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Case study in demand led training

Timor-Leste Basic Skills Training

Project

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Basic skills training project

• funded by AusAID

• working with established TVET providers to train unemployed young Timorese in basic construction skills.

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Project Objective

•Trained 350 students over the last 3 years, planning to train another 120 over the next 6 months.

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Strong demand focus

• construction carpentry, • masonry, • basic electrical skills, • basic metal fabrication used in

construction and • plumbing.

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Performance target

• Requirement of funding: place 40 per cent of the course graduates in employment in construction industry within 6 months of graduation

• 4 to 6 weeks work placement compulsory

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Performance target

• Have to develop contacts & set up a network with employers & community

• Have to arrange work placements for the trainees with construction employers

• Have to help course graduates to find jobs in the construction industry.

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Rôle of Jobs finder

• The jobs getter needs to have the time and aptitude to know how to approach and talk with employers.

• Also needed is access to accurate and up-to-date information about employers

• The jobs getter also needs to have credibility in the eyes of the employer

Achievements

•Every 3 months the project staff do a follow up of graduates by phone call & visit to the employer to meet with the graduates.

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Achievements

• Findings: 40% of the graduates gained employment at both local and international construction companies. 20% continue to higher level study

• 40% move in & out of work and do short courses e. g computers

• Half of the graduates in jobs are working with the same employer who gave them their work placement

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Key findings

• Work placements are a chance for employers to ‘try before they hire’

• Work discipline a major issue – eg show up at training on time

• Shows whether can old down a job later

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