Final Report (1) Chapter 8 Project Implementation Plan Existing Organization / Structure and Training in Yangon West Exchange Existing organizational structures for local network facilities differ from exchange office to exchange office. For example, the organization of field personnel at Yangon West Ex. (YWE) of Yangon Metro is as follows. Assistant Eng. Junior Eng. Party (1) Line Men Office Test & Complaint Line Men Party (2) Technician-3: 7persons Technician-4 10 persons Technician-5: 8 persons Day Workers: 9 persons Total: 36 Persons (Note) Party (1), (2): Installation & Maintenance Line Men: Repair Source: Hearing survey from MPT employees Figure 8.2-1 Organization of personnel at Yangon West Exchange (YWE) As this shows, it is necessary to have a certain level of personnel at each exchange office if the exchange office is to operate independently. If the necessary personnel are not there, dealing with any breakdown can take a huge amount of time. The OPECs to be introduced under this project are intended to deal with this issue and when the OPECs are introduced, issues relating to personnel shortages and development needed for the operation and maintenance of local and core networks can be resolved. In addition, when the OPECs are introduced, it is important that a close contact system be established and operated not only between engineers not working at the exchange offices in question but also between other exchange offices and transmission units. A Network Operations Centre (NOC) is a core unit of the network and plays an important role, while the operation and management of NOCs are complicated, as the operation must cover multiple elements. MPT, however, has never introduced NOCs, and therefore it is considered that MPT will need of a significant amount of training, including inspection visits to actual operation and management sites. To this end, it has been decided that training in NOC operation and management will be given in Japan under the scope of the yen loan scheme, to personnel who will take leadership positions. Later, the personnel who receive training in Japan will provide lectures and OJT to other MPT employees so as to develop and expand human resources. 8-15