“Be vigilant of bogus learnership adverts” - BankSeta

Fri, 03 May 2013

The public has been urged to ignore BankSeta learnership adverts posted on unofficial websites and private e-mail accounts after a fake advertisement was discovered on the popular free-listing website, Gumtree.

Ellies empowers graduates through learnership programme

Wed, 24 Apr 2013

A number of post-graduates are deemed unemployable because they lack practical work experience. By creating a practical environment for interns to further develop their skills, Ellies hopes to prepare graduates for the workplace.

Department creates employment through learnerships

Mon, 18 Mar 2013

Three thousand unemployed youth have been employed by the Department of Correctional Services in the past year through learnership and internship programmes.

Learnerships have many benefits for all parties

Thu, 14 Feb 2013

Learnerships have many positives and not just for the learner who will seek a job upon graduation. These opportunities create jobs amongst other things. The following article touches upon the benefits in granting learnerships and the relationships it creates.

Can we do RPL in learnerships?

Mon, 28 Jan 2013

Enrolling individuals in learnerships when they are already competent in most of the outcomes of the qualification is a waste of time and resources; however there is room for some RPL during learnerships. Suzanne Hattingh provides some guidelines on when it is appropriate to do RPL in learnerships.

Why are RPL learnerships a good idea?

Fri, 25 Jan 2013

Many Human Resource professionals have not been made aware of the full benefits and rewards for sending staff on RPL learnerships. CBM shares the secret to conducting effective RPL learnerships and highlights the value this initiative brings to the organisation.

Closing the pharmaceutical skills gap through learnerships

Thu, 29 Nov 2012

Learnerships are critical to creating a pool of young talent and an increasing number of small to medium organisations, are opting to use consultancies to run their learnership programmes.

The power of learnerships

Tue, 20 Nov 2012

Learnerships are beneficial to both the learner and the business. Janessa Leita talks about the advantages of hosting learnerships and urges South African organisations to invest in the local labour force through workplace training.

The benefits of IT Learnerships for employers

Mon, 12 Nov 2012

There is an increasingly large number of people both employed and unemployed who are frantically searching for IT learnership. Employers have the opportunity of benefiting from creating learnerships in the IT sector.

How to get on board the learner-ship

Mon, 27 Aug 2012

A learnership is a means of obtaining a qualification while working. It is made up of unit standards that encompass the qualifications and are relevant to the skills required to be competent in the workplace. The College of Production Technology outlines its learnership programmes.