# Electricity and Energy deputy minister Samantha Graham-Maré has urged public and private entities to help recruit 500 unemployed graduates for training as Energy Performance Certificate practitioners. Since its 2020 launch, seven-thousand-411 buildings have registered and three-thousand-986 certificates were issued. Gauteng leads with one-thousand-740, followed by the Western Cape with one-thousand-593. Graham-Maré says the EPC Skills Development Programme will equip graduates with data analysis skills and boost the creation of green jobs:
Electricity Ministry calls for graduate recruitment in energy programme [SOUND]
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