https://www.engineeringnews.co.za
Africa|Business|Engineering|Manufacturing|Resources|Services|Sustainable|Training|Welding
Africa|Business|Engineering|Manufacturing|Resources|Services|Sustainable|Training|Welding
africa|business|engineering|manufacturing|resources|services|sustainable|training|welding

First group of MSI welder trainees graduate

22nd January 2020

By: Yvonne Silaule

Contributor

     

Font size: - +

More than 20 aspiring welding entrepreneurs have graduated after completing a training course under the Mpumalanga Informal Welders Recruitment Programme, which was organised by the Mpumalanga Stainless Initiative (MSI), the Small Enterprise Development Agency and the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority.

MSI CEO Victor Mashego says this is the first group that benefited from the Mpumalanga Informal Welders Recruitment Programme, which was launched in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, last year.

The programme is aimed at assisting rural and township-based informal fabricators to gain easier access to market and grow their businesses.

“It is not a secret that South Africa's economy is not creating jobs, so this initiative will see most graduates being converted into business owners through the incubation which is the core business of MSI. Our aim is to create future black industrialists who have the necessary skills, knowledge and resources to create sustainable jobs and contribute to the growth of rural and township economy,” Mashego says.

He adds that MSI also plans to establish a Mpumalanga Welders & Fabricators Portal and a mobile phone app that will assist recruited small business owners to access international and domestic market opportunities.

Meanwhile, a further 100 recruits will start training under the Mpumalanga Informal Welders Recruitment Programme, in March.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

Comments

Showroom

Booyco Electronics
Booyco Electronics

Booyco Electronics, South African pioneer of Proximity Detection Systems, offers safety solutions for underground and surface mining, quarrying,...

VISIT SHOWROOM 
Weir Minerals Africa and Middle East
Weir Minerals Africa and Middle East

Weir Minerals Europe, Middle East and Africa is a global supplier of excellent minerals solutions, including pumps, valves, hydrocyclones,...

VISIT SHOWROOM 

Latest Multimedia

sponsored by

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION







sq:0.088 0.145s - 143pq - 2rq
Subscribe Now