Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre Brochure Launch Edition June 2014

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1 Automotive Industry Development Centre Your partner in becoming globally competitive Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre Brochure Launch Edition June 2014

2 AIDC Company Profile Introduction: The Automotive Industry Development Centre (AIDC) is a subsidiary of the Gauteng Growth and Development Agent (GGDA), an entity owned by Gauteng Provincial Gauteng Provincial Government s Department of Economic Development. The AIDC primarily supports the Gauteng Province s industrial developmental aims and objectives. Its vision is to be the Leading implementation agency delivering creative, efficient, best practice and value based solutions in support of governments programmes related to the automotive and allied sectors. Process improvements in the supplier base that enhance competitiveness and capability of the value chain as well as facilitating a coordinated approach between the various key stakeholders within the three spheres of government, labour and industry, are also important outputs of the AIDC s sector focused mandate. As a project driven organization with a focus on technical excellence and delivery, the AIDC provides accessible and affordable world class services and infrastructure that not only enhances the local automotive industry s global competitiveness but also seeks to ensure its future sustainability. The mission is to develop the automotive and allied sector to globally competitive standards of excellence through a world-class value proposition which enables effective and sustainable socio-economic growth in the province of Gauteng. The AIDC was established to increase the level of global competitiveness of the South African automotive industry whilst developing the Gauteng Province as an automotive industry investment destination of choice. The AIDC works in partnership with all tiers of government, industry leaders or representative bodies in the sector, organised labour and other non-governmental agencies to unlock economic growth within the automotive industry. Amongst its service areas are Supply Chain Logistics including related special projects, Enterprise Development, Skills Development and Training, Incubation Programmes and the management of incentive programmes. Specific demand driven programmes have been conceptualised and developed as interventions in the provision of enabling strategic infrastructure, which act as a catalyst for economic growth. Above: AIDC Office, Central Hub Building, Automotive Supplier Park, Rosslyn Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre Launch Edition Newsletter 1

3 Overview & Objective of the Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre The land and buildings were extensively refurbished and expanded upon in accordance with best-in-class considerations by the AIDC. The project came as a result of Nissan s announcement of an investment of approximately R1.4bn into the South African economy, predominantly within Gauteng, with their global export programme due for launch in late A further R1.5bn rand investment is expected within the supply base resulting in an estimated new jobs over an upcoming 3-year period within the total value chain, 800 of these will be within the Nissan SA manufacturing facility in Rosslyn. The Learning Centre will work in collaboration with all relevant training institutions to address the skills shortage in the country to benefit the following industry segments, namely: Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM s) i.e. vehicle assemblers Automotive Component Manufacturing, Dealer networks and after-market services, Informal body and mechanical repairs sector, Unemployed youth and School Leavers programmes One of the challenges faced by the South African automotive industry is the deficiency of specialised technical skills, which hampers the industry s ability in becoming globally competitive. The Automotive Industry Development Centre (AIDC) has established the Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre in support of the Gauteng Provincial Government s objectives to address the skills shortage within the industry and the Province. The Learning Centre is being established out of a public private partnership process with Nissan South Africa (Nissan SA), the Development Bank of Southern Africa s (DBSA) Jobs Fund and the Gauteng Provincial Government s Department of Economic Development. Nissan SA s contribution was the provision of land and buildings in the form of a brownfield concept as well as long term subsidisation of the applicable utilities. The land and buildings were extensively refurbished and expanded upon in accordance with best-in-class considerations by the AIDC. Specific targeted technical and non-technical training programmes will be offered at the Learning Centre and the AIDC will be responsible for the management of the entire facility. Furthermore, the AIDC will manage and maintain the infrastructure whilst also developing and implementing all training programmes in accordance with merseta s requirements where applicable. A key differentiator for the training academy is the establishment of a production simulator designed around Nissan SA s new production model. The simulator will initially benefit Nissan SA directly during the process of upskilling its entire production workforce to their new manufacturing standards. The facility will then be made available to technical institutions within the Province as a means to provide students with practical training opportunities. Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre Launch Edition Newsletter 2

