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将提高培训的品质和安全性，因为司机现 在能够在开始工作前通过模拟器学习如何 驾驶不同的巴士、应付气候和路况。
总裁兼集团首席执行员郭木财说:“巴士 培训和评估中心的成立，强调了SMRT朝更 好的安全性和服务可靠性努力。通过采用 技术作为关键推动者，量身打造的模拟 器、团队及情景培训，我们希望能够发展 一个拥有高度技能和训练有素的人力资 源，为所有新加坡的通勤巴士服务。”
全国职工总会就业与职能培训中心副首 席执行员陈健雄补充说:“巴士运输业 正在增长和改变以应付通勤者的需求， 而巴士专业人士则必须不断提升他们的 技能，以提供更好的服务。为此，全国 职工总会就业与职能培训中心将联合工 人、巴士公司及培训供应者，协助巴士 专业人士的增长，使它成为一个吸引人 的职业。”
SMRT巴士培训和评估中心将开放给新加坡 所有的公共和私人巴士营运者使用，迎来 一个建基于团队的巴士司机和监控巴士运 作员培训的新纪元。这个一站式的中心每 年可为高达8，000人提供培训。
so that trainers can customise the training to address any areas of concerns for individual bus captains.
With a total of 16 simulators – eight Full Cabin Simulators and eight Bus Simu- lator Trainers – SMRT BTEC will improve training quality and safety as drivers learn how to navigate different buses, weather, and road conditions virtually be- fore starting on the job.
Mr Desmond Kuek, President and Group Chief Executive Officer said: “The es- tablishment of BTEC underscores SMRT’s drive towards better safety and bus service reliability. By using technology as a key enabler through the use of simu- lators for customised, team and scenario-based learning, we hope to develop a highly skilled and well-trained workforce to better serve all bus commuters in Singapore.”
Mr Gilbert Tan, CEO, e2i, added: “The bus transport industry is growing and changing to respond to the needs of commuters, and bus professionals need to constantly deepen their skills to provide better service. To this end, e2i is glad to partner SMRT in the roll out of the BTEC, which uses state-of-the-art technol- ogy to enhance training effectiveness for future job entrants as well as existing bus professionals. As an enabler, e2i will link up workers, bus companies, and training providers to help grow bus professionals as an attractive career choice.”
Open to both public and private bus operators in Singapore, SMRT BTEC will usher in a new era of training for bus drivers and of team-based learning for staff that monitor and control bus operations. This one-stop centre has the capacity to train up to 8,000 bus professionals in a year.
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