At 260km away from the Central Office in George, this is the most remote campus of the South Cape College. Beaufort West has been declared a nodal area for development and assistance. South Cape College is responding with initiatives to react to this need. Engineering, Entrepreneurship and skills training are being promoted to provide the competencies and job opportunities to fully exploit the limited economic circumstances that prevail. The provision of skills-training is an identified priority for Beaufort West Campus to empower the community by improving employability, thereby providing marketable skills that can be utilized by business and industry. Not only will skills training empower the local community by improving their employability but thanks to the entrepreneurial possibilities created by many of SCC's courses, students may be able to become self-employed. In fact, they may even eventually be in a position develop their own enterprises - and become employers in their