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My duties include skills development planning, implementation, coordination of the BBBEE scorecard for the Employment Equity and skills development elements, submission of the Workplace Skills Plan and Annual Training Report as well as liaising with the Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) on matters such as funding, projects, accreditation and programmes.

I consulted to clients on skills development matters that included:• Skills development planning and strategising for BBBEE purposes.• Submission of their Annual Training Report and Workplace Skills Plan to their Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA).• Implementation of training plans.• Liaison with the various SETAs on behalf of the clients.• Advise and assist on quality assurance of training.

• Submit the Annual Training Report and Workplace Skills Plan to the Insurance Sector Education and Training Authority (INSETA) which involves collation of historical data for the ATR, development of skills development plans (WSP), obtaining sign off by all signatories and submission of reports on the INSETA system.• Manage the skills development element of the B-BBEE scorecard by exploring various scenarios to achieve possible targets, obtaining agreement on targets, develop strategies for achieving set targets and maximizing impact, monitoring progress against targets, provide external BBBEE auditors with all required data and evidence. • Jointly manage and give input into the development of a Training Quality Management System as per South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) requirements for the purposes of maintaining Discovery’s accreditation as training provider. • Liaison with and application to INSETA regarding funding, programmes, projects and all other matters SETA-related. • Perform ad hoc internal reporting and collation of reports to various business units / divisions on skills development including reports to Social and Ethics Committee, Board of Directors, HR community, business managers.

• Research current training theory and best practice (local and international bodies and academic institutions), and communicate all findings to stakeholders.• Develop, update and implement related standards through research and communicate these to all stakeholders and ETD practitioners. This also entails the development of guidelines, instruments and tools, such as checklists used for quality assurance purposes. • Identify required or advantageous affiliations with external bodies such as service providers, universities and the like.• Provide guidance, direction, mentoring and coaching to EDT professionals in the organization regarding the implementation of standards, instruments and tools.• Quality assure all aspects of the training function and provide feedback to relevant parties. • Develop and implement a Quality Management System that adheres to INSETA requirements for accreditation, with guidance from the direct manager (Divisional Manager and SDF, Learning Management Team).• Coordinate a trainer development programme through University of Johannesburg for internal Discovery trainers (Diploma in ETDP). • Coach and support trainers during completion of their portfolios of evidence.• Generate monthly and ad hoc training statistics reports from the Learning Management System, as well as maintain courses, troubleshoot, coach trainers on the use of the system and liaise with developers regarding system requirements.

• Development and maintenance of paper-based end user training materials • Development and maintenance of high level user materials (management, Business Analyst and project manager level) – paper-based• Manage, track and report on own work and targets• End user training delivery• Development of assessment strategy and tools• End user support and issue resolution

I joined the Al-Futtaim SAP implementation in Dubai where my duties included the following:• Development and maintenance of paper-based training and end user reference materials• Training delivery• Mentoring of junior staff• Quality assurance of team’s deliverables• End-user support• Development of assessment strategy and end user assessment tools

DACG specialised in providing end user support and documentation on SAP implementations. Over 4,5 years projects included Alusaf (Richards Bay), Spoornet, Polifin, EDS (London), SA Post Office, Sappi, MultiChoice, Bamburi Cement (Kenya) and Coca Cola (Ireland). Duties included • Development and maintenance of paper-based and online training and end user reference materials• Training delivery• Mentoring of junior staff• Quality assurance of team’s deliverables• Project management• Invoicing of clients and status reporting• End-user support

Rotek Engineering is a subsidiary of ESKOM and is responsible for the maintenance of heavy duty electrical equipment such as transformers and generators found at sub stations and power plants. My duties included development of training guides to train and development new apprentices, using a competency-based approach.