SME training inspires participants to start something, explore opportunities

ONE of the 30 participants of basic business management training into small-to-medium enterprise (SME) activities, says she wanted to be her own bosses after the training.
Meelar Ivarato, a working class women, who was employed by Ramu NiCo Mining Ltd for 10 years, said working for companies was good but had a lot of challenges and responsibilities.
Ivarato said she wanted to start up an SME business and the training had motivated her to be her own boss instead of working for others.
She was part of 30 participants who underwent two weeks’ business training provided by International Open Education through Miaru Consultants in Lae.
Her interest to go into SME activities saw her travel to Lae from Port Moresby.
“Working under large companies with expatriates was challenging since you will come across different cultures, traditions, life values and beliefs,” she said. Ivarato said she had managed to deal with those challenges through her faith and now wanted to start something of her own.
The training was about broadening participants skills and being able to enhance what they had already learned in school.
Geoffrey Wiavi, who completed his studies at the University of Technology in Lae last year, said extending one’s knowledge on other areas in life was important to make use of opportunities.
He said it was interesting and useful learning something outside of what he learned in his studies.