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Dear Nicco
Thank you for your question regarding learnerships in the mining industry for your friends.
Organizations seeking to recruit people for internships, learnerships and apprenticeships often make use of the Department of Labour’s database, it is therefore suggested that unemployed young people over the age of 16 years and under the age of 35 years should register as “work-seekers” at the nearest office of the Department of Labour (also see the “A learnership guide for unemployed people” (http://www.labour.gov.za/documents/useful-documents/skills-development/).
We also suggest you contact the Institute for the National Development of Learnerships Employment Skills and Labour Assessments: Tel: (011) 206 1000; Postal Address: Private Bag X5, Olifantsfontein, 1665 to confirm what your friends need to do to become a qualified artisans and how to access internships, learnerships and apprenticeships in the mining industry.
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/
- Construction Education and Training Authority (CETA): http://www.ceta.org.za/
Internships, 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.
You can also consult your local College for Further Education and Training (student support) to find out if they know of any companies offering learnerships, internships or apprenticeships.
We hope this information will help your friends on their way to becoming qualified artisans.
Lynn and the Career Planet Team
