Ctfl Seta Careers Guide
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CTFL SETA Careers Guide
Purpose of the Guide
• Promote awareness of careers in the CTFL sector
• Provide insight into critical and scarce skills in the sector
• School leavers / career councilors
• Unemployed people• Learners• Employees and employers• Shop stewards• Government• Providers• Skills development facilitators
Who is it for?
The CTFL Sector
Manufacture of textiles:
Manufacture of clothing:
The CTFL Sector
Manufacture of leather:
The CTFL Sector
Manufacture of footwear:
The CTFL Sector
Manufacture of leather products:
The CTFL Sector
Fashion Design• Clothing and footwear product
design• Textile design
Incorporates• Design• Pattern making • Sewing
The CTFL Sector
Careers in the CTFL sector
Product DevelopmentManufacturing
Marketing & SalesDistribution
Education, Training and Development
GenericManagement
& SupportStaff
InformationTechnology
Technical
Production
Technologists
Design and
Research
Quality
Learning Opportunities in the CTFL sector
• Training Providers– FET (colleges and workplace
providers) – national certificates, short courses and learnerships
– HET (universities, universities of technology and professional institutes) – national certificates, diplomas or degrees.
Scarce Skills
• Insufficient number of qualified and experienced people in specific occupations– Technological skills– Technician and technical skills – Production management skills– Business/entrepreneurial skills– Machine repair and maintenance
skills
CTFL Qualifications• Durban University of Technology
– National Certificate: Clothing Management– National Diploma Clothing Management– B Tech: Clothing Management– National Diploma: Textile Technology (dry
or wet processing options)
• University of Johannesburg– National Diploma: Fashion– B Tech: Fashion– M Tech: Fashion– National Diploma: Clothing Management– B Tech: Clothing Management
• Cape Peninsula University of Technology– National Certificate: Clothing
Management– National Diploma: Clothing
Management– B Tech: Clothing Management– National Diploma: Textile Technology– B Tech: Textile Technology
CTFL Qualifications
• UNISA– B Consumer Science: Clothing
Management– B Consumer Science
• International School of Tanning Technology (ISTT)– Basic level: Tanning, Dyehouse & Leather
Finishing– Intermediate level: Tanning, Dyehouse &
Leather Finishing– National Higher Certificate in Leather
Technology
CTFL Qualifications
• Walter Sisulu University– Fashion
• University of Stellenbosch– BSC: Textile and Polymer Science
• Sewing Industry Technical Training– Join component parts – Sewing Level
2
CTFL Qualifications
Critical Skills in the CTFL sector
• Skills gaps within CTFL organisations– Deficiencies of specific knowledge,
experience or competencies• Influence level of effectiveness• Hinder business growth
– Addressed through interventions and short courses (not necessarily accredited)• Strategic management, leadership
skills, industrial relations, financial management, train-the-trainer, supervisory development etc.
Learnerships in the CTFL sector
• Work-based route to a qualification (theoretical learning and work-based experience)
• Learnerships – – Fast track the development of current
employees– Opportunity to acquire recognised
qualifications– Entry point for young people into the
industry– Professionalise the sector
Learnerships in the CTFL sector
• Who is involved?– The learner– The training provider– The employer
The Benefits of Learnerships
• For the learners:– Obtain qualification while earning
some income– Recognition and formalisation of
experience and knowledge– Route to employment or self-
employment– Practical, on-the-job learning
The Benefits of Learnerships
• For the employers:– Provide learners with relevant
work experience– Way of acknowledging and
affirming skills of existing employees.
How to get involved in a learnership?
• Entry requirements– At least ABET level 4 (English & Maths)– Matric (Grade 12) would be an advantage
• Recruitment– Employers recruit from within (employed
people) or from outside (unemployed) through advertisements
– Registration on the DoL Workseeker database
CTFL Learnership Environment
• Theoretical & practical training
• Industrial operations – same working conditions apply
• High technical nature – require high skills levels
• Shift work may be required