The community Skills Development programme aims at building the capacities of community members in community development and social welfare issues as well as empowering vulnerable members of the community with survival skills through functional literacy and skills training. The programme has three (3) key components namely:
OBJECTIVE
To provide livelihood skills that will improve the status of living for the vulnerable community members and to provide entrepreneurship skills through skills such as: Carpentry and Joinery, General Agriculture, Tailoring and Design, Home Management and Catering, Metal Fabrication, Power electrical and other short courses.
SKILLS CENTERS
This is implemented in Eleven (11) Community Development Skills Training Centers based in Eight (8) provinces as follows:
| # | NAME OF SKILLS CENTER
| PROVINCE | DISTRICT | LOCATION |
| 1 | Community Development skills Training center | Central | Kabwe | Pollen Area ( opposite Pollen Clinic) |
| 2 | Provincial Community Development Center | Southern | Monze | Along Kaumba Road Next to Monze College of Agriculture |
| 3 | Ngwenya Skills Center | Southern
| Livingstone | Ngwenya Township |
| 4 | Munyumbwe skills Center | Southern
| Gwembe | Munyumbwe Area in Gwembe |
| 5 | Provincial Community Development Center | Northern | Mungwi | Mungwi town ship |
| 6 | Masaiti skills training Center | Copper belt
| Masiati | Masaiti near masaiti primary school |
| 7 | Namushakendi Skills Training Center | Western
| Mongu | Behind namushakendi clinc |
| 8 | Solwezi Skills Training Center | North Western
| Solwezi | Solwezi central |
| 9 | Lundazi Skills Center | Eastern
| Lundazi | Lundazi business center near Lundazi Correctional facility |
| 10 | Katete Skills Center | Eastern
| Katete | Katete Boma
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| 11 | Luapula Skills Training Center | Luapula
| Mansa | Suburbs along old campus road |
Courses Provided include:
| No. | Course | Class duration | Industrial/Field attachments | Total Course duration |
| 1. | Tailoring & Designing | 4 months | 2 month | 6 months |
| 2. | Home Management and Catering | 4 months | 2 months | 6 months |
| 3. | Sheet & Metal fabrication | 4 months | 2 months | 6 months |
| 4. | Carpentry & Joinery | 4 months | 2 months | 6 months |
| 5. | Plastering & Bricklaying | 4 months | 2 months | 6 months |
| 6. | General Agriculture | 4 months | 2 months | 6 months |
| NB: Demand driven courses (Minimum of 4 weeks) Entrepreneurship is taught in all courses. | ||||
FEES
Fees range from K350.00 – K500.00. For those that are working and would want tailor made courses fees range from K700.00 to K 1,000.00. Subject to change when need arises.
ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS
- Open to all members of the community who are interested in skills in various courses
- Should have basic literacy skills (able to read, write and do simple arithmetic)
- Possess a National Registration Card or valid Identity Card
- Aged 18 – 60 years
HOW TO APPLY
Enrolment is open in January and June intakes;
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