The North West Provincial government has approved the establishment of a provincial traffic college to meet the demand for the recruitment of new traffic officers and continuous training of provincial and municipal traffic officers.
According to Premier Thandi Modise, the envisaged provincial traffic college to cater for the training of 400 traffic officers traffic officers over the next three years is to be kick-started at an estimated cost of close to R10 million.
Premier Modise said that for the current financial year the provincial road traffic management authorities in partnership with State and Security, Sector and Training Authority is targeting the recruitment of 120 trainees.
“The use of colleges outside the province has proved to be expensive for the province and resulted in fewer officers being trained and undergoing refresher courses as the thirteen established colleges tended to give first preference in their intakes to local recruits,” stressed Modise.
The new college to be housed at the old Batswana High School Hostels in Mahikeng is expected to offer courses for traffic officers diploma, examiners of vehicles, examiners of driving licences, inspector of Driving License Testing Centre, Dangerous goods, Weigh Bridge Management and speed detection.
Other refresher courses to be offered at the college for the benefit of 505 provincial traffic officers and 200 from municipalities for a maximum of 10 days will include amendments of Legislation, street survival, firearm training, advanced driving, case floor management, speed management.
Enquiries:
Lesiba Moses Kgwele, Spokesperson
Tel: 018 388 3705
Cell: 083 629 1987
Fax: 018 388 3157
E-mail: LKgwele@gmail.com
