A process model recognising prior learning of informal sector motor mechanics

Abstract

The informal sector serves as a reservoir of skilled unqualified individuals who learned and practice the motor mechanic trade outside the formal sector. This article reports on a process model for recognition of prior learning of informal sector motor mechanics and to integrate them into the formal sector training and ultimately employment. F ormal sector motor mechanic training does not acknowledge non-formal learning of the informal sector. The process model identifies specific entry points into the formal sector training. The study was exploratory in nature with a qualitative research design applied. Semi-structured interviews through a purposive snowball sample technique were used . The data were analysed utilising the ATLAS.ti 7.0 program . The findings conceptualises a process model, backed by a process of gap training, to recognise the prior learning of the informal sector motor mechanic. This research could engage SETAs in the funding of training of informal practising motor mechanics