SKILL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE GARMENT INDUSTRY Social issues Trainee profile As part of application Centre Understand trainee for training, manager background, prospective trainees (admin including: gender, provide a brief registrar’s age, rural/urban, profile. office). Share family status with MTICM. (married/unmarried, # kids), prior employment, education status and income. Affordability Assess affordability of PRS and PMU Ensure affordability new fee structure for to consult of training, in prospective trainees. garment particularly training Ensure that higher industry and offered to with fees are not imposing centre few skills or barriers to access managers. employment history. training. Income Monitor income of Centre Track income trainees for three manager development to years post training. registrar’s establish impact of See 6.1.1 for details. office). Share project. with MTICM. Job Monitor trainee Centre Track employment stability/impact employment for manager to establish impact of of training years post training. (admin project. See 6.1.1 for details. registrar’s office). Share with MTICM. Managerial Conduct annual Centre Increase the positions industry assessment manager percentage of to establish the (admin Basotho’s retained in number of expatriates registrar’s managerial and in technical and office). Share technical positions in middle level with MTICM. the garment supervisory positions industry. versus Basotho in these positions. Health Provide HIV/AIDS PMU to request Improved HIV/AIDS awareness training at NGO/ donor prevention in initial of training. projects to group. Track impact of provide awareness training, training. see 6.1.1 for details. Persons with Refurbishment plan to Included in Training centres disabilities include plan for contract for accessible to persons accessibility for refurbishment with disabilities. persons with (PMU) Disabled persons disabilities. Track gaining employment number of disabled skills. persons trained and employed. Complaint Provide PMU will Ensure that mechanism comment/complaint forward managers address box and procedures comment/ complaints in for addressing complaint adequate manner, comments/complaints mechanism to use good ideas. from staff, trainees, PSC for neighbours, private approval. sector or others. Monitor comments/ complaints and reflect on how
SKILL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE GARMENT INDUSTRY Social issues Trainee profile As part of application for training, prospective trainees provide a brief profile. Centre manager (admin registrar’s office). Share with MTICM. Understand trainee background, including: gender, age, rural/urban, family status (married/unmarried, # kids), prior employment, education status and income. Affordability Assess affordability of new fee structure for prospective trainees. Ensure that higher fees are not imposing barriers to access training. PRS and PMU to consult garment industry and centre managers. Ensure affordability of training, in particularly training offered to with few skills or employment history. Income Monitor income of trainees for three years post training. See 6.1.1 for details. Centre manager registrar’s office). Share with MTICM. Track income development to establish impact of project. Job stability/impact of training Monitor trainee employment for years post training. See 6.1.1 for details. Centre manager (admin registrar’s office). Share with MTICM. Track employment to establish impact of project. Managerial positions Conduct annual industry assessment to establish the number of expatriates in technical and middle level supervisory positions versus Basotho in these positions. Centre manager (admin registrar’s office). Share with MTICM. Increase the percentage of Basotho’s retained in managerial and technical positions in the garment industry. Health Provide HIV/AIDS awareness training at initial of training. Track impact of awareness training, see 6.1.1 for details. PMU to request NGO/ donor projects to provide training. Improved HIV/AIDS prevention in group. Persons with disabilities Refurbishment plan to include plan for accessibility for persons with disabilities. Track number of disabled persons trained and employed. Included in contract for refurbishment (PMU) Training centres accessible to persons with disabilities. Disabled persons gaining employment skills. Complaint mechanism Provide comment/complaint box and procedures for addressing comments/complaints from staff, trainees, neighbours, private sector or others. PMU will forward comment/ complaint mechanism to PSC for approval. Monitor comments/ complaints and reflect on how Ensure that managers address complaints in adequate manner, use good ideas.