Our Services

With all these abilities of Impilo Training Solutions in mind it also is necessary to have a look at some of our previous training related to SMME development and training:

• Entrepreneurial training to emerging enterprises in Ethekwini Municipality (SEDA)
• Umzumbe Municipality enterprise development for rural development department.
• Entrepreneurial training for Phandaro Investment incubates
• Do three six-monthly mentoring visits for Ugu Agricultural program that includes the following service
• Different types of lifeskills training for government departments and institutions

The training provided is done with various learning methods, such as classroom based theoretical and practical sessions, individual and group exercises, role-playing, case study and discussions.

Facilitation and Consulting methodologies used are:

• Outcomes Based
• Needs based
• Cost effective
• Step-by-step-approach
• Participatory
• Communicative & task based training
• Case studies, role plays and simulations
• Lectures and seminars

1 – Identify what factors of production are available to residents

At Impilo Training Solutions (ITS), we believe that everybody has something. It may be a tiny backyard area which can be farmed for subsistence and sales. It might be an entrepreneurial spirit. Or, a willingness to work with one’s hands. Everyone has some tools available to them which they can use for profit.

2 – Instruct residents on how to use these resources

It is not enough for residents to have factors of production. For Local Economic Development to be successful, requires instruction. How do I begin to make these resources profitable? Where do I start? What options are available to me? Good LED projects will include a strategy on how to begin to educate community members, to get the ball rolling on potential start-ups.

3 – Intervene where necessary

There are so many motivators for South Africans to help one another through these difficult times. Our shared history shows us that those who have ought to assist those who have not! We also have our government guidelines, BB-BEE codes, Corporate Social Responsibility objectives, Corporate Social Investment targets and other policies to move us in the right direction.

And so there are opportunities for anyone. Both individuals and corporates can get involved. Local Economic Development programmes need volunteers, coordination, sponsorship and support. The goal of such intervention and support should always be sustainability. This means working towards a situation in which local entrepreneurs and startups can function without outside aid.

4 – Inspire and invest in key individuals

Particular entrepreneurs will soon be earmarked as excellent and committed performers. This is an opportunity to seize. Great facilitators of good LED systems will identify those individuals who take to the tasks with passion and skill. These individuals should have options provided for further training and development.

5 – Inspect, and re-inspect

Good Local Economic Development strategies need constant re-evaluation. Are the projects meeting their objectives? Each community has its own specific challenges and opportunities. Programs should suit their geographic locations. Good LED programmes have feedback routines built in. Progress is measured and recorded. Adjustments are made where necessary.

ITS has successfully run several LED programmes. We work with corporates and government, consulting and bringing stakeholders together. Thousands in indigent communities across South Africa have benefitted from the projects. Projects include:

• Household Agricultural Livelihood Development
• Community-run Indigenous Nurseries
• Agricultural Crop Production Infrastructure
• Basic Services and Infrastructure
• Livestock Improvement Project

6 - Community Tourism

ITS aims to raise participation and attainment through high quality training, particularly in the entrepreneur service sectors, which meets the needs of learners and employers by developing innovative training solutions with its partners.