45-year-old Allistar Salie is the first candidate to benefit from the Tirisano Construction Fund’s Construction Occupations Development Programme (CODP). Tirisano Construction Fund funded Salie’s participation in Tjeka Training Matters’ Carpentry Artisan Recognition of Prior Learning (ARPL) programme so that he could qualify as a carpenter. This has long been one of Salie’s life goals. However, he simply could not afford the costs associated with learning for an apprenticeship. There were always more pressing priorities for…