Garden Route District Municipality – Internships 2023

Location: George, Western Cape, South Africa

Closing Date: 21 February 2023

Garden Route District Municipality invites unemployed graduates to apply for Internship Programme 2023.

Garden Route District Municipality – 40 X RENEWABLE ENERGY WORKSHOP ASSISTANTS Internships 2023

Garden Route District Municipality, in support of the Just Energy Transition and through the Garden Route Skills Mecca Programme, invites unemployed youth currently residing within the Garden Route District municipal area to apply for an opportunity to become a Renewable Energy Workshop Assistant.

The six-month Internship will be preceded by a two-month full-time training programme that will cover two following Skills Programmes registered with the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO):

• Skills Programme SP-211009, Workplace Essential Skills, NQF Level 4, Credits 20, Training Days = 25, Minimum Entry
  • Requirements: NQF level 1 (Grade 9)
• Skills Programme SP-210602, Renewable Energy Workshop Assistant, NQF level 4, Credits 24, Training Days = 30, Minimum
  • Requirements: NQF Level 1 (Grade 9)

Applicants are encouraged to review the details of these two skills programmes before applying to ensure that it is a career pathway that they have a preference for. They can be found at https://www.qcto.org.za/skills-programmes.html.

All learners will receive a stipend during the two-month training period and the six-month intern placement period that must be used by the learners to cover their own transport and accommodation as no additional funding will be contemplated for such needs.

Requirements:

• Certified copy (within the last three months) of a minimum NQF Level 1 Qualification.
  • This can be a Grade 9 Certificate or Occupational equivalent with preference being given to Learners that have successfully passed at least one Engineering-related subject.
• Certified proof (within last three months) of a Permanent Residential Address within a Municipal area in the Garden Route
• Certified proof (within the last three months) of a South African ID Document.
• Personal, signed Letter of Commitment to:
  • Work with a relevant Garden Route Skill Mecca Technician to source placement opportunities;
  • Make arrangements to attend the two months of training; and
  • Make arrangements to attend the six months internship.

How to Apply

Application forms are available at the Garden Route District Municipality (GRDM) and satellite offices within the district during normal office hours (Monday – Thursday 07:30 – 16:30; Friday 07:30 – 13:30).

Application forms are also available from the GRDM’s website at www.gardenroute.gov.za. If you have previously completed an application form for the GRDM or EPWP, only the above documents are needed but you may wish to complete the application again to update details.

THE GARDEN ROUTE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY WILL ONLY CONSIDER APPLICATIONS COMPLETED IN FULL AND ACCOMPANIED BY THE DOCUMENTS LISTED UNDER THE REQUIREMENTS ABOVE.
Please forward the application form and all documents to: Records, Garden Route District Municipality, 54 York Street, P.O. Box 12, George 6530, for attention: Training and Development Section.

For any enquiries, do not hesitate to contact Mr Reginald Salmons at 044-803 1363, Ms Angeline Naidoo at 044 803 1420 or Mrs Angela-Ziva Coetzee at 044 803 1344 during office hours