Free artisan training

Learn a skill.
Build a future.

Free, hands-on artisan and ICT training for young people in Germiston — with mentorship and a real pathway into work.

Explore our programs
Welding ● Plumbing ● Electrical ● Carpentry ● Boilermaking ● Motor mechanics ● ICT ● Entrepreneurship ● Welding ● Plumbing ● Electrical ● Carpentry ● Boilermaking ● Motor mechanics ● ICT ● Entrepreneurship ●
What we teach

Five skills. One goal: a working future.

Electrical Skills Training

Electrical Skills Training

Hands-on electrical fundamentals through real workshop practice.

Artisan
End User Computing

End User Computing

Core computer literacy and office software for the modern workplace.

ICT
Security Training

Security Training

Accredited groundwork for a career in the security industry.

Artisan
Artisan & Technical Skills

Artisan & Technical Skills

Practical trade skills building toward a recognised artisan pathway.

Artisan
Entrepreneurship & Business Skills

Entrepreneurship & Business Skills

Business fundamentals and management training for trainees who want to build something of their own.

Business
Our objective

Youth development

B Business studies
I Interview skills
C IT skills
A Artisan skills
Since 2008

Not a handout. A hand up.

Founded in 2008 by a group of young people, Kitso Lesedi Youth Development has partnered with the Gauteng Department of Social Development since 2014 to train young people in real, market-relevant skills.

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700+
Young people trained
2008
Founded
5
Skills programmes
Graduate name
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Kitso Lesedi gave me a skill and the confidence to use it. I went from trainee to earning my own income.

Graduate name
Electrical Skills graduate
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