FAQs

Learnership Qualification Learnerships are available for young people who have completed school, college or learning at other training institutions. You must be older than 16 and younger than 35 to be eligible for a learnership.

Learnership Effectiveness Skills development through learnerships is an imperative for B-BBEE score levels and therefore highly beneficial for South African organisations. Learnerships are an effective strategy to ensure businesses are empowered by a relevant skills base over the long term.

Learnership Benefits There are great benefits for you or your employees taking up a Learnership; everyone benefits from this great way to develop relevant, high quality skills for the future. Benefits to employers: Relevance of training to business needs: Learnerships are developed by the industry for the industry, in consultation with all relevant stakeholders, [...]

Learnership A learnership is a structured learning process for a student to gain theoretical knowledge in a training environment, and practical skills in the workplace, that lead to a qualification registered on the NQF. A learnership is outcomes-based. Learnerships are developed by the industry for the industry, in consultation with all relevant stakeholders, so [...]

In-Classroom In-classroom is the traditional classroom or face-to-face method of course delivery. The facilitator and students of an educational institution meet in a place devoted to instruction and the teaching and learning process take place simultaneously. We have campuses, with multiple classrooms, in four major cities across South Africa and we can deliver classes [...]

Hosting Learners Hosting is a partnership between two companies and a learner, where one company (the sponsor) funds a learnership programme (the learnership), and the other company (the host) provides the workplace facility and dedicated mentors to assist and guide learners.

Employment Equity Non- Compliance Monetary fines can be imposed. Fines can vary between R1.5M for non-compliance with any given section of the Employment Equity Act up to a maximum of 10% of turnover. Our clients have always had successful audits. None of our clients have ever been referred to the Labour court for non-compliance [...]

Employment Equity Compliance If your company employs more than 50 people or meet the annual turnover requirement (see Schedule 4 of the Act). These include: NGOs, trade unions, trusts, co-operatives, professional practices, sport codes and churches.

Employment Equity Employment equity is governed by the Employment Equity Act, which aims to: "achieve equity in the workplace, by a) promoting equal opportunity and fair treatment in employment through the elimination of unfair discrimination; and b) implementing affirmative action measures to redress the disadvantages in employment experienced by designated groups, to ensure their [...]

Discretionary Grants Discretionary grants are provided by a SETA and aimed at encouraging organisations to contribute to skills development. The bulk of discretional funding is directed at pivotal learning programmes such as: learnerships, Work Integrated Learning (WIL), internships, bursaries, and skills programmes. The learning programme results in a qualification or partial qualification aligned to [...]