center.
To achieve its goals, the college aims to train comprehensive, ethical, knowledgeable, healthy human resources with professional skills to adapt to the changes of the market mechanism, and contribute to the country's development. The college always ensures complete and perfect infrastructure to meet the teaching and future goals.

Cooperation between ETEK and the college

ETEK Automation Solutions Joint Stock Company and Can Tho Vocational College have many opportunities to cooperate together for mutual development such as organizing seminars or accepting college students for internships and work at the company.
ETEK collaborates with the college to provide internship opportunities for students to apply their knowledge in practice and gain real-world work experience.
The relationship is also reflected in designing training programs to meet the practical needs of the automation industry. This helps students acquire skills suitable for labor market requirements.

Requirements for building training laboratories

During the research, design, and implementation of vocational training laboratories, Can Tho College sets out some requirements to perfect the equipment at the college:

Requirements for infrastructure design

Can Tho Vocational College requires ETEK to design laboratories suitable for specific majors according to the plan. Constructing and completing to ensure safety for students and lecturers during practice.

Requirements for technique

ETEK ensures that training equipment products meet the requirements of the college. Additionally, providing complete documentation and instructions for usage during technology application in training or technical support for teachers and students to use effectively.
Cooperation between universities and businesses in building training laboratories not only benefits students but also creates an advanced and practical learning environment.

Difficulties in the research, design, and construction process

Balancing construction costs and ensuring complete equipment products is the key to success and progress of the project.

• Building training laboratories requires significant funding for equipment procurement, infrastructure, and construction.
• Sometimes, there may be difficulties in finding suitable space to build new laboratories or expand existing ones.
• Old facilities may need improvement or repairs, and developing training laboratories may face challenges due to changing requirements of existing infrastructure.
• Building and completing training laboratories may take considerable time, delaying the implementation process.
• The college has fixed study schedules, so changing spaces or implementing new laboratories may cause inconvenience to ongoing teaching programs.
• Project management for building training laboratories requires management skills and coordination from various departments within the college.
• Continuous investment in updating new technologies and modern equipment may require constant investment and close cooperation with industry partners.
• Ensuring safety for students and compliance with relevant safety and environmental regulations can be a major challenge when building training laboratories.

Despite these challenges, overcoming them through cooperation, detailed planning, and flexibility in project management can help the college achieve its goal of building high-quality training laboratories.

Achievements

With available resources and experienced engineers, ETEK quickly engaged in research and implementation of laboratories to ensure timely completion and rapid operation.

1. Basic technical room
2. Basic electrical room
3. Equipped electrical practice room
4. Electrical machine practice room
5. Electrical installation practice room
6. Automation practice room

The practice rooms meet the criteria, requirements, and plans of the college to ensure serving students during teaching and learning.
Let's review some of the training laboratories that ETEK has built at Can Tho Vocational College: