Western Cape Business 2020 edition

FOCUS
Pinelands Campus: Electrical Engineering
Athlone Campus: Mechanical Engineering
Centres of Specialisation: Motor Mechanics
and Plumbing
Niche areas:
• Early Childhood Development
• Information and Communication Technologies
• Electrical Engineering.
Goals
The College’s key strategic goals for 2020 are to
maintain ministerial programme enrolment and
to grow the occupational programme and short
skills programmes. The College is committed
to broadening entrepreneurship awareness
and capabilities. Growth areas will be in Early
Childhood Development, Electrical Engineering
and Information and Communication Technology.
More SETA Learnerships and Skills Programmes
are planned, as well as QCTO programmes and
Apprencticeship programmes.
The College’s six strategic goals are:
• Grow academic excellence
• Expand student support
• Develop leadership, governance and
organisational performance
• Develop an enabling environment
• Drive transformation and build partnerships.
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial courses and incubator programmes
are available. These are the steps students should
take to become an entrepreneur:
• Know the industry or niche
• Research the market
• Educate yourself to become an entrepreneur
• Build the business slowly.
Scarce skills
The Sector Education and Training Authorities for
each sector generate the Critical and Scarce Skills list
nationally. In the Western Cape, note is also taken of
local labour force realities in terms of demand and
supply of skills. A TVET College must keep abreast
of the labour market needs via partnerships and
involvement with agencies and the Chambers
of Commerce. Some of the top scarce skills and
professions in South Africa include Software
Development, Network and Information Security,
Web Development, Management Skills, Financial
Skills, Engineering, Education and Training
Professionals and Artisans. The College of Cape
Town for TVET is responding to most of them by
offering relevant programmes.
The Crawford Campus has a well-established
Early Childhood Development Faculty offering the
best training and courses. Thornton Campus has
a newly built state-of-the-art Welding Academy,
equipped with the latest equipement and
technology, and is positioned to offer international
welding qualifications.
Partnerships
The College has a special relationship with the the
Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Service
SETA (merSETA), which recently funded the Welding
Training Centre.
The College has many partnerships in place with
the private sector, particularly for Workplace Based
Learning or exposure. Most of these partnerships
have been formualised through MoUs lodged with
the Linkages and Programmes Unit (LPU) in support
Occupational Programme development and
delivery. A campaign has been launched to grow
the partnership base in the following areas: student
placements (internships and work-based exposure),
apprenticeships, skills training, course design and
workplace mentorship.
The College has good relations with industry
associations. Several projects have been run with
youth development agencies such as the Youth
Empowerment Service (YES). The College works
closely with various government agencies both
nationally and regionally. These include the City of
Cape Town, the Premier’s Office and the Western
Cape Department of Economic Development and
Tourism, the Western Cape Education Department
and the Department of Labour. ■
Contact Details
Address: 334 Albert Road, Salt River,
Cape Town 7945
Tel: +27 21 404 6700 • Fax: +27 21 404 6701
Website: www.cct.edu.za
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