As part of its package for the supply of bricks for the new King Shaka International Airport Corobrik offered the contractor Ilembe Joint Venture training of ten bricklayers who would work on the site.

The ten fortunate people who were selected by Ilembe JV were trained at the Building Training Centre at Corobrik's Head Office in Avoca, for a specially designed brick laying training course. The course ran for 45 days. 

Corobrik's Human Resource Manager Berkley Petty said, "Even with a 45 day training course the quality of work is good.  As the bricklayers practise their trade their speed of laying bricks will rapidly increase."

All candidates successfully completed the course and are currently working on the site of the much anticipated King Shaka Airport.

This is not the first occasion that Corobrik has been involved in such an initiative.  The Corobrik Building Training Centres have also been involved in extensive on- site training of Bricklayers in the Western Cape for Baseline Construction, in Gauteng for Basil Read and Kwa-Zulu Natal for Stedone Mechanicos Construction.

Mike Ingram, Corobrik Director of Sales KZN and Border, said: "As part of the service Corobrik offered, we decided to run a special training for ten bricklayers who would be building at the airport. The idea was simply to provide free training at our cost to bricklayers."

Petty concluded saying: "Bricklaying is still seen as a critical skill by the CETA and there is a shortage of bricklayers.  We are hoping to work with the CETA to do apprenticeship training at our Avoca Building Training School."

Corobrik have building training schools at their Head Office in Avoca as well as the Western Cape and Midrand. They teach bricklaying, block laying and paving.

Caption:  Pictured standing far left is Berkley Petty (Corobrik's Human Resource Manager) and far right Sthe Sosibo (Corobrik Human Resources Director). Derrick Dimba (Corobrik Building Training Instructor) is seated with the successful graduates of the bricklaying training course who are currently employed at the King Shaka Airport.

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This release has been circulated on behalf of Corobrik (Pty) Ltd

For more information contact:

Berkley Petty on 031 560 3159

Mike Ingram on 031 560 3252 or 083 461 6030

Circulated by Shirley Williams phone 083 303 1663