• Vocational skills with which to earn money.
• Christian business practices.
• How to start your own business.
• Excellence in quality of workmanship and excellence in the quality of our products.

Policies:

The atmosphere of the school will be Holy Spirit led.

Start each class with bible reading and prayer in Jesus' name.

Students who attend must pay.  We have to pay for teachers, utilities and equipment.  We rely on donations to enable students to attend.

Goals:

To eventually become a school run by the Guinean people, and owned adn supported by them.

To Attract people from other countries (USA, Brazil, Portugal, etc.) as well as local craftsmen to mentor and train our Guinean teachers..

To hold seminars regularly on an ongoing basis, to improve the skills of our teachers.

Headmaster must be gatekeeper.  See Titus 1:5-9

To have hands-on experience in class.

To have groups of people who want to start a business, train at the same time; for example CEOs, administrators, technicians, and sales people.  When there is more than one group, there can be classes for each discipline.

To develop and operate more Jesus' Industrial School campuses.

To establish and operate a Jesus' High School in the near future.

Accomplishments:

Indentify skills and trades that are needed in Guiné Bissau.

Indentify skills and trades that people are interested in learning.

Indentify skills that exist in the country.

Indentify a faculty and staff that can provide instruction in these skills.

Obtain land and build a school in Canchungo.

Open Jesus' Industrial School to students in 2009.

Current classes offered:

• Automotive
  
  • Engine theory and performance
  • Electrical theory and diagnostics
  • Transmission theory and operation
  • Heating/air conditioning and accessories
  • Brakes theory and performance
  • Steering and suspension
  • Engine overhaul
  • Transmission and differential overhaul
    
• Sewing
  • Dressmaking
  • Tailoring
  • Upholstery
  • Weaving
  • Silk screening
• Computer
• Microsoft Windows
• Microsoft Office
• Typing
• English

Proposed classes:

• Christian principles in business
• Construction
• Electrical wiring
• Solar system installation, maintenance and repair
• Plumbing
• Masonry
• Carpentry
• Welding
• Telephone installation
• Well pump installation, maintenance and repair
• Finish Carpentry
  • Doors and window
  • Furniture
  • Computer use
    
• Leadership
• How to start a business
• Quality Assurance - including quality improvement
• Agriculture
  • Crop rotation and management
  • Sustainable crops
  • Soil conservation and fertilization
  • Irrigation including drip irrigation
  • Animal husbandry
• Boat building
• Maintenance and repair
• How to make something from scrap parts - ideas, inventions and innovations (see a need and figure out how to fill it).
• Printing
• Wood carving
• Fishing - preserving and preparing for shipment
• Preserving food for later use.
• Pest control - including mosquito, cockroach, ant, etc.
• Health care

Willingness to learn

Ideas - What can I give back to the school, society and the country of Guiné Bissau.

People to share the vision

Prayer and financial support

Equipment

Pictorial instruction books in Portuguese

Portuguese Auto Repair Manuals