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Learnerships
Learnerships are educational programmes that combine workplace experience with structured learning (i.e. theory and practice) that lead to a nationally recognised qualification. Workplace experience is attained by learners working for employers for the duration of their learnership.
- To develop critical skills to allow for sustainable growth, development and equity
- To promote and accelerate quality training for all in the workplace
- To promote employability and sustainable livelihoods through skills development
- To improve standard of living and reduce poverty through increasing employability
Employer Benefits
- Tax incentives are offered for learners who successfully complete workplace training
- For every learner already employed by a company, that company is eligible for R 50 000 tax rebate
- For every unemployed person recruited by a company to complete a learnership, that company is eligible for a R 60 000 tax rebate
- A qualified workforce increases productivity and global competitiveness
- A skilled pool of employable labour contributes to improved investor confidence and economic growth
Learnerships offered:
- General Education and Training Certificate in Transport: NQF1
- National Certificate in Freight Handling: NQF3
- National Certificate in Professional Driving: NQF3
- Fundamental Unit Standards of all qualifications from NQF1– NQF3
- Should an organisation not wish to partake in an entire qualification, individual unit standards or groups of unit standards can be completed as a skills programme.
DOT Approved Training Body: PRDP(D) 11-2008.
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