Skills Development Workshops

Location:

Between the Biodiversity Exhibition Centre and Vanwyksdorp town, north of the Communal Food Gardens.

Objective:

The objective is to provide several well-equipped workshops where specific trade skills for selected trainees can be developed for potential employment in eco-tourism and conservation, and where fledgling entrepreneurial businesses can be grown under the protection of an incubator hub.

Project Outline:

The idea is to develop:

• at least six workshops
  • plumbing, grey water projects and irrigation
  • metalwork, welding and fencing
  • needlework, knitting and crocheting
  • food processing and catering
  • timber management, furniture making & carpentry
  • electrical and mechanical work
• each will have appropriate equipment and site services
• VDI will facilitate:
  • sourcing of materials from suppliers
  • establishment of markets for products
  • business and administration back-office
• participants will not be paid a wage but will receive payment for goods and services sold to the public. To this end there is provision for a display area at the main building entrance.

Outcomes:

Improve the income of households by involving family members and providing them with practical and entrepreneurship skills.