The Cape Skills And Employment Accelerator Project Aims To Create Employment Opportunities For The Youth
The Cape Skills And Employment Accelerator Project Aims To Create Employment Opportunities For The Youth. The Cape Skills and Employment Accelerator Project has been launched by the City of Cape Town in partnership with the National Skills Fund (NSF) to create employment opportunities for youth and women between 18-35. The City is contributing R55-million over three years towards training and work placement in companies in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and clothing and textile sectors.
According to Venture Burn, For the BPO arm of the initiative, qualifying candidates need to register on the Skills Passport online portal after which they do a series of assessments. Candidates will be chosen for a 12-month training programme with the City’s Special Business Partner (SBP), CapeBPO, during which they will receive a monthly stipend and workplace experience.
The City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Opportunities and Asset Management Alderman James Vos told Venture Burn that, “This Cape Skills and Employment Accelerator Project – a first of its kind for a municipality offers training and workplace experience to people in strategic sectors. We designed this programme especially to ensure skills pipelines for high-growth industries that will drive demand.”
“This is an ideal opportunity to find work in sectors which are seeing a huge expansion in Cape Town. The City is committed to creating the right conditions to boost local manufacturing, and together, we will continue to make it easier to create job opportunities, do business, and ultimately grow our economy,” said Alderman Vos.
Through the Cape Skills and Employment Accelerator project, more than 3 000 jobs will be created over the next three years for women and youth in the thriving Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector, commonly known as call centres.
“To ensure that our city competes on the global stage and help us achieve inclusive socio-economic growth, we need to attract investment that leads to job creation. To help in this pursuit, the City continues to invest in skills and training for sectors like BPO,” Vos added.
