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There is a mismatch between the skill sets of graduates and the skill needs of industry. Radical rethinking is required on the type of skills development interventions needed to keep the steel industry afloat. • Convene a forum of the industry with the DHET, the TVETs, the Universities of Technology and the MERSETA to align their objectives and offerings with industry needs and to discuss the updating of curricula, equipment and teachers. • Target key skills gaps. • Launch industry-based middle management and advanced artisan mentoring system and programmes. • Ensure that the education and training systems are tightly aligned to industry needs and growth, with support from industry. Devise and implement a steel industry-led skills development plan for quick implementation. • Focus on the curricula that are relevant to current and future skills requirements in the Sector, including the new skills required for the 4IR. • Industry involvement in developing content of skills programmes and standardised curricula for relevance. • Re-assess funding models and incentives for skills development. • Provide a clear career path to attract capable young people itno the sector and retain them. • Provide Lifelong Learning Pathways – manufacturing & engineering skills inter- relational advancement opportunities. • Provide simpler pathways from Grade 9 into the industry. • Improve career guidance in the schools about the opportunities of technical and artisanal work in the steel industry. • Adopt 3 TVET colleges in steel-industry intensive areas to pilot these efforts.
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