Seventeen members of staff within the Land Registry, Crown Land Unit and The Survey & Mapping Department were today May 10, 2013 presented with Certificates of Participation after having successfully completed the first ever local Training in Land Administration Practices and Procedures.
The course was organised by the Commissioner of Lands with funding provided by the Overseas Territory Programme Fund (OTPF) of the Foreign and Commonwealth through the Governor’s Office.
In marking the Occasion, Governor Todd said: “This training initiative aligns with the UK Government’s goal to strengthen engagement between the Overseas Territories and the UK. It is about investing in people and building the technical capacity within the islands. We will continue to identify opportunities similar to these, to increase the capacity and expertise of the TCI public services”.
The course was deemed necessary as the AG’s chambers sought to “up-skill staff, with a view to improving efficiency of both the front and back offices of these Departments”. The programme was designed to equip staff of the Lands Division with a detailed and comprehensive in-depth knowledge and understanding of certain aspects of Land Law and practices at the Land Registry and the Crown Land Unit.
The Commissioner of Lands, Mrs. Tatum Clerveaux, said: “Our vision is to put service to the customer first, and what better way to do this, than to improve the knowledge base and skill set of our staff, in order to provide a better service”.
Mrs. Clerveaux added, “The training course has provided the participants with a better understanding of how the various statutes, including the Registered Land Ordinance, Stamp Duties Ordinance and the Crown Land Ordinance and concepts of land law relate to the daily operations. Equipped this knowledge staff will be more confident and analytical in solving land related problems. This should then result in an improvement in the turnaround time of documents and transactions lodged in both the Land Registry and the Crown Land Unit.”
The Attorney General also expressed his delighted in the success of the programme and noted that this training course was just one of several initiatives that planned to develop and encourage staff within the Lands Division.