4 A Sod Turning/Wall Breaking Ceremony was held on the 14 November 2012 to officially break ground on this unique initiative between the public and private sector. This event was officially presided upon by the late MEC Kolisile together with the CEO of Nissan SA, Mr Mike Whitefield. The event witnessed the official announcement of the Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre initiative and the vision of future infrastructure with its expected social-economic impact. Partnership with the Jobs Fund About The Jobs Fund The Jobs Fund was announced by the President during the State of the Nation Address on 10 February, Following this announcement, the Jobs Fund was successfully launched in June 2011 by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and an amount of R9 billion Rand was set aside, to be allocated over a three year period, towards the realisation of the objectives of the Jobs Fund. Objective of the Jobs Fund Objectives of the Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre Launch Event The launch of this facility is to share this success with all stakeholders whilst also celebrating the meaningful partnerships that led to the learning centre s establishment. The launch will also demonstrate the successes of the Gauteng Provincial Government in its approach to the skills challenge in the province The launch will also provide the necessary awareness required to attract learners and automotive companies to the facility Networking with the key stakeholders who supported the establishment of The Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre. Communicating the automotive value proposition provided by the Gauteng Province in its quest to make the region the automotive investment destination of choice The objective of the Jobs Fund is to co-finance projects by public, private and non-governmental organisations that will significantly contribute to job creation. This involves the use of public money to catalyse innovation and investment on behalf of a range of economic stakeholders in activities which contribute directly to enhanced employment creation in South Africa. To address the challenge of unemployment, South Africa requires high rates of sustained economic growth. South Africa s macro-economic policy environment, infrastructure asset base, schooling system and regulatory frameworks are all key to growth. However, improving and reforming these factors is a long-term process.the Jobs Fund does not intend to tackle these long-term, structural causes of low growth and unemployment on its own. The Jobs Fund is a significant co-funder if this initiative and has supported the centre since inception. 3 Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre Launch Edition Newsletter

5 Numerous government initiatives are already tasked with parts of that challenge, hence the AIDC does not aim to replicate or substitute these initiatives; rather it presents an opportunity to complement these efforts with limited and short-term funding interventions. (Volkswagen) and Port Elizabeth (General Motor s). These funding interventions will seek to overcome some of the barriers to job creation that have been identified. Some of these relate to demand for labour, some to the supply of labour and some to the broader institutional environment. The Jobs Fund has been designed specifically to overcome these barriers by providing public funding through four funding windows i.e. Enterprise Development; Infrastructure Investment; Support for Work Seekers and Institutional Capacity Building. Learning Centre link to the Tshwane Auto City. The vision of the Auto City project is to achieve economies of scale, luring more original-equipment manufacturers (OEMs, or vehicle makers) to Rosslyn, while also enabling an improved business environment for those OEMs already there, by, for example, providing a more efficient logistics network. The Tshwane Auto City will be the largest multi-oem development region in the Southern Hemisphere. This project is ambitious, but with the vision and support of the City of Tshwane as a principal driver of the concept, it is achievable, said Manilal- CEO of AIDC. OEMs already active in Rosslyn are BMW South Africa (SA), Nissan SA, Tata Trucks and UD Trucks and upcoming Iveco, as well as a number of local component suppliers, with a large percentage of these housed in the AIDC s Automotive Supplier Park, a dedicated component supplier park in Rosslyn. Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa is also housed in the Tshwane region, with its export plant located in Silverton. Other vehicle production nodes in South Africa are Durban (Toyota), East London (Mercedes-Benz), Uitenhage AIDC CEO: Barlow Manilal Manilal said the APDP and a concept called Vision 2020 are the driving factors for the AIDC when planning Rosslyn s future expansion.this incentive programme hopes to enable the production of 1.2-million vehicles in South Africa by Production volumes reached around vehicles in 2012, and are expected to rise to about units in When compared to global standards, South Africa s infrastructure is already under stress from current production numbers, noted Manilal. Increasing production means that more and more vehicles will have to be transported by rail, handled by ports and ferried to dealers. Much greater intra-africa trade is also anticipated on the back of the Africa Free Trade Area, which is due for full implementation around Further increasing capacity at plants also spells the arrival of new component suppliers in South Africa, and they will also need to move their products on roads and through harbours and airports. And they will need power and water, adds Manilal. We considered that Tshwane is the place where the biggest concentration of auto makers in the country resides, and then thought about how we could augment the infrastructure that already existed to cater for the APDP and beyond, and conceptualised the Tshwane Auto City project. 4 Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre Launch Edition Newsletter

