Basic Sewing
Our long-term objective is that students will go on to start entrepreneurial enterprises possibly creating employment for others or find workplace opportunities.
Modules covered include:
- Control & threading of plain machine and over-locker
- Industrial machines are used as per industry standards
- Sample portfolio
- Constructing a range of items
- LtE Business Essentials Course - Khayelitsha only
• Product Costing
• Financial Management
• Creating a Business Plan
• Marketing your Business
• Stock Control
Students are taught a range of sewing skills using both industrial and domestic sewing machines and overlockers. At the end of the course, graduates will have a range of sample garments as well as a workbook/portfolio of skills learnt.
| Offered: | Khayelitsha & Hermanus |
| Entry Requirements: | Basic literacy and numeracy assessment, course participants will need to daily access have a domestic sewing machine at home. |
| Course Duration: | 10 weeks |
| Times: | full day, Monday - Friday |
| Cost to student: | Khayelitsha: R900 (R300 registration fee + R600 course fee) Hermanus: R750 (R300 registration fee + R450 course fee) |
| Cost to Learn to Earn: |
R22 400 to train one person, Donate to make it happen |
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