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What’s the deal with
skills and training?
Owing to the industry’s small size and pool of work, it has been
under catered for in terms of skills and training. How is the
industry dealing with this and what is available?
By Ntsako Khosa
CP
Individuals who decide to specialise in roofing can work in a multitude of areas in the construction sector.
T
he best way to work in a field that Building and Civils. In addition, the focus on customers granting them the opportunity
you’re passionate about is to ensure most institutions of learning is on Full to be skilled practitioners.
you’re qualified and back it with the Qualification rather than specialised
“We do software training for our clients:
necessary experience to be an expert. practice / skills programmes,” explains it is not on a national standard as it is an
Sadly, this can’t completely be applied Siyabonga Dilimeni from private Further in-house product. The training is built
in the roofing industry as it is a Education and Training (FET) college, Tjeka. around the needs of our customers and
specialised practice.
According to Dilimeni, this is the
“The reason is simply the fact that
their ability to use the software,” says
structure of qualifications and it’s rare to Stephen Dixon, training co-ordinator
Roofing Skills Programme is not a come across government institutions that at MiTek.
structured ‘qualification’ per se but an cater for the trade.
Elective Unit Standard within a Trade
Qualification such as National Certificate in
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Some manufacturers have taken it upon
themselves to provide training for their
According to Dixon, the training they
provide is for a niche market which means
that demand isn’t high. “We have tried in