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Labour

Simangaliso Mkhwanazi – CEO

Eli Kodisang – Chairperson

Labour: CEPPWAWU

Forest Industries Education & Training Authority (FIETA)

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Our Focus

• Manufacture of pulp, paper & paperboard– Mostly in KZN– SAPPI & Mondi

• Manufacture & Tissue Converting– Mostly Gauteng & KZN– Kimberly-Clark, Nampak, SAPPI & Mondi

• Diaper manufacturing– Mainly Gauteng– Espin manufacturing

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Wood Processing

• Saw doctoring, Wet milling, Lumber drying, Lumber grading, Dry milling, Charcoal, Wattle extract, Manufacture of veneer sheets & plywood, Particle board and other panels, Fireboard and chipboard products, Truss Manufacturing, Match manufacturing, Pallets and bulk bins, Sawmilling and preserving of timber

• Mostly in KZN & Mpumalanga

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Furniture

• Manufacture of furniture • Furnishing of ships• Cane Furniture• Bedding• Curtaining Caravan • Furniture• Coffins

– Mainly in Gauteng, KZN & Western Cape

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Forestry

• Maintenance• Fire Protection, fire suppression, fire prevention• Forest conservation• Forest management• Forestry and tree nurseries• Harvesting• Road construction and maintenance• Transport (short haul and long haul)• Forest Research

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Forestry

Plantation Area

Province Hectares %

KZN 538 474 40,2

Mpumalanga 526 212 39,3

E Cape 152 378 11,4

W Cape 61 660 4,6

Limpopo 60 451 4,5

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Progress Report NSDS

Highlights for 2005 – 2006

KZN

KwaMbonambi

- New Venture Creation Project

- FIETA, Mondi & Umsobomvu Partnership

- Development of small business for retrenched workers

Labour

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KZN

• Development of a skills development plan & Toolkit for small growers

• Training of Forestry contractors– Silviculture– Harvesting– Forest fire fighting / prevention– Management– Budgeting & Tendering

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KZN• Research in Solid Wood – KZN Economic

Cluster• ABET & life skills project for Malmoth farmers• Paper recycling, Merebank• Learnerships: 291 learners

– Black males (191)– Black females (100)– 18.2 (251)

• ESDLE: 116 learners

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Eastern Cape• Chris Hani District Municipality (Wood Cluster)

– Training of Unemployed in Sawmilling

• Training of “Bush millers” in Business skills & Saw milling

• Support for Steinhoff at Ugie• Learnerships: 74

– Black males (58)– Black females (10)– 18.2 (45)

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Western Cape

• Support for Saasveld – Black foresters• Support for the Furniture Bargaining Council

(Salt River)• Support for FurnTech – Furniture incubators• Support for Stellenbosch University – Internet

portal for Small forest sector businesses

• Learnerships: 30– Black males (25)– Black females (3)– 18.2 (25)

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Mpumalanga

• Training of Forestry contractors– Silviculture– Harvesting– Forest fire fighting / prevention– Management

• Budgeting & Tendering• Paper recycling, Nelspruit• Learnerships: 37

– Black males (31)– Black females (6)– 18.2 (23)\– ESDLE: 20 learners

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Limpopo

• Training of Forestry contractors– Silviculture– Harvesting– Forest fire fighting / prevention– Management– Budgeting & Tendering

• Learnerships: 2– Black males (2)– 18.2 (2)

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Free State

• Support for Furniture SME

• Learnerships: 9– Black males (5)– Black females (4)– 18.2 (9)– ESDLE: 40

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North West

• Support for Furniture SME

• Furniture manufacturing training for Marang Women’s project, Mafikeng

• ESDLE: 20 learners

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Northern Cape

• Kimberley

• Training of People with Disabilities– DEAFSA

• Training in;• Cabinet making• Wood machining• Wood polishing

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Gauteng

• Alexander, Tembisa & Soweto: SME support

• Tshwane: Paper recycling

• Soweto: SME support / APD• Daveyton, Duduza: Furniture manufacturing

– People with Disabilities (Daveyton)– Training of Abused Women in Furniture

manufacturing (Usindiso Ministries)

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Gauteng

• Learnerships: 40– Black males (36)– Black females (3)– 18.2 (21)

• ESDLE: 20 learners

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Quality Assurance

Accredited ProvidersKZN 26Mpumalanga 11Eastern Cape 4Limpopo 4Western Cape 17Gauteng 32North West 1Northern Cape 2Free State 3

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FETs

• Umgungundlovu FET, PMB

• Goldfields FET

• Motheo FET

• Ethekwini FET

• Richtec FET

• Ingwe, Mount Frere

• Ikhala College, Queenstown

• Ekurhuleni FET

Labour

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Future Plans for Organisation

• Chris Hani District Municipality– Furniture Factory /

Sawmill Project

• Ukhahlamba District Municipality– Ugie Project

Labour

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