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Dear Xenia

Thank you for your question regarding information about engineering graphics learnerships or courses and how to finance them.

Organizations seeking to recruit people for learnerships make use of the Department of Labour’s database, it is therefore suggested that unemployed people over the age of 16 years should register as “work-seekers” at the nearest office of the Department of Labour. Please consult the guide “A learnership guide for unemployed people” which is available on the Department of Labour website at the following location, for further details: http://www.labour.gov.za/documents/useful-documents/skills-development/
 
You can also contact the following Skills Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) to find out what learnerships or apprenticeships they have registered, and which companies are offering learnerships or apprenticeship opportunities:

• Energy (ESETA): http://www.eseta.org.za
• Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA): http://www.mqa.org.za/
• Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Sciences (MERSETA): http://www.merseta.org.za/

Learnerships and apprenticeships are also advertised in newspapers from time-to-time by Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs), their member organizations or public education institutions and registered training providers.

Another route your colleague’s son needs to consider is completing a National Certificate (Vocational), Engineering & Related Design or  a National Certificate in Multi-Disciplinary Drawing Office Practice (N4 & N5) through a Further Education and Training College (FET College). Please consult the Department of Education website to identify a college near you. When you access the web page listed below, the Further Education and Training Directorate page will be displayed; near the bottom of the page select “Public FET Colleges, then select “contact list of FET Public Colleges. At the top of the same page you will find the document “Public FET Colleges 2008 Bursaries”: (http://www.education.gov.za/dynamic/dynamic.aspx?pageid=325&bid=7&branch=Further%20Education%20and%20Training).
We hope this information helps your colleague find a suitable learnership or bursary for an FET College course.

Kind regards
The Career Planet Team