CUT has recently entered into a multi-million rand skills development agreement with Northern Cape Urban FET College and I J Energy and Technologies (PTY) LTD.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Service Level Agreement (SLA) signed between the parties, serves as a basis for structured cooperation between them including strengthening of the College’s delivery capacity and the maximisation of its commercial capacity where CUT and I J Energy and Technologies (PTY) LTD will be jointly delivering the training service that is required by the NCUFET according to their field of expertise. The training services includes a skills programme and literacy support services for 500 Northern Cape youth of which 200 former college students will be developed and trained on Solar PV Installation short course. To be considered for the short course, the learners have to pass a minimum of NQF level 2 qualifications in Electrical Engineering. Upon completing the short course and meeting all the academic requirements prescribed by CUT, the learners will be certificated. The short course is expected to be completed by June 2014. The institution will also deliver a Construction Skills Programme worth 32 credits, which, upon completion, learners will be equipped with the knowledge of Health and safety in the work place, First Aid, Plant equipment use and maintenance, how to record maintenance on the construction site, to measure, estimate and calculate physical quantities and explore, to identify, describe and use materials in Civil Engineering construction as well as how to batch and mix concrete by volume.  The literacy support service is aimed at assisting the learners to improve reading competence to enable them to comprehend and master the course content in the skills programme. 

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