6 Stakeholders and Key Partners Besides the shareholders, the AIDC has strategic partners who contributed directly or indirectly to the establishment and successful completion of The Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre. All stakeholders and the network of key partners and beneficiaries are represented at the official opening to witness the accomplishments of this successful partnership. GOVERNMENT STAKEHOLDERS Gauteng Provincial Department of Economic Development Department of Higher Education & Training *merseta *Higher Education Institutions *Technical Schools *Further Education Training Statutory Bodies *NAAMSA *NAACAM *NUMSA *RMI *Proudly South African AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT CENTRE The Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre Strategic Partners managed by AIDC Department of Trade & Industry Development Bank of Southern Africa City of Tshwane INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS Original Equipment Manufacturers *Nissan South Africa *BMW *Ford *General Motors *Mercedes Benz *Renault South Africa Automotive Components Manufacturers (Supplier Park Tenants) Automotive Supply Chain Companies (Supplier Park Tenants) Gauteng Provincial Government s Department of Economic Development (DED): MEC & HOD Offices Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA). Board of Directors (GGDA & AIDC) NISSAN South Africa and relevant business units City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (Mayor, LED, City Manager, MMC, TEDA Unit) The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti): and the Office of the Director-General NUMSA (National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa Department of Education: Gauteng City Region Academy (GCRA) Higher Education Academic institutions merseta DBSA Jobs Fund Business Unit RMI (Retail Motor Industry of SA) NAACAM (National Association of Automotive Component and Allied Manufactures) NAAMSA (National Association of Automobile Manufactures of SA) Automotive Supplier Park tenants Relevant component manufacturers and service providers Media representatives Proudly SA Brand SA South African skills shortages The skills shortage has been identified both anecdotally and empirically. While this places special emphasis on the role of skills supply and the responsibility of various public and private institutional formations to deal with the challenge, private sector involvement is crucial in resolving the historical legacy. The Joint Initiative of Priority Skills Acquisition (JIPSA), identified a range of skills shortages which include: Lack of high-level, world class engineering and planning skills for the network industries transport; Communications and energy which are all at the core of our infrastructural programme; Lack of artisan and technical skills, with priority attention to be given to these infrastructural building blocks; Poor teacher training for mathematics, science, information and communication technologies (ICT) and language competence in public education; Lack of specific skills required by the priority sectors including tourism and business processes; Outsourcing and cross-cutting skills required by all sectors, especially finance; project managers and managers in general; and Lack of skills relevant to the local economic development requirements of municipalities, especially development economists. Survey data reveal that there is a significant gap between industry needs and the availability of a pool of readily available skills. In particular, the shortages in technical and trades skills, together with higher order critical skills such as project management, quality management and supervision, provide the context for skills requirements in this sector, which suggests that a stronger partnership between industry and tertiary institutions is required in order to ensure that supply responds to demand. Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre Launch Edition Newsletter 5

7 The Gauteng Economy Gauteng is the smallest of South Africa s nine provinces; its square kilometres is only1.4% of the country s land area. It is the most populous with 12.3 million people (23.7% of total) and has the highest population density: 675 people per square kilometre. Gauteng is highly urbanised and 97% of its population lives in urban centres. The province of Gauteng has three metropolitan provinces namely: City of Johannesburg (CoJ), City of Tshwane (CoT) and Ekurhuleni and two district municipalities, West Rand and Sedibeng. The CoT is the administrative capital of the country and is the fastest growing municipality in the country with its economy growing by an average annual growth rate of 4.4% between 2007 and The CoJ is the largest city in the country; it is dominated by finance and commerce and contributes the most to the regional GDP of Gauteng. Ekurhuleni has the third biggest economy amongst the municipalities in the province and has the largest concentration of manufacturing firms in the country ranging from heavy to light industry. The economies of the district municipalities, West Rand and Sedibeng, are relatively small compared to the three metropolitan municipalities.the figure below shows the GDPR for the municipalities and their average growth rates between 1997 and The bubble size is an indication of the size of the economy of the respective municipalities. The bigger the bubble, the bigger is the GDPR, and the opposite is true. The CoJ had the largest GDPR OF R313 Billion in The CoT had the second largest GDPR of R184 and the fastest growth rate of 4.4%. The high growth rate is attributed to the growth in the construction and transport sub-sector which both grew by an average 7.8% per cent in the period. Gauteng Manufacturing Comparative Advantage Economic Outlook Opportunities and Challenges Despite the dominance of Gauteng s economy it still faces the challenges the rest of the country is plagued by such as high unemployment levels, inequality and poverty. According to the Gauteng City Region Review 2011, the province faces additional challenges which include: unbalanced growth, in the sense that jobs that are being created are often not matched to the skills that workers currently possess; unequal spatial access to economic opportunities; a weak culture of entrepreneurship and the need to ensure that future growth is green growth to ensure the region s long-term sustainability. Gauteng s economy is diversified and therefore offers opportunities in all three economic sectors. As the strongest economy in South Africa, Gauteng boasts the most literate and skilled labour pool, highest per capita income, and highest disposable income. Opportunities Gauteng has several comparative advantages that are likely to attract investment and ensure its economy continues to propel forward and these include: Strong financial and industrial base; High quality information technology accessibility; 6 Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre Launch Edition Newsletter

