HUMAN RESOURCES TRANSFORMATION SERVICES (SKILLS DEVELOPMENT)

The HR Transformation Services is a division within Human Resource Management under the Directorate: Corporate Services.

HR Transformation Services adopted an integrated approach to education, training and development, and set out to meet the economic and social needs of the Makana Municipality, its employees, and the communities it serves, accelerating Human Resources Transformation through Employment Equity and Skills Development

FUNCTIONS:

To render a comprehensive, integrated and customer focused Corporate Service by:

• Developing the knowledge, competencies and skills of employees and the community
• Creating and implementing equal opportunities, affirmative action, diversity management and the reversal of unfair discrimination

OBJECTIVES:

• To ensure the quality of education, training and development
• To encourage employees to utilise the workplace for effective skills acquisition
• To provide opportunities for new entrants to the labour market to gain work experience
• To develop innovative training programmes
• To create an organisational culture of life-long learning

WHAT DO WE DO?

• Encouraging employees and members from our community to engage in education, training and development
• Advising people to continuously study in order to develop their skills levels and academic achievements to:
• improve their quality of life
• further career prospects
• enable labour mobility
• enhance productivity
• Assisting people from our communities in gaining practical workplace experience in support of the Integrated Development Plan
• In view of the economic imperative to embrace change, ensuring that employment practices redress past imbalances in respect of race, gender, creed and disability, and ensuring that relevant policies and legislation promote equitable representation

OUR APPROACH:

• The comprehensive Human Resources Development Strategy encompasses a wide range of human development and transformation interventions, including:
• Workplace experience programmes
• Skills programmes
• External bursaries
• Learnership programmes
• Apprenticeship programmes
• Programmes that monitor and promote gender equality, employment of disabled persons and transformation.

Contact Person:

Mr. Zola Kolisi

Skills Development Officer

Tel: 046 603 6109

Email address: ZolaKolisi@makana.gov.za