50 painters receive NVQ Level 3 certification at Nippon Paint Lanka Awards

The Nippon Paint Lanka Painter’s Academy completed its six-month long, 8th professional training programme successfully. During the event, the NVQ Level 3 certificate was awarded to fifty painters at the ceremony held at Nippon Paint Lanka head office in Colombo.

“This training program was conducted in association with the Construction Industry Development Authority (CIDA), said General Manager / Director of Nippon Paint Lanka, Nemantha Abeysinghe. “We launched Nippon Paint Lanka Academy as a CSR project to help develop professional skills among painters in Sri Lanka.”

“The training is designed to raise the standards in the industry and provide our consumers with a higher quality of usage of the technologically advanced paints and coating products that we offer and equip them with the knowledge to deal with customers in a very professional manner.”

Nippon Paint Lanka manufacture and market a range of paints and coatings including decorative paints, industrial coatings, protective coatings, design paints, wood coatings, waterproofing solutions, floor coatings, auto refinishes and car-care products, sealants and adhesives, and tools and accessories.

“Even the best product in the world is useless, unless it is applied properly,” Nippon Paint Lanka, Head of Technical Support, Prabath Jayawardena said.

“That is the painter’s job. This training is given by us free of charge and any painter can connect with us to obtain this specialized training. What we give is the technical knowledge to understand the customer requirements, and offer them professional coating solutions, the correct products to be used, and the correct method of application.”

“We show them that they won’t be professional painters simply by using a brush or a roller but with ample technical know-how. They are taught which applications to use, and the procedure and method required. Often, the homeowners or end-users attribute the lack of a finish to a problem with the paint, whereas it is due to the lack of professionalism. We were the first to start such a training programme for painters, but it is not restricted to those who use our products.”

Nippon Paint Lanka is a member of the NIPSEA Group which is a global leader, providing innovative solutions in the paint and coatings industry. It is headquartered in Singapore, with 135 NIPSEA companies spread throughout 22 geographical locations,

The training programmes were conducted on weekends over more than six months at the Nippon Paint Lanka Head Office in Colombo.

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