8 Outstanding business services; An enabling environment; and Excellent freight and logistics and 2008 surveys. The profile of firms that provide training also remained unchanged between the two surveys. In 2008, as in 2003, larger firms were more likely to provide training than smaller ones, and exporters were more likely to do so than non-exporters. The likelihood of training was also greater where the unionization rate was higher. The likelihood of training was also greater where the unionization rate was higher. Smaller businesses are far less likely to provide formal on-the-job training to their employees than larger ones. For example, in the 2008 survey, more than 65 per cent of firms with 200 or more employees are likely to provide formal training to their workers, compared to about 35 per cent for firms with 20 to 40 employees. World Bank Report Skills shortage was one of the problems that topped managers lists of obstacles to growth in the survey. Although it had slipped far behind crime and power shortages by the time of the 2008 survey as a source of managers concerns, it remains a significant growth bottleneck by all other indications. This assessment examined the extent to which South African firms were addressing the shortage of skills by providing on-the-job training to their employees. It also looked at the extent to which they were making use of government-initiated skills development schemes in that context. South African firms are less likely to provide formal training to their workers than their peer group counterparts. In the 2008 sample, about 46 per cent of firms were Providing training, compared to more than 67 per cent of firms in Brazil, Chile, Thailand and China. This is not surprising since smaller firms face more and stronger constraints to the provision of training. These are likely to include financial constraints. Smaller firms are also more likely to lack the critical mass of trainees needed for profitable training programs, and may not have the extra workers needed to fill the gap when someone takes a training course. This should have implications for the role of the Sector Education Training Authorities (SETAs) and their targeting policy, or lack thereof, especially as larger firms are currently far more likely to receive SETA support than smaller ones. Since the majority of the newly employed are likely to work in small and young firms, the skills development opportunities for these workers will likely to be limited. A worker s chances of being formally trained on the job very much depend on the worker s schooling, ethnicity and membership in a trade union. All else being equal, better educated workers are more likely to be trained on the job. It could also be that the concern that turnover prevents firms from recouping the costs of training is considerably less important for union members, who are relatively more attached to their firms according to the Enterprise Survey data. Moreover, there was no significant change in South Africa in the incidence of training between the 2003 Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre Launch Edition Newsletter 7

