Apply In-Person

1. To apply for the Hides and Skin Training programme, the applicant should visit the nearest District Animal Production Offices for the registration process. (Please view address details under office and location contact section below).
2. Express your interest to the officer in charge of animal production and submit the relevant supporting document (listed under required documents section below) to be validated.
3. Verbally provide all the required information as requested by the officer, to be registered and recorded into the Training program register.
4. After registration, the animal production officer will issue the applicant with a registration card/letter and then verbally provide the applicant with information about the training i.e, when the training will commence, the location of the training, duration of the training, and other important details.

• Certified copy of valid National Identity Card (Omang).
• Certified copy of Passport (for a foreign worker).
• Certified copy of Junior Certificate (JC).{The JC is a certificate/document that certifies completion of lower secondary education}.

Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security
Plot Number 4701, Mmaraka Road
​Private Bag 003
Gaborone
​Botswana
Tel. (+267) 3689000/ 3689001/ 3689005/ 3689009​​​​​Call Centre ContactTel:  17755
Email. Moa17755@gov.bw

Department of Animal Production
physical address: Plot 4701, Mmaraka Road
Private Bag 0032
Gaborone 
Botswana
Tel. (+267) 3689625 
Fax. (+267) 3951120 
Call Centre:
Tel. 17755 
Email. moa17755@gov.bw

Ministry contact details:Link

ALL-DISTRICT ANIMAL PRODUCTION OFFICES CONTACT LINK: Link

Opening hours: 07:30 to 12:45 and 13:45 to 16:30, Monday to Friday, except public holidays.

Citizen and Non-citizen Livestock farmers, who would like to be trained should have the following:

• Knowledge about livestock production.
• Should own protective clothing

• No fee associate with the service

• Courses offered at these Centres range from one to six weeks

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• Name of the applicant
• Identity card number
• Residence address.
• Nationality
• Contact details

• Registration of hide and skin training enable applicant (farmers) to acquire specialised training, knowledge and skill from a professional; thus, increasing better quality of animals’ skins and hide.
  

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