PART-TIME PROGRAMMES

Start your own baking business and become an entrepreneur with our 10 week program. Develop your baking and business skills and make your entrepreneurial dreams come true!

10 weeks | Part time | Durbanville
Sponsored value: R10500
Unemployed people or those earning less than R5000pm only pay registration fee of R300

To qualify for this programme you must:

• have access to a working oven

• be willing to bake and sell during and after the training

PROGRAMME DETAILS

• Baking Business Theory and Money Matters to run a profitable baking business

• Baking Practicals teach you various baking techniques

• Life Skills develop healthy relationships and create sustainable goals for your personal and work life

• Conversations about faith, life and God

• 3 days of work experience training with an FCD job shadow partner

PRACTICALS

• Week 1: Chocolate muffins, Orange muffins

• Week 2: Pancakes, Scones

• Week 3: Short crust pastry, Pies, Vetkoek

• Week 4: Donuts

• Week 5: Lamingtons, Cream horns, Mini quiches

• Week 6: Cupcakes

• Week 7: Double layer chocolate cake

• Week 8: Vanilla cake masterclass, Chocolate ganache

Improve your ability to communicate in English in the workplace.

This course is offered to individuals who are battling to read, write and speak English.
After completing this program you will be able to communicate in English confidently.
Individuals desiring to commence a skills program at FCD are encouraged to first complete this program if their English communication skills are weak.

8 weeks | Part time
Beginner level: Greenville
Pre-employment level: Durbanville
Sponsored value: R6000
Unemployed people or those earning less than R5000pm only pay registration fee of R50  

PROGRAMME DETAILS

• Vocabulary lesson

• Giving instructions

• Spelling conventions

• Capital letters and punctuation

• Dates and numbers

• Pronouns

• Forms of address

• Form literacy

• Simple present and simple past

• Vocabulary of education

• References + declaration

PRACTICALS

• Conversations and class assignments

• Exit interview with trainer

• Practical reading skills

• Practical writing skills

Earn an income in beauty and nails. Over the course of 10 weeks, with three to four days of training per week, you can learn valuable techniques and gain hands-on experience that will prepare you for a career as a nail technician or make-up artist.

10 weeks | Part time | Greenville
Sponsored value: R11500
Unemployed people or those earning less than R5000pm only pay registration fee of R750

To qualify for this programme you must:

• have a desire to earn an income from beauty and nail care

• be able to read and write English and do basic calculations

PROGRAMME DETAILS

Trade for Profit

• Business theory and money matters to run a profitable small business

Nail Tech Theory

• Professional image

• The nail and its disorders

• Contamination control

• Infectious agents

• Selling yourself and your products

Skin Care and Make-up

• Skin conditions and basic skincare steps

• The importance of hygiene of brushes

Life Skills

• Develop healthy relationships and create sustainable goals for your personal and work life

Conversations about faith, life and God

PRACTICALS

• Nails: Glue and tip application, gel polish application, acrylic dip system, nail art

• Basic skin care and make-up: Lip, eye brow shaping, basic day makeup and evening make-up and for special events

• 3 days of work experience training with an FCD job shadow partner

Learn to sew and start your own sewing business with our 10 week program.

10 weeks | Part time | Durbanville
Sponsored value: R10500
Unemployed people or those earning less than R5000pm only pay registration fee of R300

To qualify for this programme you must:

• have a sewing machine and a desire to sew and sell hand-sewn products

• be able to read and write English and do basic calculations

• attend 1 theory day and 1 sewing day class per week

PROGRAMME DETAILS

Trade for Profit

• Business theory and money matters to run a profitable small business

Sewing Theory

• Choosing the right sewing machine

• Sewing tools and machine basics

• Fabric types

Life Skills

• Develop healthy relationships and create sustainable goals for your personal and work life

Conversations about faith, life and God

PRACTICALS

• Introduction to the sewing machine

• Basic sewing stitches, cutting fabric

• Basic seams and hems, frills, ruffles, bias binding and corners

• Fasteners, interfacing

• Sewing with elastic and layers

• Using the overlocker

• Taking body measurements and using a pattern

• Making pockets, important stitch techniques

• 3 days of work experience training with an FCD job shadow partner

Improve your ability to generate a profitable income.

Gain the necessary knowledge and skills to recognize a potential business opportunity and establish the fundamental aspects of managing a small business with this 1 day per week programme running over 10 weeks.

10 weeks | Part time | Durbanville & Greenville
Sponsored value: R9500
Unemployed people or those earning less than R5000pm only pay registration fee of R300

To qualify for this programme you must:

• be passionate about starting a small business and be willing to buy and sell products during the training

• be able to read and write English and do basic calculations

PROGRAMME DETAILS

Trade for Profit

• Business theory and money matters to run a profitable small business

Life Skills

• Develop healthy relationships and create sustainable goals for your personal and work life

Conversations about faith, life and God

PRACTICALS

• Buy and sell project

• Keep track of weekly sales and expenses

• 3 days of work experience training with an FCD job shadow partner