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Women graduate Tjeka plumbing course with flying colours
A total of 36 women completed Tjeka Training Matters’( Tjeka) high-impact Construction Education and Training Authority( CETA)-registered threemonth plumbing skills programme with flying colours in August – a month that celebrates the immense contribution made by women to the South African society and its economy.
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36 women completed Tjeka Training Matters’ high impact plumbing skills programme.
The women accepted their certificates and toolboxes equipped with essential plumbing tools and materials at a graduation ceremony hosted at Aureus – Tjeka’ s state-of-the-art training facility in Randfontein where the training was facilitated.
Funded by the National Home Builders Registration Council( NHBRC), the course is designed to transfer essential basic plumbing skills, which also serves as a foundation for further learning in the field. Another NHBRC-funded high-impact short course in plumbing is currently being facilitated by Tjeka at various locations in the Western Cape.
A total of 25 days were set aside for practical training to ensure that the learners could apply their newfound theoretical knowledge. Aureus is fully equipped with plumbing consumables, tools and equipment and provides an environment in which real-world plumbing applications can be simulated, so that learners exit the programme ' work ready '.
“ As owners of small businesses, these women entered the programme motivated and determined to either formalise their previous experience offering plumbing services, or to learn a completely new proficiency that they can also sell to the building industry,” Frans Toua, Tjeka’ s CEO, said at the graduation ceremony.
Earlier this year, Tjeka trained a group of 37 unemployed youth on a three-month CETA-registered skills programme in bricklaying on behalf of the council in Sebokeng. The private Technical Vocational Education and Training( TVET) college is preparing to provide similar training to more youth not in education, employment or training later this year, based on the quality of building trades training that it has provided to the NHBRC, to date.
Over the past three months, the women learned how to install, maintain and repair sanitaryware appliances.
They also learned how to install, maintain and test below-ground drainage systems, complemented by basic business training.
Frans Toua, CEO of Tjeka, praised the women for the discipline they displayed throughout the three months.
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