FURNTECH

An Institute of Sectoral Occupational Excellence (ISOE)

Michael Reddy

National provider of skills development and business technology incubation

Established in 2000 Started operations in 2001 in George Currently 6 Centres around South Africa Accredited by FIETA Registered with the Department of Education as a

Private FET Provider Accredited by the Tibro Training Centre in

Sweden

Who are we?

Skills Development

Business Technology Incubation

What do we do?

Cape Town

Durban

George

Johannesburg

Umzimkhulu

White River

Mthatha - Coming Soon

Where are we?

VisionTo contribute to the growth of the industry by offering world class training and innovative business technology incubation to the furniture and wood products sector

Mission To be a practical, productivity driven, globally

competitive, outcomes based training provider with fully equipped facilities, offering world class training; and

To offer comprehensive and innovative incubation services in order to assist in job and wealth creation in the furniture and wood products sector

Vision & Mission

Developing and delivering quality training programmes that are aligned with the principles of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF)

Skills development for new and existing trainers, manufacturers and employees in the furniture and wood products sector

Development of new and existing SMEs in the furniture and wood products sector

Technology demonstration and transfer in the furniture and wood products sector

Strategic Objectives

Wood machining & Cabinet making Level 2 Wood Finishing Level 2 & Level 3 Upholstery Level 2 & Level 3 Wood machining Level 3 Cabinet making Level 3 AutoCAD & CNC programming and operating RPL Assessments and Moderation of

Assessment Level 4 Qualifications Furniture Design

Skills Development

All Furntech Centres are fully accredited by Irca, an international health and safety auditing firm against OHSAS 18001

Our training facilities are benchmarked internationally by the Tibro Training Centre in Sweden and the University of British Columbia in Canada

Our learning programmes are aligned with the NQF and conform to and, where applicable, exceed the industry standards

Our assessments are conducted within the framework of the NQF and the principles of good assessment

Our trainers are assessed, trained and mentored by highly experienced Swedish and Canadian woodworking experts

We constantly evaluate our performance in order to continuously improve our offerings

Skills Development

All Furntech centres have the latest in wood working technology

We are the only training centre with CNC Technology including a 5-axis CNC Machine

Skills Development

Furntech’s Business Technology Incubator (BTI) programme is an economic development tool designed to accelerate the growth and success of entrepreneurial companies in the furniture and wood products sector through an array of business support resources, technical training and production processes.

It is designed to nurture and protect new and existing small businesses by assisting selected entrepreneurs with all aspects of starting up and developing their companies into sustainable business.

Business Technology Incubation (BTI)

The Business Technology Incubation Programme was established to:

contribute to increased economic growth; and reduce unemployment

by providing a protective environment for new and existing small businesses in the furniture and wood work sector for a limited period.

The Purpose of the BTI Programme

SME / business creation Facilitate linkages and networks in furniture

manufacturing Facilitate job creation Technology transfer Increase exports Contribute to economic growth

Objectives of BTI

The skills of each incubatee are asssessed against the unit standards / skills programmes / qualification when the individual enters the incubation programme

An integrated skills development programme, linked to the production and marketing plan of the business is developed for each individual

The development programme is implemeted The incubatee is also coached and mentored

towards the National Certificate Qualifications in New Venture Creation.

Skills Development & BTI

Skills Training+

Technical Mentoring and Coaching+

Business Skills Development+

Business Management Mentoring and Coaching=

Furntech Business Technology Incubation Programme

BTI Model

Established 34 new SMME’s Supported 82 clients Assisted the businesses to create 64 new direct

jobs, 148 indirect jobs and 20 casual jobs Total turn over of R 2,6 million, that is a 31%

growth on previous year > 85% are black-owned SMMEs > 80% of business owners fall into the category of

“youth” > 85% of businesses survive beyond the two year

incubation programme

Achievements - BTI (2007/8)

Winner: Incubator of the Year 2007 Runner-up: Most significant impact on Local

economy Winner: Fastest Growing Incubatee Winner: Graduate of the Year

Achievements - BTI (2007/8)

Achievements - Skills Development (2007/8)

Employed Unemployed

Completed 470 142

Under Training

117 43

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