The department had developed and adopted a Contractor Development Programme which was aligned to the National Contractor Development Programme to engage contractors from the CIDB from Grades 2 - 6. Nine mentors had been appointed to support the emerging contractors. Several projects had been identified and allocated for contractor development. At the time of the visit, 33 contractors in the province had been given an intense 5-day LIC accredited training (NQ 5 equivalent modules) which was funded by various partners such as AfriSam and the CIDB. More training was lined up for contractors in an effort to promote labour intensive construction methods.