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Transforming environmental theory into practice with WSU students

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Gqeberha, South Africa, 27 October 2022, On Tuesday, 18 October 2022, Coega Development Corporation (CDC) welcomed 36 second-year Environmental Studies students from the Walter Sisulu University (WSU) for a Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ) site tour. The tour was hosted by the CDC Sustainability Unit, which currently employs two graduate interns in the Environmental field. The objective of excursions like this one is to empower young minds, particularly through education, training, and skills development to increase the quality and quantity of young professionals as the next generation of specialists.

The visit comprised an overview of the Coega SEZ’s purpose and operations, along with a detailed explanation of the services provided by the Sustainability Business Unit, which incorporates those related to health and safety, environmental management, quality management, and climate change response management.

According to Khanyiso Mandlevu, a second-year class representative, “It is quite nice to see young professionals/graduates in the professional space and working environment as it provides a level of motivation for the students and broadens the level of thinking around safety, health, environment, quality and sustainability.” During the tour, students were shown several aspects of putting Safety, Health, Environmental and Quality (SHEQ) measures into practice around the SEZ.

The tour visit aimed to bridge the gap between the students’ theoretical understanding of their recently introduced SHEQ Module and their understanding of how it is applied in an organisation and on sites. Students were presented actual case studies that the Business Unit dealt with and experienced.

“The Coega SEZ Tour has paved the way for the third-year upcoming modules, in the sense that our students are now obtaining a head start on understanding the subsequent modules. In a nutshell, through a presentation provided by the CDC team, together with the site tour, our students and lecturers included have learnt a lot about environmental related aspects. We also had an opportunity to learn and comprehend other aspects that relate to quality, safety, and health management”, concluded WSU Lecturer, Anele Ntshanga.

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