9 SA Auto Industry The SA Auto Industry in Brief The automotive sector, regarded as the leading manufacturing sector and contributing, in total, 5,9% to the country's GDP in 2009, has been identified in government's 2007 and 2010 revised National Industrial Policy Framework and Industrial Policy Action Plan as one of the priority sectors to fast-track growth and development. The positive developments and achievements in the South African automotive industry, since 1995, have been driven by a supportive automotive policy regime. The 2020 vision under the new Automotive Production Development Programme (APDP), shared by government and industry, is to double vehicle production from the 2006 levels of about units to 1,2 million units by 2020, with a much stronger development of the automotive component sector. The South African government's target of a 6% economic growth rate, increased foreign direct investment, skills development and an increase in downstream beneficiated exports will largely depend on future successful performance in priority sectors such as the automotive industry Aggregate employment in the automobile manufacturing industry in 2009 amounted to about persons whilst employment in the component manufacturing industry was of the order of employees. Total employment in the trade area, namely in the vehicle sales and vehicle maintenance and servicing field, currently amounts to about persons. Employment in the tyre manufacturing industry is of the order of persons. The automotive industry exhibits a high multiplier effect due to the creation of opportunities in automotive and related areas and maintains direct linkages with a large number of support services and SMMEs. Employment ratios vary from country to country, but generally for every worker in the manufacture of a motor vehicle there are at least two or more employed in used vehicle sales, servicing and repair. Main automotive trading partners South Africa's main automotive trading partners (exports plus imports) for 2009 reflected the country's global linkages with the OEM parent companies in Germany, the USA and Japan. Germany comprised R39,98 billion or 28,4% of South Africa's total automotive trade in 2009, followed by the USA with R19,08 billion or 13,5% and Japan with R17,40 billion or 12,3% of total automotive trade. The table below ranks the South African automotive industry's top 10 automotive trading partners for 2009, compared with 2008, while the following tables reflect details and rankings of the top 10 automotive products exported and imported, where applicable, during Automotive clusters In respect of the automotive component manufacturers, the exporting link for the majority of these companies is the South African based OEMs and parent companies in relation with first tier multina tional suppliers. Consequently, component manufacturers using South Africa's competitive advan tages seek contact with outside partners for market access, technology, process know-how, production rationalization and other joint venture benefits. South Africa's vehicle assembly industry is concentrated in three of the country's nine provinces, namely Gauteng, the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, and in close proximity to its suppliers. However, increasingly some automotive development is also taking place in the Western Cape. The three automotive clusters and the Western Cape automotive features may be illustrated as follows: 8 Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre Launch Edition Newsletter

10 Automotive Clusters Gauteng Eastern Cape KwaZulu-Natal Western Cape Capital Johannesburg Bisho Msunduzi/ Pietermaritzburg Cape Town Population (% of SA total of 49,32 million) GDP contribution as % of SA total GDP of R2 423 billion 10,53 million 6,64 million 10,44 million (21,4%) (13,5%) (21,2%) 5,35 million (10,9%) 33,5% 7,8% 16,2% 14,5% OEMs (Manufacturing BMW SA, Plants) Volkswagen of SA Toyota SA Motors - Nissan SA, Renault SA, Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa incorporating the assembly of Mazda Mercedes-Benz SA General Motors SA Number of automotive component companies Skills Programmes and Short Courses Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) Level 3-4 Advanced PLC Level 5-9 Advanced Autotronics Level 5-9 Advanced Mechatronics Level 5-9 Advanced CNC Level 5-9 Hydraulics Level 5-9 Pneumatics Level 5-9 Robotics Level 5-9 Electro-Pneumatics Level 5-9 Forklift Training & Ass. Level 2 Mechatronics Level 5-9 Welding Level 5-9 Basic Hand Skills & Usage of Tools Level 2 Introduction to Electronics Level 2 Soft Skills Operations & Productivity 3-4 Supervisory Skills 3-4 Interpersonal Leadership Skills 2-4 End User Computing - MS Office (Basic, Intermediate, Advanced) B,I, A Supply Chain Management Level 2-6 Support Services Project/Programme Management Learner Management (LMS) Work Integrated Learning (Practical Experience) Training and Skills Development Advisory Services Talent Development Programmes (Schools) Bridging/Work-Readiness Programmes (Secondary - Tertiary - Workplace) Mentorship E-learning Assessment (Pre-, Psychometric, Workplace) Job Placements Essentially the essence of the MIDP is to encourage the OEMs in South Africa to specialize in one or two high volume models on behalf of parent companies, obtain economies of scale benefits via exports and in turn import those low volume models not manufactured in the country to complement their domestic model mix. This approach also assists the component suppliers in obtaining higher volumes. Curriculum The following skills programmes have been identified as critical for the Automotive Industry and will be offered either as part of a full qualification of short skills programmes. This is based on the needs analysis of industry as a whole. Technical Skills Curriculum The Technical Training Qualifications for Financial Year 2014/2015 identified are as follows: No Learning Category Locations SUMMARY: Priority Programmes Qualification ID Title Level Credits National Certificate: Autotronics Level Autotronics LC National Certificate: Autotronics Level National Certificate: Mechatronics Level Mechatronics LC National Certificate: Mechatronics Level PLC LC Demonstrate an understanding of basic programmable logic controllers Level 3 6 Install and program basic programmable logic controllers Level 3 20 Fault find and repair Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC's) Level 4 10 Install and programme advanced industrial programmable logic controllers Level 4 20 National Certificate: CNC Production Machining Level National Certificate: CNC Production Machining Level National Certificate: Fitting and turning Level CNC LC Fitting LC Certificate: Fitting and Turning Level Components LC Assembly Welding LC National Certificate: Automotive Components: Manufacturing and Assembly National Certificate: Automotive Components: Manufacturing and Assembly National Certificate: Welding Application and Practice: Manufacturing and Engineering National Certificate: Welding Application and Practice: Manufacturing and Engineering Level Level Level Level Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre Launch Edition Newsletter 9

