Programme · agriculture & renewable energy
Training for the trades in short supply: agriculture, agri-processing, solar.
Crop techniques, agri-food processing, photovoltaic installation and maintenance: short, practical programmes deployed in the heart of the growing regions.

Programme sheet
Agriculture & energy
- Objectives
- Training for the trades in short supply: agriculture, agri-processing, solar.
- Audience
- Rural youth and farming cooperatives
- Development officers and field technicians
- Maintenance technicians for solar installations
- Rural development programmes (states, donors, foundations)
- Entry requirements
- Defined with you at scoping: entry level, selection of learners
- Duration and pace
- 6 to 12 weeks per track · Demonstration plot or workshop, with real equipment
- Intake
- 15 to 20 learners per session
- Content
- 01Crop techniques and irrigation
- 02Agri-food processing
- 03Photovoltaic installation
- 04Farm equipment maintenance
- 05Running a cooperative
- Delivery
- The agri & energy workshop · A workshop unit equipped for demonstration and practice: farm and food-processing equipment, photovoltaic rigs, tools, with the equipment supplied and installed by Africa Distribution Group. Or on your own premises, without the Unit module.
- Assessment and certification
- Certificate, start-up kit, introductions to cooperatives and installers
- Experts
- Agronomists
- Renewable-energy technicians
- Partner equipment suppliers (Africa Distribution Group)
- What stays behind
- The materials and participant kits, the local trainers trained, the report and the photo library
- How it is priced
- Per programme: scoping and engineering
- Per cohort and per region: delivery of sessions, certificates, final report
- Third-party vendor certifications, per unit, when you ask for them
The typical schedule
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Site set-up
haulage · servicing · fencing
Cutting & sewing
workshop · 15–20 learners
Aluminium joinery
workshop · 15–20 learners
Maintenance electrics
workshop · 15–20 learners
Vehicle maintenance
workshop · 15–20 learners
Certified office skills
computer lab · 18 stations
Languages & soft skills
alongside, 2 sessions / week
Career centre
drop-in · employer days
wk 2 · Cohort startswk 11 · Employer dayswk 13 · Certificates · start-up kits
A cohort of 100 young people, 5 trades, 3 months · then the caravan moves on to the next site.
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Your contact
Describe the need to us. Thirty minutes are enough to frame a programme.
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