CTFL SETA Careers Guide

Purpose of the Guide

• Promote awareness of careers in the CTFL sector

• Provide insight into critical and scarce skills in the sector

• School leavers / career councilors

• Unemployed people• Learners• Employees and employers• Shop stewards• Government• Providers• Skills development facilitators

Who is it for?

The CTFL Sector

Manufacture of textiles:

Manufacture of clothing:

The CTFL Sector

Manufacture of leather:

The CTFL Sector

Manufacture of footwear:

The CTFL Sector

Manufacture of leather products:

The CTFL Sector

Fashion Design• Clothing and footwear product

design• Textile design

Incorporates• Design• Pattern making • Sewing

The CTFL Sector

Careers in the CTFL sector

Product DevelopmentManufacturing

Marketing & SalesDistribution

Education, Training and Development

GenericManagement

& SupportStaff

InformationTechnology

Technical

Production

Technologists

Design and

Research

Quality

Learning Opportunities in the CTFL sector

• Training Providers– FET (colleges and workplace

providers) – national certificates, short courses and learnerships

– HET (universities, universities of technology and professional institutes) – national certificates, diplomas or degrees.

Scarce Skills

• Insufficient number of qualified and experienced people in specific occupations– Technological skills– Technician and technical skills – Production management skills– Business/entrepreneurial skills– Machine repair and maintenance

skills

CTFL Qualifications• Durban University of Technology

– National Certificate: Clothing Management– National Diploma Clothing Management– B Tech: Clothing Management– National Diploma: Textile Technology (dry

or wet processing options)

• University of Johannesburg– National Diploma: Fashion– B Tech: Fashion– M Tech: Fashion– National Diploma: Clothing Management– B Tech: Clothing Management

• Cape Peninsula University of Technology– National Certificate: Clothing

Management– National Diploma: Clothing

Management– B Tech: Clothing Management– National Diploma: Textile Technology– B Tech: Textile Technology

CTFL Qualifications

• UNISA– B Consumer Science: Clothing

Management– B Consumer Science

• International School of Tanning Technology (ISTT)– Basic level: Tanning, Dyehouse & Leather

Finishing– Intermediate level: Tanning, Dyehouse &

Leather Finishing– National Higher Certificate in Leather

Technology

CTFL Qualifications

• Walter Sisulu University– Fashion

• University of Stellenbosch– BSC: Textile and Polymer Science

• Sewing Industry Technical Training– Join component parts – Sewing Level

2

CTFL Qualifications

Critical Skills in the CTFL sector

• Skills gaps within CTFL organisations– Deficiencies of specific knowledge,

experience or competencies• Influence level of effectiveness• Hinder business growth

– Addressed through interventions and short courses (not necessarily accredited)• Strategic management, leadership

skills, industrial relations, financial management, train-the-trainer, supervisory development etc.

Learnerships in the CTFL sector

• Work-based route to a qualification (theoretical learning and work-based experience)

• Learnerships – – Fast track the development of current

employees– Opportunity to acquire recognised

qualifications– Entry point for young people into the

industry– Professionalise the sector

Learnerships in the CTFL sector

• Who is involved?– The learner– The training provider– The employer

The Benefits of Learnerships

• For the learners:– Obtain qualification while earning

some income– Recognition and formalisation of

experience and knowledge– Route to employment or self-

employment– Practical, on-the-job learning

The Benefits of Learnerships

• For the employers:– Provide learners with relevant

work experience– Way of acknowledging and

affirming skills of existing employees.

How to get involved in a learnership?

• Entry requirements– At least ABET level 4 (English & Maths)– Matric (Grade 12) would be an advantage

• Recruitment– Employers recruit from within (employed

people) or from outside (unemployed) through advertisements

– Registration on the DoL Workseeker database

CTFL Learnership Environment

• Theoretical & practical training

• Industrial operations – same working conditions apply

• High technical nature – require high skills levels

• Shift work may be required