About Us
Meet the team
Durban South Training Centre (DSTT) was birthed out of the shortage of skilled artisans in the country which prompted major industries in the Durban South Basin viz (Sapref, Engen, Mondi, and Fluor) to set up a training facility to up-skill the local community so that the labor requirements for these major industries and others could be partially met.
As a result, the Durban South Training Centre was set up in January 2001, with the assistance of the Department of Labour funding the training. Withdrawals from the Trust followed, leaving Sapref as the only remaining trustee. Since its inception, DSTT has undergone many structural and management changes and is now creating new synergies within the training market at its new home at 50 Prospecton Road.
Our mission is to provide our clients in the Chemical field with quality trained artisans who will contribute to maximizing their competitive advantage.
Our credentials and partners
MEET THE TEAM
Devan Dharmalingum is a dedicated and detailed-oriented professional who is currently the Finance Controller for DSTT. He provides accounting and finance functions for the Training Centre and is responsible for the HSSE Induction Centres finance administration and procurement of goods and services.
Devan Dharmalingum 
Hamilton is our Boiler making Technical Training Specialist who is a qualified Artisan Boilermaker/Structural Plater and Welder, who served his 3 - year apprenticeship at Sappi Saicor. He also holds a National Higher Diploma in Technical Education and a Bachelor’s Degree in Education from University of Kwazulu Natal in 2004. Hamilton is a qualified Assessor and Moderator in Boilermaking and Welding ,registered with CHIETA.
Hamilton Cele 
Omar Moola is our Technical Training Specialist in the Welding trade and has gained a boastful amount of experience throughout SA for the past 33 years. Omar started his welding career as an apprentice at ISCOR in 1985 and qualified in 1988. His experience has allowed him to work as a welding and fabrication inspector level 1 and NDT technician (Liquid Penetrant Inspection Level 2). He is a registered Constituent Assessor and Moderator in welding with the CHIETA
Omar Moola 
Joyce Mazomba serves as an office cleaner and general assistant at DSTT. Her meticulous attention to detail and experience in maintaining our facilities to company standards has won the hearts of many who enter our offices.
Joyce Mazomba 
Kevin Naidoo serves as General Manager at the Durban South Training Centre and has over 8 years of Learning and Development, HR, coaching, curriculum design, and facilitation experience. His areas of specialty include Technical Training in line with Electronic and Process Instrumentation and Control and Soft skills such as diversity and inclusion, leadership training, team building, Personal Branding, and career coaching. Kevin began his career in the Electrical Engineering discipline and has held roles in the Sugar, Oil and Gas Sector before moving over to the Learning Development space.
Kevin Naidoo 
Kirsteen John is a talented young lady who is a Trade Tested Mechanical Fitter. Kirsteen joined DSTT in 2021 as a Mechanical Fitting Facilitator.
Kirsteen John 
Michael Mafuleka is a prodigy of our 2016 Welding learnership programme. He is a skilled artisan whom Trade Tested as a Welder in 2020. Michael joined DSTT in 2021 as a Welding Facilitator.
Michael Mafuleka 
Christopher Sakhile Dube qualified as a Fitter and Turner in 2003 at Shukela Training Centre. He is an accredited Facilitator, Assessor, and Moderator in the engineering field and serves as our Mechanical Fitting Technical Training Specialist. He is involved in running the NQF learnership qualifications system from NQF 2 up to NQF 4 and also facilitates the apprenticeship system from phase one all the way up to phase three
Sakhile Dube 
Thulani is DSTTs Storeman and HSSE Induction facilitator for site-specific inductions. He is an insightful and experienced facilitator. He manages DSTTs Tools stores and has equipped himself with so much knowledge regarding the maintenance and refurbishment of tools that span across our trades.
Thulani Mkhize 
Allicia completed her degree major in Industrial Psychology at UKZN and worked in HR for a year after realising that her passion is ‘People Development’ which she attests is the main drive behind her ambition. She completed her Skills Development accreditation in 2015 and currently fills the role of both SDF and Learning and Development Officer at the training center. She is also an accredited Facilitator and designs and facilitates short courses and learning and development initiatives such as onboarding and team building.
Allicia Singh-Naidoo 
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