Career Development
Employment Facilitation
Training
CARDEF caters to all age groups. The information is beneficial to students as well as experienced professionals seeking to change careers or to embark on a plan for lifelong learning. Parents and persons seeking a skill for post-retirement careers will find the site very useful. Our electronic labour exchange caters to employers.
The database contains a listing of all HEART/NTA's certified graduates from our various training institutions and programmes and this information is available to the electronic labour exchange office of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. The site will help you to become the manager of YOUR Career Development. Learn more about yourself: discover information about the world of work, training and entrepreneurship; develop a plan for your education, your training and work paths. Begin now! Remember: "If you fail to plan, plan to fail" Our services are offered island wide through our four regional offices. Our walk-in hours are from 8.30am to 4.30 pm, Mondays to Fridays. Please visit our site regularly for announcements of seminars, expositions and employment fairs. Do not forget to sign up for our newsletter and to use our callback feature.
HEART - NTA
National Qualifications Register
Vocational Training & Development Institute (VTDI)
High School Equivalency Programme (HISEP)
Learning Management Systems (LMS)
Young Entrepreneurs Association
Caribbean Jobs
Jamaica Trade & Invest
Jamaica Development Business Sector (B'YOND)
Nation Growth
The Ministry of Finance and The Public Service(for tertiary loans)