The Catholic Diocese of Nakuru (CDN) Technical Training Programme (TTP) is a vocational training and employment promotion programme.. The TTP focusses on assisting young people recognize the potential economic contribution of a fully developed Small Scale and Jua - Kali Enterprise (SSKJE) sector. We work together with Micro and Small Enterprises ( MSEs) in the CDN region. Our interest is to develop and promote oriented vocational skills and income Generating Activities (IGAs) as means of sustainable livelihoods for the youth and institutions.

Overall Goal :

The overall goal is to enable young people to obtain self or wage employment in their area of training thus enhancing self - reliance.

Strategies :

To strengthen its potential to be national support programme in the sector of skill training.
To develop programmes that are people oriented, keeping issue of gender sensitivity and participation in focus.
To pursue its role in capacity building of vocational training institutions personnel through training, information, insemination and networking.
To offer appropriate technology solutions for basic needs of rural communities.
To work towards promotion of micro enterprises in order to strengthen rural communities.
To facilitate marketing of items produced by artisans through training and linkage with marketing network.

youth in a technical training class

Target Group :

The TTP works closely with vocational training institutions (VTIs ) to aspire trainees to obtain self or wage employment as well as those already in businesses.

Young school leavers who do not proceed to the next stage of education and are interested in vocational training are our principal target group. Ex-trainees of VTIs operating SSJKE will also benefit from a range of TTP services

The Benefits

The major benefits of vocational training are to:

contribute to the economy in terms of output of goods and services.
generate informal sector employment opportunities to the youth within the business at a relatively low cost.
develop a pool of skilled and semi skilled workers who are the base for future industrial expansion .
create demand and supply of goods and services to the communities.
contribute to increased participation of ingenuous citizens in the economic activities.
raise the self-reliance of young people and their statuses in the society.

TTP Services :

Enable VTI graduates to be gainfully employed.
Crease increased urban skill training and placement opportunities in public and private sector employment.
Increase rural training opportunities by developing and promoting labour market oriented programmes.
Institutional strengthening by enabling VTIs and TTP to be capable of coordinating and expanded comprehensive vocational programmes.

The other services include :

identification of profitable business opportunities.
Training for business and institutional sustainability.
Linkage to credit providers .
Linkage to markets .
Business Plan preparation
keeping inventory of VTI graduates through " Tracer Study" system.
Developing Industrial Project Profiles for use by SSJKE operators.

Present Activities

Over 12, 000 trainees have graduated through one or the other of the following courses since 1971:

Metal Fabrication
Electrical / Electronics
Motor Mechanics
Carpentry / Joinery
Leather work
Masonry
Plumbing
Tailoring / Dressmaking
Home Economics
Secretarial
Computer Programming
Fine Art

The TTP promote people oriented vocational skills and income generating activities as means of sustainable livelihoods for the youth and institutions.

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