Enhancing Employability through Vocational Training (EEVT) – Phase II

=Overview= International Oil Companies (IOC) under the consortium ofTanzania Liquefied Natural Gas Plant Project (TLNG) extended further support worth 1.9m US dollars (about 4bn/-) to beef up employment opportunities for the youths through the vocational training in natural gas in Mtwara and Lindi. TLNG is made up of five partners BG/Shell Group, ExxonMobil, Ophir Energy, Pavilion Energy and Statoil.

The support will be used to implement Phase II of the Enhancing Employability through Vocational Training (EEVT) project being implemented by the Vocational Education and Training Authority (VETA), Voluntary Services Oversees (VSO) and GIZ through its Skills for Oil and Gas Africa (SOGA) initiative.

=Phase I Achievements= Phase one of the programme was implemented between 2012 and 2015 by VETA in collaboration with VSO, and benefited 477 youth (103 girls and 374 boys) over and above the initial 280 target of the project. Fifty one (51) per cent of graduates got employment within six months of their graduation and 93 per cent were awarded internationally recognised certificates in vocational training after they passed the UK’s City and Guilds Institute, examinations. The first phase of the project involved six trades of welding and fabrication, carpentry and joinery, plumbing and pipe fitting, electrical installation and maintenance, food preparations and motor vehicle mechanics. The second phase will add scaffolding and rigging, industrial painting and heavy duty equipment operation on top of the phase one trade. According to the TLNG Plant Project, Ms. Kate Sullam, the commitment to extend further support followed after realising remarkable achievements in the first phase of the project implemented by the Vocational Education and Training Authority (VETA in collaboration with Voluntary Services Oversee (VSO) through the centres of VETA Mtwara and Lindi.

=Phase II Projection= Phase II project will benefit:


 * More than 550 students are expected to benefit from the project with internationally recognized skills


 * More than 30 teachers will be trained on specialty courses


 * More than 105 students are expected to undergo training on Health and Safety international passport system and be offered internationally recognized passport card, and


 * More than 30 companies are expected participate in the industry links program which is the heart of phase 2 project.

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