VOCATIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Vocational Skills Development focuses on equipping individuals with practical, hands-on skills tailored to specific trades or occupations. It includes technical training, apprenticeships, and industry-relevant certifications aimed at enhancing employability, productivity, and self-reliance. This approach bridges the gap between education and labour market needs, supports workforce readiness, and contributes to economic growth by creating a pool of competent, job-ready individuals across various sectors such as construction, hospitality, manufacturing, and services.
HOW WE BUILD CAPABILITIES
Training in trades such as plumbing, welding, tailoring, electrical installation, carpentry, mechanics, and hairdressing.
Introduce ICT skills relevant to the trade (e.g., digital tailoring design, online marketing, mobile payments).
Support learners in obtaining recognized certificates (e.g., DIT, UBTEB, or other national vocational bodies).
Provide graduates with basic tools or capital to start their own businesses.
Flexible, competency-based programs tailored to local job market demands.
Support small businesses in product development, legal registration, and accessing markets.
Includes communication, problem-solving, teamwork, time management, and personal grooming.
Help graduates form working groups, SACCOS, or cooperatives for joint business ventures.
For those seeking self-employment after acquiring a trade – includes pricing, budgeting, marketing, and customer service.
Give trainees platforms to showcase products and services for wider exposure.
Which sectors or trades are experiencing the greatest skills shortages within your organization or community, and how are these gaps affecting productivity or livelihoods?
Do you currently have systems in place to train, certify, and support learners or workers in transitioning into sustainable employment or self-employment?
