Of the 34 successful Datacentrix learnership programme graduates of 2012 that were employed by the organisation, Wade Norris and Boitumelo Mohosana (pictured here), in particular, have both excelled in their positions as junior engineers within the enterprise business unit.
The integrated ICT solutions and services provider has provided more than 100 learners from Gauteng, the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal with a year of both practical and theoretical training, in a bid to provide previously disadvantaged students with a solid IT qualification as well as experience within the marketplace. The company is specifically targeting school leavers and learners that have undergone basic IT training, in order to help improve the quality of life of the local workforce, and at the same time, reduce the IT skills shortage in South Africa.
"Opportunities for training, skills gain and practical experience are hard to come by within the current economic climate," says Rejoice Mamphitha, Datacentrix's head of HR. "However, Datacentrix sees this step as a necessary one in order to support and help improve its surrounding community.
"It is so rewarding to be able to show success stories and have learners of Boitumelo and Wade's calibre as part of our learnership programme. To be able to come through a year's training and make good on the promise shown sets a good example, not just for other learners within Datacentrix, but to all of South Africa's youth."
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