SMART DOMESTIC MANAGERS TRAINING

As it has been increasingly difficult to recruit foreign maids over the recent years, NAWEM (National Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Malaysia) has explored alternatives to get live-in maids.The idea of Smart Domestic Managers was mooted by NAWEM and in collaboration with Jabatan Pembangunan Wanita has begun running such courses which combines training to cover various methods of childcare and domestic help.

SSVP’s Ozanam Service Centre, operated by the PJ Conferences of Assumption and St Francis Xavier, Society of St Vincent De Paul Selangor and in line with the objectives of SSVP Selangor to embark on projects that will lead to the development and empowerment of single mothers and ladies managed to secure a training programme from NAWEM.

Training for the first batch of 10 participants was conducted by NAWEM, at Rumah Puspanita, Jalan Hose, Kuala Lumpur from 28^th September to 9^th Oct 2015, for a duration of 10 days.

This Programme, comprising three main components is structured as follows :-

Selection of candidates and Training on core hard and soft skills.
Marketing and Placement for provision of domestic services.
Monitoring and Coaching SMART Domestic Managers.

There were 80 hours of training over the 10 days, and was split into 40 hours of instructor-led training and 40 hours of external practical training conducted at selected partner hotels.

At the end of the 10 day training, participants were awarded certificates recognised by the Housekeepers Association of Malaysia.

Out of the 10 participants, 6 were placed in jobs as Domestic Managers and the other 4 participants opted to provide cleaning services in their vicinity on a free lance basis.