Lesufi ramps up youth jobs with intake of 6,000 trainee solar technicians: The Gauteng government has announced the 'first of many programmes' aimed at tackling youth unemployment in the province with the upcoming intake of thousands of young people who…
merSETA CEO Disa Mpande, Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi and merSETA chairperson Kate Moloto at the announcement of the solar installation training.The Gauteng government has announced the “first of many programmes” to offer young people job opportunities in the province with the upcoming intake of thousands of young people who will be trained as solar technicians.
“At the expo, we got lots of proposals that indicated how we can be helped as government to fight load-shedding. Within that context, we announced R1.2bn that we are setting aside to fight load-shedding, and also indicated that we are appointing six independent power producers who will build a huge 800MW solar farm.
Having an N3+ electrical qualification from a TVET college, and/or technical matric is an added advantage while ideal candidates are those with an interest in energy efficiency, electrical work and the green economy. “We want those townships to be our new economic model. We made a firm commitment, when we were delivering Sopa, that the new gold of Gauteng is not the mines, it's the townships, and we need to revitalise them and make them exciting again,” he said.
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