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5 June 2007
Craft making as a hobby in your spare time is one thing, but earning from your craft – quite another. The Cape Craft and Design Institute (CCDI) was established some years ago for this purpose – to create an infrastructure where crafters can acquire business skills and market their crafts to the right markets.
This week 19 such craft learners received certificates in craft production at a CCDI graduation ceremony. One of the learners, Thobeka Nkohla of New Cross Roads, stands testimony to the success of the course. Her core craft is fabric design and painting, and she participates in a co-op where she trains other women to sew and design, but says her biggest challenge remains marketing the product and growing that market. “I have new plans and am going to change my project structure to allow the business to grow.”
In July this year the CCDI is offering craft entrepreneurs another training opportunity – a winter school in business, marketing and design skills. The winter school consists of a series of workshops and seminars, but has been designed to have an immediate impact on small businesses. The classes run over a three week period, from Monday, July 2nd till Friday, July 20th.
CCDI’s project leader on enterprise development, Ann Weyer, says the winter school focuses on three craft business levels: emerging craft businesses, established craft businesses and advanced businesses. Topics covered include finance management, business administration, production, product design and development and marketing.
The winter school aims to inspire crafters to do more than earn a living from their craft, but to improve their product designs, cost and price their products for profit, and market products effectively.
All the 5-day workshops are aligned to the National Qualifications Framework and credits can be accumulated towards a national craft qualification. Price structures differ according to the course, but starts at R360 per 1-day seminar and the full 3-week programme costs R3810. However, crafters can apply for subsidies of up to 90 percent, funded by Western Cape government.
The winter school will be running at two different venues, the CCDI premises in Harrington Street, Cape Town, and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology.
Closing date for applications is Friday, 15 June 2007. For more information, contact Ann Weyer, tel: (021) 460 3724, email
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The CCDI has a database of 850 craft enterprises, 360 retail outlets and 200 service providers. The institute facilitates an entry for hand crafters into the sector and introduces and trains them to generate business locally and internationally.
The Institute is a joint initiative of the Western Cape Provincial Government and the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, and is also funded by the City of Cape Town, MAPPP Seta, the national departments of Science and Technology and Trade and Industry and a number of private sector funders for specific projects.
To contact the CCDI, visit www.capecraftanddesign.org.za or tel: (021) 460 4245.
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HR Strategic Communications
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Cape Craft and Design Institute
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LEER HOE OM JOU EIE HANDWERK-BESIGHEID TE BESTUUR
Om handwerk in jou vrye tyd as ‘n stokperdjie te beoefen, is een ding, maar om ‘n inkomste daaruit te verdien, is heeltemal ‘n ander uitdaging. Die Kaapse Instituut vir Handwerk en Ontwerp (Cape Craft and Design Institute) is ‘n paar jaar gelede vir hierdie doel tot stand gebring - om ‘n infrastruktuur te skep waar handwerkers besigheidsvaardighede kan aanleer en hoe om hul kunswerke aan die regte markte te bemark.
Vandeesweek het 19 sulke handwerk entrepreneurs by ‘n CCDI toekenning seremonie sertifikate in handwerk produksie ontvang. Een van die leerders, Thobeka Nkohla van New Crossroads is bewys van die sukses van die kursus. Die handwerk wat sy hoofsaaklik doen, is materiaalverf en –ontwerp, maar sy sê haar grootste uitdaging is steeds om haar produk te bemark en daardie mark uit te brei. “Ek het nuwe planne and gaan my projek struktuur verander om die besigheid te laat groei.”
In Julie vanjaar bied CCDI hul derde winterskool aan om handwerkers die geleentheid te bied om besigheids-, bemarkings- en ontwerpvaardighede aan te leer. Die winterskool bestaan uit ‘n reeks werkswinkels en seminare, maar is ontwerp om ‘n onmiddellike impak op klein besighede te hê. Die klasse strek oor drie weke, vanaf Maandag, 2 Julie tot Vrydag, 20 Julie.
CCDI projek leier vir entrepreneursontwikkeling, Ann Weyer, sê die winterskool fokus op drie handwerk besigheidsvlakke: opkomende handwerk besighede, bestaande handwerk besighede en gevorderde besighede. Onderwerpe onder bespreking sluit in finansiële bestuur, besigheidsadministrasie, produksie, produk ontwerp en ontwikkeling en bemarking.
Die winterskool is daarop gemik om handwerkers te inspireer om meer as net ‘n inkomste uit hul handwerk te verdien, maar om hul produk ontwerpe te verbeter, om hul produkte se prys te bereken om teen ‘n wins te verkoop, en hul produkte effektief te bemark.
Al die 5-dag werkswinkels is in ooreenstemming met die Nasionale Kwalifikasies Raamwerk en krediete kan vir ‘n nasionale handwerk kwalifikasie gewerf word. Prysstrukture hang af van die kursus wat gevolg word, maar begin by R360 per 1-dag seminaar en die volle 3-weke program kos R3810. Handwerkers kan vir subsidies van tot 90% aansoek doen. Wes-Kaap regering subsidieer die kursusse.
Die winterskool sal by twee verskillende plekke gehou word, die CCDI perseel in Harringtonstraat, Kaapstad, en die Kaapse Skiereiland Universiteit van Tegnologie.
Sluitingsdatum vir aansoeke is Vrydag, 15 Junie 2007. Vir meer inligting, kontak Ann Weyer, tel: (021) 460 3724, e-pos
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Die CCDI het ‘n databasis van 850 handwerk ondernemings, 360 kleinhandel afsetpunte en 200 diensverskaffers. Die instituut fasiliteer die toetrede van handwerkers tot die bedryf en stel hul bekend en lei hulle op om plaaslik en internasionaal besigheid te genereer.
Die Instituut is ‘n gesamentlike inisiatief van die Wes-Kaapse Provinsiale Regering en die Kaapse Skiereiland Universiteit van Tegnologie, en word ook finansieel ondersteun deur die Stad Kaapstad, MAPPP Seta, die nasionale departmente van Wetenskap en Tegnologie en Handel en Nywerheid en ‘n aantal private sektor befondsers vir spesifieke projekte.
Om die CCDI te kontak, besoek www.capecraftanddesign.org.za of (021) 460 3982.
Uitgereik deur:
HR Strategiese Kommunikasie
Namens:
Die Kaapse Instituut vir Handwerk en Ontwerp
Media navrae:
Hélène Rossouw
082 771 8834
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