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Solidarity launches skills bank to boost growth, job creation

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SolidarityEngineering News reports that Solidarity has established a major skills bank with a view to addressing the skills crisis, particularly in the public sector.

This development follows discussions that the trade union has held at various levels of government about skills shortages in SA. According to Solidarity, the ultimate goal of this project is growth and job creation, the precondition for which is good infrastructure, with precondition for that being the appointment of people with appropriate skills. Solidarity plans to register tens of thousands of people on the skills bank. According to Dr Dirk Hermann, CEO of Solidarity, this will be the largest skills market in the country, aimed at alleviating shortages in terms of skills, mainly in the public sector but also in the private sector. "We are experiencing a new spirit of cooperation. Following the formation of the government of national unity, there is now an essential next phase that must follow, namely cooperation between government levels and civil society. The skills bank has been established in this spirit," said Hermann. Solidarity's database will be a merit bank. “There are excellent black, white, brown and Indian skills in the country. Everyone belongs there. There should be no racial barriers if we are looking for answers that will benefit the country,” Hermann pointed out. According to Solidarity's Network Platform head Hennie Bierman, the skills bank will kick off with ten critical skills in the engineering and trades environment. People can already register their skills on www.solidariteit.co.za. They can also contact Solidarity to advertise or apply for jobs.

  • Read the full original of the report in the above regard at Engineering News
  • Lees ook, ‘Databank’ wil vaardigheidstekort help pak, by Maroela Media


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