MCDSS Zambia Community Skills Training Program 2023/2024

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
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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