By Bernadette H. Carreon
Horizon news staff

Three apprentices of the Civic Action Team graduated on Tuesday after completing a 52-week training in their chosen field.
Ryoichi Alfonsius, Fonda Ngirmidol and Singichi Etpison are now ready to take on a new task following completion of the training.
Nick Ngwal, member of the Civic Action project committee said that this type of program by the team is the type of training that young men and women in Palau needs.
"We are grateful for all the CAT training," Ngwal said.
Ngirmidol and Etpison completed training in their chosen field as a builder while Alfonsius was provided training utilities career field.
Ngirdmil and Etpison training included carpentry, masonry and drywall.
Alfonsius meanwhile was trained on care and maintenance of hand tools, measuring and cutting pipe, plumbing terminology , reading blueprints and water filtration principles.
Alfonsius also gained experience in woodworking and concrete.
The three graduates received commendations and certificate of completions from their supervisors from the team.
The team train apprentices in various career field which includes Carpentry/Masonry, Plumbing, Electrical, Equipment Operation and Repair.
The team is now training a total of 12 Palauan apprentices; and there are four builders, three equipment operators, two mechanics , one plumber , one electrician , one administrator, one steel worker and one medical currently training.
The team will be hiring one builder and one plumber to undergo apprentice program.
Each trainee selected for the program is assigned a supervisor from the resident Civic Action Team, who will provide training and track progress.