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		<title>Cape Town’s clothing, leatherwear, accessories and textile design companies get support for new jobs for youth and women</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the next three years, up to 60 Cape Town-based creative businesses and 200 learners will benefit from the Cape Skills and Employment Accelerator. Local design companies in need of machinist capacity are urged to submit applications for support until 21 October 2021. The Cape Skills and Employment Accelerator is focused on creating employment opportunities in SMMEs for youth and women. The project is made possible thanks to the National Skills Fund in collaboration with the City of Cape Town and is implemented by the Craft and Design Institute (CDI). Businesses will benefit by taking on funded learners who are being trained as machinists for clothing, textiles, soft furnishings, leather and footwear. The learners will receive an NQF2 Certificate in Clothing Production which includes workplace, as well as classroom, training as part of a 12-month learnership. Business owners are supported through the Accelerator, to develop their human resource capacity – their systems and abilities to create new jobs, recruit new staff, induct and performance manage them. The learner will spend 75% of the time in the business and 25% of the time in the classroom. The qualification will equip the learner with the skills and knowledge to participate effectively in workplace [...]]]></description>
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