SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
Transform Your Career with Industry-Recognized Qualifications
YDP SA has partnered with a number of Skills Development Providers to provide accredited training in short courses, learnerships, and skills programmes across Matriculants, ICT, engineering, healthcare, Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Agriculture and more. Your future starts here.
ICT TRAINING
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YDP SA with accredited partners is launching four core SAQA Occupational Certificates in Data Science, Cybersecurity, Cloud Administration, and AI Software Development. Enhance your training in in demand skills and training with globally recognized and accredited skills in CompTIA and Microsoft to create dually-qualified, job-ready tech professionals. Further enhancing not only your employability but earning potential internationally. Below are links to apply and course overview material.
YDP SA with accredited partners is launching four core SAQA Occupational Certificates in Data Science, Cybersecurity, Cloud Administration, and AI Software Development. Enhance your training in in demand skills and training with globally recognized and accredited skills in CompTIA and Microsoft to create dually-qualified, job-ready tech professionals. Further enhancing not only your employability but earning potential internationally. Below are links to apply and course overview material.
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YDP SA with accredited partners is launching four core SAQA Occupational Certificates in Data Science, Cybersecurity, Cloud Administration, and AI Software Development. Enhance your training in in demand skills and training with globally recognized and accredited skills in CompTIA and Microsoft to create dually-qualified, job-ready tech professionals. Further enhancing not only your employability but earning potential internationally. Below are links to apply and course overview material.
(SAQA ID: 118708 | NQF Level 5)
This 11-month hybrid programme prepares learners to operate as Data Science Practitioners by mastering the entire data lifecycle from collection and cleaning to analysis, visualization, and storytelling. It is designed to address the critical global shortage of data science talent, providing a nationally recognised qualification that combines theory with practical skills and work-integrated learning to ensure job readiness.
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Core Focus: Transforming raw data into actionable insights and descriptive reports to solve business problems.
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Target Roles: Aims to prepare graduates for roles such as Junior Data Analyst, Data Miner, and Data Custodian.
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Key Outcome: Ability to collect, analyze, and visualize large datasets to uncover patterns and trends.
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Technical Skills Acquired: Python (Numerical & Data Analysis), SQL, Excel, Tableau, statistical methods (linear/logistic regression), and data cleansing.
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Curriculum Structure: Integrates Knowledge, Practical Skill, and Work Experience modules as per the SAQA curriculum.
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Final Assessment: Culminates in preparedness for the External Integrated Summative Assessment (EISA).
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Value Proposition: Designed to significantly enhance employability in one of the world's fastest-growing fields.
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(SAQA ID: 118986 | NQF Level 5)
This 11-month hybrid programme equips learners to protect network, system, and information assets from malicious attacks. Covering risk assessment, intrusion identification, security solution design, and legal compliance, it targets the urgent global skills gap in cybersecurity, offering a formal pathway to roles like Security Analyst and Consultant through a blend of theoretical knowledge and real-world experience.
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Core Focus: Protecting digital assets, maintaining attack mitigation capabilities, and executing incident response.
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Target Roles: Prepares learners for positions such as Security Analyst, Cybersecurity Specialist, and Security Consultant.
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Key Outcome: Ability to analyse risks, implement protection measures, and execute monitoring and recovery protocols.
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Technical Skills Acquired: Network security, threat analysis, risk assessment, vulnerability mitigation, and legal compliance frameworks.
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Curriculum Structure: Fully aligned with the MICT SETA/SAQA curriculum, integrating knowledge, practical skills, and work experience.
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Final Assessment: Includes a managed process to guide learners through the official external EISA.
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Value Proposition: Provides industry-relevant, hands-on skills to meet high employer demand for cybersecurity professionals.
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(SAQA ID: 118699 | NQF Level 4)
This 11-month programme trains learners to monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot cloud platforms and computing resources. It addresses the global shortage of cloud computing professionals by providing the skills to implement cloud services, maintain security protocols, and ensure optimal performance, leading to nationally recognised qualifications for roles like Cloud Administrator and Support Specialist.
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Core Focus: Implementing, monitoring, and securing cloud management services and environments.
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Target Roles: Designed for career paths such as Cloud Administrator, Cloud Support Specialist, and Network Administrator.
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Key Outcome: Ability to implement cloud solutions, monitor performance, and apply security configurations.
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Technical Skills Acquired: Cloud platforms, server maintenance, cloud networking, security implementation, data storage management, Kubernetes, and data visualisation with spreadsheets.
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Curriculum Structure: Comprises 149 credits across Knowledge, Practical Skill, and Work Experience modules.
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Final Assessment: Prepares learners for the EISA, with structured support from registration to post-course assistance.
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Value Proposition: Offers job-ready skills in the high-growth cloud computing sector through a formal, applied qualification.
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(SAQA ID: 118792 | NQF Level 5)
This 11-month hybrid programme prepares learners to build AI functionality into software applications by integrating AI algorithms and logic. Focusing on a critical global skills gap, it covers interpreting designs, training machine learning models, testing performance, and deploying solutions, creating a pipeline for job-ready AI Developers and Machine Learning Engineers.
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Core Focus: Designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining AI and machine learning solutions.
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Target Roles: Leads to roles such as AI Developer, Machine Learning Engineer, AI Technician, and Business Intelligence (BI) Developer.
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Key Outcome: Ability to interpret designs, train and test AI models, and deploy/maintain solutions for ongoing accuracy.
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Technical Skills Acquired: Python programming, machine learning, deep learning with TensorFlow, neural networks, SQL, data analysis, and statistical mathematics.
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Curriculum Structure: A substantial 209-credit qualification integrating extensive knowledge, practical skill, and work experience modules.
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Final Assessment: Follows a dedicated EISA management process tailored to the qualification.
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Value Proposition: Provides transformative, industry-relevant skills in AI and software development to meet urgent market demand.
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it doesn't end there with our ict skills. we also offer training in internationally accredted and in demand job-ready ict skills.
Why are Certificates important?
22%
Higher salaries for certified professionals.
40%
More likely to land interviews.
90%
Employers value certifications for skills.
2.5×
Higher appraisal raises with certification.
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step to Skills Development & Job Readiness Framework
Structured Learning
Roadmap: Provide a clear academic schedule outlining all modules, session timelines, objectives, and deadlines.
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Continuous Skills Assessment
Conduct bi-weekly practical assessments with feedback to track development and adjust training as needed.
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Job Placement Pipeline
Equip candidates with CV and interview skills, then leverage industry partnerships to facilitate job placements.
Centralized Onboarding & Tracking
Use a CRM to register, categorize, and track each candidate's progress and goals from day one.
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Targeted Candidate Outreach
Accumulate potential students and professionals through strategic campaigns on social media and digital platforms.
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Active Mentorship & Support
Assign mentors for personalized guidance and host weekly Q&A sessions for technical and course support.
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