Our mission is to raise the construction and industrial workforce skills in Africa to world class standards.  With a history in Africa that dates to 2005, GFP International is partnering with vocational schools, instructors, governments, and industries across Africa to update facilities and modernize industrial training programs for thousands of aspiring individuals wanting to learn a trade with the skills to meet the demands of industrial development. With a focus on certified industrial welding, high voltage electrical, and instrumentation training, our programs will help ensure success for projects in oil and gas, mining, power generation, as well as manufacturing and infrastructure development over the coming decades.

Outside of South Africa, there are no certified welding schools in the African sub-continent. One of our first strategic goals is to support the modernization and expansion of certified welding schools in Tanzania and Sub-Saharan Africa. Our immediate goal is to work with our partners to produce 5,000 industrial welders who are internationally certified by the year 2027.  Welding skills are a fundamental building block for a modern industrial economy.  It is the one skill that cannot be learned as an apprentice.