Western Cape Business 2020 edition

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College of Cape Town
A Welding Academy has been launched in Thornton.
The College of Cape Town for TVET has eight
campuses that serve students mostly from
the central metropolitan area of the City of
Cape Town.
All campuses, including the Central Office, are
based in the Central Metropole region of Cape
Town and are located within an approximately
20km radius.
The College has 13 802 enrolled students with
just over 8 000 doing NATED Report 191 with the
other largest enrolments being National Certificate
Vocational (2 834) and Occupational Qualifications
(2 301). More than 1 000 students are doing short
skills programmes.
Programmes vary in duration from three
months to three years. Courses are delivered as
Learnerships, Internships, Short Skills Courses
and Apprenticeships.
The mandate
The College of Cape Town is a public Technical and
Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College
which falls under the auspices of the Department of
Higher Education and Training. The College mandate
is to provide inclusive quality Vocational Education
and Training responsive to the labour market. The
College of Cape Town endeavours to achieve the
following national strategic priorities:
• Growth and expansion of relevant and
priority programme opportunities for the youth
• Growth and expansion of artisan development
opportunities
• Improvement of academic quality and
success, ie improving certification, throughput
and retention rates of its ministerial and
occupational programmes
• Establishing relevant and viable partnerships
and linkages with industry, Sector Education
and Training Authorities (SETAs) and/or other
professional bodies and/or institutions of
higher education
• Improving support system efficiency
• Sound institutional governance, management
and leadership
• Inculcating a culture of monitoring and
evaluation of College performance
• Improving information management and data
reporting systems and processes.
Diverse programmes
Offerings include ministerial programmes,
occupational programmes and short courses.
City Campus: Art and Design, Business Studies,
Hospitality, and Travel and Tourism
Wynberg Campus: Beauty Therapy and Haircare
Thornton Campus: Building and Civil Engineering,
Mechanical Engineering and Occupational
Gugulethu Campus:
Business Studies and Electrical Engineering
Crawford Campus: Education and Training, and
Information and Communication Technology
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