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• People focused
• Needs based
• Sensitivity to adult learning processes
• Use of appropriate and relevant adult learning support materials
• Responsiveness to differing contexts and conditions

Informed by these principles the training programme has five main components:

• Safety and Security / Law-enforcement
• Environmental and Waste Management
• Promotion of Tourism
• Minor Maintenance
• Life Orientation

Key Points of the Training Course

• 1 Day Orientation Programme for each team
• Curriculum Framework -underscored by a Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMME) course, has been developed. SMME will provide the organising principle for the entire curriculum. The curriculum framework allows team members to work towards a General Education and Training Certificate (GETC), Further Education and Training Certificate (FETC) or a learnership registered on the National Qualifications Framework
• Placement assessment - each learner will undergo a placement assessment. Learner profiles, including training needs analyses, will also be developed
• Learning Support Material - An inventory of appropriate available learning support material (LSM) at Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) levels (especially for coastal management) has been undertaken. Quality LSM will be procured for all participants. New LSM is being developed to fill in gaps and a generic induction manual for the social partners and actors involved in the 'Working for the Coast' Programme is also being developed.
• 6 hours per week learning programme - Education, training and development service providers are recruited to provide a 6 hours per week SMME learning programme to each of the teams