Project
The Chamber is currently running over 50 projects worth over R 30 million for the year 2010/2011 of which R 17.7 million come from previous two years. There are over 1500 learners benefiting from these projects. The projects range from Public Private Partnership with Mercedes Benz of South Africa to Taxi Corporatives and Councils both provincial and national, Non-Government Organisations and Non Profit Making Organisations.
The highlights are two projects funded by Department of Transport (DOT) for the development of the taxi industry for World Cup 2010 and beyond. The two projects are worth R 11.7 million and seek to improve safety on the road and improve customer relations between commuters and taxi drivers.
To date DOT projects have achieved the following:
- 264 Taxi Drivers successfully completed a skills programme in Professional Driving NQF 3 with 5 Unit standards marking 97% success rate.
- 156 Drivers obtained Code EC driver’s licensing marking 57% success rate and some of these drivers were incorporated in the world cup 2010 transport network initiatives.
A further 265 Taxi drivers are currently undergoing training until July 2011.
Additional funding of R 5.7 million has been provided by DOT for the same project to start soon.
Activities
The proposed new Taxi industry qualification (National Certificate: Taxi Operations)
Taxi Chamber is gearing itself towards introducing a much anticipated National certificate in Taxi Operations NQF level 2, which qualification is aimed at addressing specific needs of the Taxi industry at large.
Strategic Partners
TETA takes its strategic partners seriously and for this reason seeks to enter into Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with such partners. The following institutions have been identified shortly. The purpose of the MOU is to regulate and formalise relationships for specific goals to be achieved in a joint partnership.
- Provincial Department of Transport
- South African National Taxi Council
- South African Metered Taxi Council
- South African Transport Allied Workers Union
The Chambers continuously seek to establish new partnerships for skills development revolution and identify and assist those companies that are wrongly registered with other Sector Education and Training Authorities to come to TETA.
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