Tshwane welcomes young artisians to improve service delivery
The 114 young people will learn trades such as plumbing, welding, electrical, mechanical, fitting and turning and boiler making.
Tshwane welcomed 114 youths to its three-year artisan skills training programme on Thursday, June 20.
Mayor Cilliers Brink said they would be trained in several artisan trades, incorporating plumbing, welding, electrical, mechanical, fitting and turning, and boiler making.
He said that the training is provided by the Tshwane Leadership and Management Academy (TLMA).
“I was accompanied by the MMC for Utility Services, Themba Fosi, as we launched this initiative to equip young people with valuable skills,” said Brink.
According to Brink, the three-year programme is enrolled with the Quality Council For Trades and Occupations (QCTO) and holds an NQF 4 accreditation.
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He said the training integrates hands-on experience with theory and supervised workplace learning with a nine-month apprenticeship in different regions of Tshwane.
“The selected group ranges between 20 to 25 years of age, making this a real youth-empowerment programme for young people who want to work with their hands and minds,” said Brink.
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Brink said that the programme is about giving opportunities to young individuals in Tshwane to lift themselves up.
He said it will serve as a strategic investment for the city to build in-house capacity for plumbing, electrical, and water-related skills.
Brink said that it also aims at enhancing the Tshwane metro’s response to service delivery challenges.
He highlighted that the programme will help young individuals unlock various career paths, including entrepreneurship and municipal employment.
“The key message is that there are a lot of opportunities in vocational training as long they are committed to taking up available learning opportunities and upskilling themselves,” he said.
“To assist the apprentices with their training journey and transport costs, they will all receive incremental stipends,” Brink added.
He said this is to ensure they stay in the programme and flourish.
“Tshwane has the biggest, fully accredited artisan training programme in the country which, to date, has trained more than 4 000 young people,” he said.
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