Valterra Platinum invites unemployed South African youth to apply for their Engineering Learnership Programme 2026. This opportunity is perfect for anyone who dreams of becoming a qualified artisan but needs training, workplace experience, and a real pathway into engineering. Applications close on 01 December 2025.
If you have always been curious about engineering, enjoy fixing things, love solving problems, or want a job where you work with your hands and powerful machines, then this is the moment you have been waiting for. Many young people want an opportunity like this, but they do not know where to start or how to break into the engineering world. This learnership gives you a clear, structured path straight into one of South Africa’s strongest industries.
This programme is not just a short course. It is a full career-building journey that mixes training, practical work experience, and professional development, ending with a nationally recognised artisan qualification that can open doors for the rest of your life. Engineering jobs are some of the most respected, best-paid, and most stable careers in the country. Valterra Platinum is giving motivated youth a rare opportunity to step directly into that world.
Valterra Platinum is one of the world’s leading producers of Platinum Group Metals, with operations in South Africa and Zimbabwe, and listings on both the Johannesburg and London Stock Exchanges. The company recently separated from Anglo American Platinum, which means Valterra now operates as a fully independent mining giant with its own strategy and future direction.
This independence gives the company the space to innovate, build stronger mining systems, drive excellence, and invest heavily in young talent. Their mission, “Unearth Value to Better Our World,” reflects how strongly they believe in developing skilled artisans who will help move the mining industry forward.
What makes Valterra Platinum particularly attractive as an employer is their commitment to safety, diversity, inclusion, and respect. They believe every worker should feel safe physically and emotionally, and they have zero tolerance for harassment, bullying, violence, discrimination, or any behaviour that harms employee dignity.
The Engineering Learnership 2026 is built to help you grow into a skilled artisan. You will receive:
The programme includes formal classroom lessons plus real, hands-on training underground and on the surface. You will learn how machines work, how to maintain them, and how to fix them. This combination makes training complete and industry-ready.
When you pass and complete the learnership, you earn a full artisan qualification. This qualification is accepted across South Africa and even outside the country.
You will train in one of the most advanced mining environments in Africa. You will work with major machinery, engineering systems, and world-class tools.
Valterra Platinum regularly hires learners who perform well. Even if you are not hired permanently, your artisan qualification makes it easier to find work anywhere in the engineering or mining industry.
Valterra Platinum is offering learnerships in some of the most in-demand trades in the country:
These trades offer strong salaries, career security, and endless opportunities for growth.
To apply, you must meet one of the following:
With at least 40% in:
Subjects must match the trade you are applying for.
Examples:
Boilermaker / Plater:
Electrical Trades:
In a relevant engineering field, with at least 40% for all subjects.
Your application must include:
Important: Incomplete applications are automatically rejected.
Valterra Platinum first considers:
Step 1: Visit the official online application portal
Step 2: Fill in all required fields
Step 3: Upload your documents
Step 4: Submit your application and wait for feedback
Applications are reviewed continuously.
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