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Job opportunities at the R1 billion train manufacturing factory
The factory at Dunnottar Park in Nigel, Gauteng, offers full-time employment opportunities across various roles in manufacturing, assembly, testing, commissioning, and maintenance of commuter trains. The workforce includes 635 full-time employees, with 90% being black, and a gender balance of 49% female and 51% male.
The overall employment equity constitutes 49% female and 51% male, with 635 full-time employees, 90% of whom are black.
Places
Gauteng
Reference
https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/president-ramaphosa-launch-r1bn-train-factory
Amounts
R 1 000 000 000
Training and skills development at the Rail Training School
The Rail Training School located at the 72-hectare site in Dunnottar Park provides training and skills development for individuals interested in the rail industry, including PRASA employees and young people seeking careers in rail operations, maintenance, and engineering.
The launch is part of government’s 20-year Modernisation Programme aimed at revitalising the rail industry and training and skills development for the Passenger Railway Agency of South Africa (Prasa) employees and young people interested in the rail industry.
Supplier opportunities in the Supplier Park
The Supplier Park at the train factory site offers business opportunities for local companies to supply parts and materials for the production of 580 new commuter trains, supporting the target of 65% local content and promoting black economic empowerment.
This massive investment will include the local manufacturing of parts, maintenance, training facilities, the creation of jobs, skills development, the achievement of a 65% local content, and it will promote black economic empowerment and support communities.
