Transnet employed about 4 000 artisans, and the 1 100 currently being trained represented 25% more than the number Transnet needed for itself, because Transnet intended to equip them with skills that could find them employment in the wider engineering sector. Transnet and six other large entities that employed engineers were working together on training programmes that were not necessarily company-specific but that met and complemented the broad needs and initiatives in the whole sector. Transnet funded its training on its own. It was ultimately training for the growing economy.