11 Technical Training Equipment matched to Technical Training Curriculum In order to successfully offer training on the selected curriculum, technical training equipment must be procured to match to the practical requirements of the qualification. Key in this process is to ensure that the selected Technical equipment can cover the practical requirements of various NQF levels per category of learning; in essence the training equipment procured for CNC Training must address the practical requirements for NQF Level 2 4. The approach to the utilisation of the Technical Training equipment will be to offer the Learning Centre as a practical, simulated learning workplace not only to the automotive industry, but also at a per student per head cost to FET colleges. The training equipment to be procured will be state-of-the-art and therefore be in line with the innovations made within the automotive industry. For many FET colleges and Higher Education Institutions, there is no access to this kind of training equipment due to limited funds. Simulator Training matched to Components Assembly Qualifications Training on the simulator will form part of the following qualifications: Further Education and Training Certificate: Automotive Components: Manufacturing and Assembly, NQF level 2 4 and in addition be offered for the utilisation of FET and HEI students who require practical training to complete their qualifications. Accreditation Accreditation is a critical deliverable for the Learning Centre as it cannot operate as a training institution nor offer the scarce skills programmes that are required by industry without it. The primary focus of the learning centre is to offer automotive niched qualifications and skills programmes that address the scarce skills shortages identified by the industry. This means that the Learning Centre will become the hub for Skills development and Training within the automotive industry with the long-term vision of of coordinating skills in the sector and influencing decision-making around qualifications offered by public FET colleges and Higher Education Institutions. The automotive industry currently do not have a specialised Skills Development and Training institution that cater for and address their skills gaps as identified in the annual Sector Skills Plan (SSP) developed by the merseta. The Learning Centre has been established with the sole purpose of servicing and addressing the skills shortage in the Automotive Industry, while offering a Total Quality Management Programme (TQM) which will address the needs of the full value chain involved with the production & distribution of the vehicle. The vision for this programme is to provide holistic training programmes that will address the skills needs of all industry stakeholders. The Learning Centre will work in collaboration with all relevant training institutions to address the skills shortage in the country to benefit the following industry segments, namely: Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM s) i.e. vehicle assemblers Automotive Components Manufacturing ( Tier 1 3) Dealer networks and after-market services Informal body and mechanical repairs sector The Learning Centre will seek the following accreditations to ensure that it is able to successfully service the above-mentioned and identified target audiences: Priority Accreditation Institution/Custodian Duration 1 Training Provider merseta 3 18months 2 Workplace Accreditation merseta 12 18months 3 Trade Test Centre merseta months 4 ISO 9001 ISO 12 18months 5 Assessment Centre QCTO 24 months 6 Higher Education Institution DHET 24 36months Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre Launch Edition Newsletter 10

12 TIMELINE OF THE GAUTENG AUTOMOTIVE LEARNING CENTRE DEVELOPMENT 2012 November AIDC held a ground- Breaking Ceremony with the late MEC of Gauteng Economic Development - Nkosiphendule Kolisile 2014 June The Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre is now ready fo launch 2012 November AIDC started with refurbishing the Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre 2014 March Training Similator procured and in production. Installation in August July Phase 1, classroom building 100% complete and ready for occupation 2013 November First learnership implemented at the Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre students

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14 Physical Address: 99 Hendrick Van Eck St Akasia Pretoria Tel Postal Address: Private Bag X35 Rosslyn 0200 Enquiries: AIDC