Learn to Earn

Skills learnt on this course include Life Skills, Cleaning Skills, Laundry Skills, and Cooking Skills. Learners can be placed as housekeepers in private homes, housekeeping assistants in hotels or guesthouses, or general cleaners (office cleaners).

Our long-term objective is that students will go on to start entrepreneurial enterprises possibly creating employment for others or find workplace opportunities.

It prepares students to either go on a learnership, or to be skilled enough to seek entry level employment in the woodwork and cabinetry industry. The theory and practical projects prepare students to become employees as well as equip them to become self-employed.

This course was born out of a previous LtE training programme in desktop publishing, a need within the community for a bridging course between a poor high school education and entrance into formal tertiary education in the field of graphic design and a need within the graphic design industry itself...

Students are taught basic office administration skills to be able to run a reception area. Skills taught include more advanced computer skills, handling of mail, faxes etc, telephone etiquette, customer service, caring for office equipment and filing of documents into an existing system.