Materials Used and Produced in Wool and Mohair Factories
Time Frame:
The due date for completion of tasks and activities for this learning programme is: 30 September 2022
Learning Programme Purpose:
The purpose of this Learning Programme is to help you develop and consolidate your knowledge, skills and values about your work.
- In Part 1, we are going to discuss our Personal Development
- In Part 2, you will learn more about:
- How the mohair and wool industries started in South Africa.
- Raw materials used in the manufacturing of wool and mohair.
- The different mohair and wool products produced and how they are used.
- The handling and storage of mohair and wool.
- The importance of sustaining our environment and ethical practices that should be followed in the factory.
Before you continue, make sure you have the following at hand:
Your Learner Handbook
Your Participant Workbook
Pen and paper
Siyawela-Ready to Succeed is offering this programme with the support of the
Eastern Cape Upliftment, Empowerment and Sustainability (ECUES) Project, a partnership between Ethical Trade Norway, the National Wool Growers Association of South Africa, and Fulirex.
The project is funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD).
The programme has been specially designed to meet your needs as factory workers in the wool and mohair industries.
Before we start learning about materials used and produced in wool and mohair factories, it is important to spend time on our personal development. Self-care is not selfish.
In this part of the programme you will watch a video produced by Kathy Balshaw, in which she explains how making time for your personal well-being will help you to be more productive in the workplace, and contribute positively to your family and community.
Click here to view Video 2: The Pillars of Well-Being
After watching the video, click here to share what you have learnt about the five pillars of well-being and how you can apply these to your life.
- Click here to view Video 3: The History of Wool and Mohair in South Africa
- After watching the video, read about the history of mohair and wool in your Learner Handbook
- Then complete Tasks 1-3 in your Participant Workbook
- Click here to view Video 4: Raw Materials, Identification Codes and Characteristics
- After watching the video, read about the raw materials used in the manufacturing process in your Learner Handbook.
- Then complete Tasks 4 and 5 in your participant workbook.
- Click here to view Video 5: End Products and their Uses
- After watching the video, read about the end products their uses in the wool and mohair industry in your Learner Handbook.
- Then complete Tasks 6-8 in your Participant Workbook.
- Click here to view Video 6: The Handling and Storage of Materials
- After watching the video, read about how mohair and wool materials should be handled and stored in your Learner Handbook.
- Then complete Tasks 9 and 10 in your Participant Workbook.
- Click here to view Video 7: Ethical and Sustainable Practices
- After watching the video, read about the importance of following ethical and sustainable practices in the mohair and wool industry in your Learner Handbook.
- Then complete Tasks 11-13 in your Participant Workbook.
- Complete the Summative Assessment in your participant workbook
- Hand in your workbook to Mr Jongile Mazweni
- Well done on completing the programme and thank you for completing the tasks in your workbook.
- Before you finish the programme, it is important that you take some time to reflect on your workshop experience.
- Click here to share your thoughts about the training programme and what you have learnt.
- We will send a printout of this journal to you with your certificate so that you can keep it for your CV.