Career Awareness Open Day

On 21 June 2018, Grade 11 learners from Technical High Schools participated in a Career Awareness Open Day that was organised by the Apprenticeship Game Changer team.

The main aim of the Open Day was for learners to visit companies for a day in order to gain exposure to the workplace and, in particular, to technical and vocational jobs. We believe this will assist in changing learners’ perceptions of technical and vocational career paths and provide guidance them when making decisions on subject choices and further studies after school.

A number of companies participated in our Open Day, including Mercedes Benz, Imperial, Isipani Construction, redPanda Software, Swartland Windows and Doors, African Skills Village, Standard Profil, as well as Vredenburg and Oudtshoorn municipalities.

The Apprenticeship team plans to organise a second Open Day for Grade 9 learners in Technical High Schools that will take place in September.

Here are some photos from the first Open Day:

Learners from Laborie Technical High School visiting Mercedes Benz in Paarl

Owen Francis from Imperial Training Academy explains training equipment for mechanics to learners from St Andrews School and Delft Technical High School

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Learners from Oude Molen Technical High School created a buzz at Red Panda Software, where they were divided into groups and assigned to a mentor who demonstrated their function in the software development process

Learners from Sizimisele Technical High School enjoyed the time they spent at PRASA

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