SayPro Construction Skills development

Description

Skills development  The Building Industries Training Board, the Building Industries Training Scheme, the Civil Engineering Industry Training Board and the Civil Engineering Industry Training Scheme previously coordinated training in the contractors’ sub-sector.  There are currently more than 400 training courses available.  These are being brought in line with the National Qualifications Framework. There are 150 building and 43 civil training providers who, between them, cover vocational skills, artisans, construction site practice, generic subjects, human resources, industrial relations, information technology, management and supervisory training.  Among the specialised contractors, there is some formal training, such as apprenticeships for plumbing and electrical contractors. There is no formal training for drilling contractors.  The employers, without formal qualifications, provide most training and development in-house.  Many emerging contractors have received training form previous employers in the formal sector before setting up their own enterprises. The professional consultancies provide education and training for their staff through universities, technikons, and in-house short course programmes.  The professional sub-sector also makes use of short courses organised by the statutory councils of the professional bodies, and professional associations or institutions. There are no registered, formal courses for manufacturers of materials.  Most training in this sub-sector occurs in-house, on-the-job. Four standards generating bodies have been registered in the construction area.  They cover:

• Surveying
• Civil engineering construction
• Quantity surveying
• Architecture.

 In September 2000 there were 353 ongoing apprenticeships, half of which were in the Western Cape.  There were several projects, which were begun under the Building industries Training Board and are now continuing under CETA as learnership programmes.  The Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) programme requires the CETA to carry out the training of a certain amount of learners. A certain amount of these must be women, assessors, advisors and verifiers