Higher Education and Training Department and PRASA launches “ON THE JOB” Initiative

We also heard from Mduduzi Manana – Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training to tell us more about the launch of “ON THE JOB” Built Environment Training Programme which is a partnership between the Passenger Agency of South Africa and the Department of Higher Education and Training. The initiative offers “on the job” training to students in the built environment sector and would form part of PRASA’s preparations for the acquisition of the new rolling stock of trains over the next 20 years. 40 students between the ages of 21-35 from previously disadvantaged communities who have made it through their academic training programs have been selected for the programme by PRASA and DHET together with the post-school learning institutions. They will be employed for a period of three months, during which they would receive supervision from experienced professionals in the built environment with identified areas of training for the first phase including B-Tech Architecture, B-Tech Construction Management, and B-Tech Quantity Surveyor.