“We’re training plumbers who are work-ready.”
🎓 30% Training | 70% Work Integrated Learning
🚀 Next Gen Plumbers | PIRB Podcast
🏫 UXi | Africa Skills | IETI | Durnacol
🔧 Next Gen Plumbers
🎙️ “Employability comes from real workplace exposure.”
🎙️ “Plumbers need more than theory — they need time on site.”
🎙️ “Work Integrated Learning is how we prepare professionals for industry.”
These insights come from the PIRB podcast, Next Gen Plumbers, featuring Gunther Kietzmann, Jean du Plessis and Jan Greyling, representing UXi Artisan Development, Africa Skills, IETI and Durnacol Skills Hub.
Together, these campuses are training the next generation of Red Seal Plumbers through QCTO and SETA accredited programmes, using a 30% campus-based and 70% workplace learning model that meets real demand across construction, mining, agriculture and residential sectors.
📍 Training campuses include:
• Durnacol Skills Hub (KZN)
• IETI CapeTech | BayTech | Roodepoort
• Africa Skills GeorgeTech | VereenigingTech | Centurion
🕛 Full episode goes live at 12PM
📅 Wednesday, 28 January 2026
📍 PIRB YouTube Channel