Mpumalanga Regional Training Trust (MRTT)

About

The Mpumalanga Regional Training Trust (MRTT) is a schedule 3C public entity under the Public Finance Management Act reporting to the Mpumalanga Department of Education. The Entity's target market is out-of-school, underprivileged youth from financially disadvantaged communities, providing them with affordable fee-paying and/or funded learning programmes. MRTT's vision is to be recognised as a world-class, accredited and sustainable skills development provider. It aims to achieve its vision through the provision of quality training interventions, work integrated learning, placement and after care according to the demands of the market that the Entity serves for job creation and poverty alleviation, which is its mission. The work of the Entity is delivered through a set of values such as innovation, integrity, commitment, professionalism and accountability. The Entity's training offerings are focused on providing artisan technical skills through institutional, practical and workplace training in building and civil construction, manufacturing and metal trades, electrical engineering, hospitality, tourism and agricultural skills. It also offers apprenticeship, learnership and short-skills programmes, trade tests and the Recognition of Prior Learning (RLP) Assessment Centre, which enables learners to achieve their full artisanship status upon completion of their training. The Mpumalanga Regional Training Trust prides itself on the role and contribution it is making within the skills development environment in the Mpumalanga Province. The Entity continues to deliver on its skills development mandate ensuring that the young people of the province are afforded an opportunity to participate and contribute to the economic activities therein.