DVTS Platform

Institution Onboarding

TVET Colleges · Universities · Training Providers · Accreditation Partners

Section 1

How the DVTS Institutional Model Works

The Dual Vocational Training System connects TVETs, universities, training providers, CWP participants, graduates, municipalities, community projects and industry partners into one practical training and implementation ecosystem.

Institutions provide learning, supervision, facilities, accreditation support, lecturers, students, alumni and technical capacity. We Earth connects these resources to real community projects, municipal workstreams, VEN sites and programme teams.

DVTS Participant Journey

Select Your Skill

Participants choose a skill area linked to national service delivery, infrastructure, agriculture, disaster response and local economic development needs.

Get Matched

The platform matches participants to a host institution, supervisor, programme, subprogramme and live community project near them.

Train on the Job

Participants gain practical work experience while completing accredited or structured learning through TVETs, universities or workplace-based learning partners.

Earn While You Learn

Participants may be linked to stipend-based work, CWP-linked work, or project-based funded opportunities depending on programme funding and placement rules.

Form a Cooperative

Graduates and participants may transition into cooperatives, local enterprises or implementation teams able to tender for municipal and community development work.

DVTS Impact Priorities

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Strengthen Food Security & Regenerative Farming

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Accelerate Rural Industrialisation & Infrastructure

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Build Disaster-Response Capacity in Priority Provinces

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Build Large-Scale Youth & Community Cooperatives

Training Phases

Phase 1

Digital & Technical Foundations

3 months

Digital literacyDesign thinkingBasic automationTrade-specific fundamentalsPlatform onboardingWork readiness

Phase 2

Work-Integrated Learning

9–18 months

Agriculture and food security projectsInfrastructure rehabilitationMunicipal maintenanceDisaster responseWater, energy and waste projectsGIS and reporting

Phase 3

Advanced TVET / University Qualification

18–48 months

Certified artisansSkilled agripreneursConstruction entrepreneursGIS and data techniciansCooperative foundersMunicipal service delivery teams

Structural Requirements

1:4

Graduate : CWP Ratio

1,200

Min Field Hours / Year

10–20%

PWD Inclusion Target

Stipend rates (where funded): R20/hr standard · R40/hr overtime. Rates apply only where programme funding has been approved.

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