webfact Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Ministry of Labor to raise labor standards in Thailand BANGKOK, 3 September 2016 (NNT) - The Ministry of Labor is planning a major overhaul in Thailand’s labor industry in an effort to raise the standards of Thai workers before entering the 4.0 era. Department of Skill Development Director-General Theerapol Khunmuang revealed that Labor Minister Gen Sirichai Distakul wanted all skilled workers to undergo skill tests to ensure that their abilities are up to professional standards. Gen Sirichai also came up with an idea to award workers with three different level stars based on their abilities and experiences. The first-level star would be given to those having basic work related skills. Workers, who have a fair amount of knowledge about machinery and are reliable for advice, would be awarded the second-level star. Those with a high level of expertise and great analytical skills would be given the third-level star. The objective of three star levels is to increase employers’ confidence and a chance for awarded workers to seek employment domestically and overseas. Daily wages will be increased for more professions within next year, in addition to 55 others whose wages have already been adjusted. -- nnt 2016-10-03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoboKay Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Yet another interim pseudo-solution to an age old issue. Automation, thankfully will be an industrial saviour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldroj Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 "...Gen Sirichai also came up with an idea ..." Oh, please spare us - the headline should have read "Yet another general with an idea". Soon, Thai workers "...with a high level of expertise and great analytical skills..." will have as many starts at the good general! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Raising labour standards? Simple. Just issue out more certificates with your 'No-Fail' policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliotness Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 A "high level of expertise and great analytical skills" requires a good education system, which for 99% of the population is not available now or even in the foreseeable future. Sometimes the BS is so overwhelmingly absurd that I can't even laugh anymore ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bark Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 33 minutes ago, eliotness said: A "high level of expertise and great analytical skills" requires a good education system, which for 99% of the population is not available now or even in the foreseeable future. Sometimes the BS is so overwhelmingly absurd that I can't even laugh anymore ? Thai's people can be smart. The problem is they are not taught to think for themselves. They follow like sheep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 It must have been the general's turn on the ' Come Up With A Fanciful Idea ' roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoboKay Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 (edited) 8 minutes ago, NongKhaiKid said: It must have been the general's turn on the ' Come Up With A Fanciful Idea ' roster. I'm picturing there'd be a "Wheel of Fortune" contraption with current "not-yet--transferred-due-to-incompetence" personnel in each segment and the PM takes a spin every couple of hours whilst preparing his weekly speeches. Edited October 3, 2016 by HoboKay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 5 hours ago, waldroj said: "...Gen Sirichai also came up with an idea ..." Oh, please spare us - the headline should have read "Yet another general with an idea". Soon, Thai workers "...with a high level of expertise and great analytical skills..." will have as many starts at the good general! Is this so called upgrading to help workers or help employers who feel that they are paying to much for the skills received. Must be like the system we had in kindergarden. We were also receiving stars for being good little students. So good little workers roll up your sleeve we want to give you stars as a permanent badge of your skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 The future of Thai kids is in these people hands.......and as always, there's nothing constructive except absolute BS rhetoric......! It's not really the policy makers fault....because they know no different. Grade 12 education (developed nation standards), no fail degrees.....absolutely zero exposure to the outside community and the Thailand finishes up with the beaurocracy that we now see.....totally frightening! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retiredandhappyhere Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 If three stars will be awarded for "a high level of expertise and great analytical skills", It's a good job this is a new scheme and was not introduced before the generals got theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitman Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 (edited) First give them good tools, no chinese crap but brands like Stanley are good enough. Then make those tools affordable for them and give the best engineers German or Japanese quality tools without importtax. Brands like Pumpkin are rubbish, nobody can work with that. Also teach them how to work with tools and to take care of it. Tools are ridiculous expensive in Thailand and the vendors don't know anything of it. Also they only have the old models for sale. I doubt there are good technical schools in Thailand, everything is done by cutting off corners. Nobody dares to tell them when it's done unprofessional, a good teacher dares that and will show them how it's done. I wanted to buy a nice toolcart today, 25.000 baht for a made in Thailand one....are you kidding me?? I can buy Gedore or Hazet or Facom for that price which is the best of the best. I'm talking about an empty cart FYI. Edited October 3, 2016 by fruitman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwiken Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Some better safety regulations would help I mean working on building sites with sandals . May have sufficed in 1932 but hardly cuts it in the 21st century Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike324 Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 it all starts with the education, fix the education and naturally labor standards will rise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin2852 Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 The Thai people are a sharp and interested as any people in the world, it is just that 70 years of being taught to be sheep and with Parents who are sheep will take another 2 generations to overcome. Psychologically, the Thais are now where we were in the early 1940's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoboKay Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 12 hours ago, kevin2852 said: The Thai people are a sharp and interested as any people in the world, it is just that 70 years of being taught to be sheep and with Parents who are sheep will take another 2 generations to overcome. Psychologically, the Thais are now where we were in the early 1940's A knife needs honing to stay sharp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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