Five students from the NICHE Training Academy at Walvis Bay are set to gain skills in a green hydrogen exchange programme in Germany.

NICHE Training Academy is a private vocational and technical training institution based in Narraville.

For the past 13 years, the school has specialised in metal fabrication, boilermaking, and, most recently, coded welding, which is used in the maritime, green hydrogen, and oil and gas sectors.

Through scholarships from the Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Management (SASSCAL), five students will travel to Germany to gain skills.

The programme is aimed at equipping them with cutting-edge skills, practical training, academic exchange and industry exposure.

The school held a ceremony to motivate and send off the students.

As the country attracts investment in the green hydrogen and oil and gas sectors, the NICHE Academy manager, Tangeni Mujoro, highlighted the need for Namibians to equip themselves with skills.

Mujoro encouraged young people to enter vocational training, a field that is not discriminatory when it comes to entry requirements.

Job Shilumbu, Martin Shikongo, Ndahafa Matheus, Aubrey Thomas and Samuel Nghihangwa will leave on Wednesday for the one-month exchange programme in Bremen, Germany.