While the unemployment rate remains alarmingly high in South Africa – which includes those that have obtained a university degree – there are other routes to employment, such as studying a trade.
According to Human Capital and Skills Development Executive at Seifsa, Zizile Lushaba, while a degree-based career may pay better in some cases, you have to be employed before getting paid. “The emphasis on practical training makes newly qualified tradespeople infinitely more employable than university graduates”.
Additionally, trades offer learners who may battle to achieve the marks needed to study at university an alternative and sometimes far better option than simply slotting into whatever degree they end up being accepted into.
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