Training & Skills Development
We offer training and learning sessions that are tailored to provide solutions to help increase the productivity, performance and profitability of your organisation.
We believe in customizing and developing specific solutions through a collaborative process designed to identify a client’s needs, requirements and objectives.
The unique approach combined with the strong team of experts, competent trainers, and multilingual facilitators puts our individually designed training material to suit client’s needs puts us in a position to spur the progress of establishment.
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Learnerships
A learnership is a work based learning programme that leads to an NQF registered qualification. Learnerships are directly related to an occupation or field of work, for example, electrical engineering, hairdressing or project management.
- Learnerships are managed by Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs).
- They were introduced by government to help skill learners and to prepare them for the workplace.
- Learnerships are structured in such a way that it covers two skills components: practical (70%) and theoretical (30%)
- Learnership programmes can help you to gain the necessary skills and workplace experience that will open up better employment or self-employment opportunities.
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Occupational Qualifications
According to the Skills Development Act 97 of 1998 as amended in 2008, an Occupational Qualification’ means a qualification associated with a trade, occupation or profession resulting from work-based learning and consisting of knowledge standards, practical standards and work experience standards.
Occupational qualifications are designed to integrate knowledge, practical skills and workplace learning into the curriculum, through incorporation of Work Integrated Learning (WIL).
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Skills Programmes
A skills programme is a set or cluster of unit standards gathered or combined to form a short programme bearing credits on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF).
It is aimed at building skills that have economic value, and which incorporates at least one unit standard. It is registered by a SETA and delivered by an accredited training provider and it leads to a qualification registered on the NQF.
Why Skills Programmes?
- The skills programmes are often implemented to meet the needs of the employer to enhance employees’ knowledge for a particular skill.
- Skills programme can culminate into a qualification when an interested learner continues to pursue the completion of the remaining unit standards.
- Training is offered by an accredited provider.
- At the end of the training learners receive a Statement of Results.
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Short Courses
A short course refers to learning that combines both practical and theoretical skills., though it is more practically biased. It opens up many doors of opportunities for students to learn about a specific industry in a short period of time. The main purpose of short courses is to develop and upskill your current set of skills.
What are the benefits of completing a short courses?
- Short courses keep your skills current in readiness for opportunities
- It portrays your commitment to on-going learning opportunities
- Provides networking opportunities both in person and online
- You can identify your hidden talents/interests that inspires and challenges you
- It is cost-effective and provides added skills to workers at any level