Banana and Plantain Skills Center (Centro de Destrezas de Banano y Plátano)

The Banana and Plantain Skills Center is an alliance between Unibán Fundación and Comfama that begins in 2019 in order to contribute to the well-being and progress of workers and companies in the sector.

Training and retraining operators and field supervisors of banana and plantain companies, reducing their levels of accidents at work and improving productivity rates in the cultivation, harvest and post-harvest of products is the great challenge.

Under the premise of learning by doing, through the recognition and enhancement of fine, gross and cognitive skills of the participants and by addressing their personal purposes, the Center seeks to train and provide comprehensive support to the unemployed, workers and companies committed to the progress and well-being of the Urabá region.

In the Centro de Destrezas there are spaces that simulate the conditions of a crop, relying on reconstituted positions and technological tools.

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Our Services

Farm productivity diagnosis.

Training for field coordinators and supervisors.

Retraining and versatility in specific tasks (by profiles).

Skills assessment and personnel selection.

Operation’s personnel training.

Service provision: at headquarters and on the farm.

Results

Success stories

Reduction in waste from 30% to 16% on average.
Increase from 26 to 41 boxes per man / day, in production and 33 boxes per man / day on average, now in low production.
Ratio of 0.75 to 0.98 overall.
Weekly rejection was reduced from 5 pallets to approximately 1 pallet.
Reduction from 14 to 11 crews per day on average.
The income per day went from $ 43,000 to $ 62,000 in production and now in low production $ 52,000 on average.
Reduction in staff turnover, before it was 2 to 3 people per week, now operators do not resign due to disagreement with the farm.
The work environment improved considerably.

This is the way we live

Our experience

In the Centro de Destrezas there are spaces that simulate the conditions of a crop, relying on reconstituted positions and technological tools.
We are based on the Farmer Field School (FFS) methodology.
Spaces for conversation and reflection are promoted on topics relevant to the specific role of the participants.
It is a methodology that is carried out with strategic groups, which allows for greater monitoring of learning and to meet the proposed objectives in a short time.