The South African government launched a Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) initiative which rewards companies who give opportunities to previously disadvantaged individuals and communities. During the apartheid years, many communities were excluded from quality education and work opportunities. LearnMe who are BEE consultants offer what is called ‘learnerships’ in South Africa.
These learnerships are structured in such a way to give individuals specific training in a certain niche. When the ‘learnerships’ have been completed successfully, the graduates will be more employable and may even earn higher wages.
There are various learnership modules that are on offer. LearnMe specialises in ‘services seta learnerships’, ‘ceta learnerships’ and ‘disability learnerships’.
Services Seta Learnerships
According to SETA, their vision is to ‘expose leaners to learnership internship opportunities … in service delivery. To further enhance this vision, Services SETA has invested on improving how learnership programmes are to be made more accessible to the learner.’ LearnMe can assist companies in getting better BEE scores by allowing their staff to be exposed to their training module.
Ceta Learnerships
CETA stands for ‘Construction Education and Training Authority’ also known as construction seta. LearnMe has an excellent training course for clients who operate in the construction industry. According to CETA’s purpose statement they want ‘To provide skills development services to the construction sector, to implement the objectives of the National Skills Development Strategy and to ensure that people obtain the critical or scarce skills that are needed to build the capacity of the construction sector to become economically sustainable and globally competitive.’ LearnMe’s management team are ready to take any orders or questions companies may have.
Disability Learnerships
LearnMe also offer disability learnerships. This learnership training is specifically aimed at people who have a physical disability. Companies who send their disabled staff on one of these training modules will be rewarded with great BEE scores.
Companies in South Africa who want to become BEE compliant must have a workplace skills plan. This plan will be a roadmap on how to get BEE compliant in the shortest possible time. In many instances, companies who are not BEE compliant won’t even be considered for tenders which are open to the public. LearnMe can offer a bespoke workplace skills plan that will suit your companies’ unique circumstances.
There are many considerations to take into account when a company wants to do business in South Africa. It makes sense to partner with a company who specialise in BEE legislation and who can help you to fast track your BEE status.
LearnMe is exactly that. Specialists in their field and their staff is well educated and ready to guide South African businesses to new heights.
