Training
3 May 2006
The advent of the Joint Initiative for Priority Skills Acquisition (JIPSA),
a skills-empowerment arm of the governmentâs economic growth plan, has
highlighted the importance of artisanship as the backbone of technical skills
that are desperately needed.
This brings Indlela, the Institute for National Development of Learnerships,
Employment and Labour Assessment, to the fore as the countryâs long standing
trade assessment centre.
For 60 years Indlela has been operating in various guises, assessing
artisans of international standards, and is currently one of the governmentâs
employment skills development strategy components.
This Friday, 5 May, the institution will be visited by Labour Minister
Membathisi Mdladlana as part of his inspection of service delivery on
establishments falling under his department.
His most recent of these visits has been to the Unemployment Insurance Fund
a couple of months ago.
During the Indlela tour, the Minister will examine operations and chat to
trainees and staff members about their day to day challenges.
The media is invited. Roadmap to Indlela premises is attached. Time and
details are as follows:
Venue: Indlela Headquarters Olifantsfontein
Time: 09:00-13:00
Enquiries:
Mokgadi Pela
Cell: 082 808 2168
Web: http://www.labour.gov.za
Issued by: Department of Labour
3 May 2006
