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Training Institute<br />
During <strong>the</strong> year, 2,639 delegates attended 187 formal courses at Beer South Africa’s Training Institute. In total, <strong>the</strong> institute<br />
trained 6,170 delegates over 11,500 training days, covering 380 workshops or courses. Technology upgrades during <strong>the</strong><br />
year amounting to US$700,000 (R4.2 million) will reinforce video conferencing and technical training workshops.<br />
The Training Institute has been appointed to <strong>the</strong> judging panel of <strong>the</strong> International Benchmark Forum, <strong>the</strong><br />
world’s foremost judge of world-class training practices.<br />
Beer South Africa has designed and implemented a competency acquisition process (CAP), in line with <strong>the</strong><br />
SA Quality Assurance Act, 1995 and Skills Development Bill, 1998. Australian accreditors, from <strong>the</strong> University of<br />
Technology in Sydney, rated 45 people to develop competency standards, 58 to develop workplace assessment<br />
documents, 373 as workplace assessors and 18 trainers as master trainers.<br />
Specialised training is a priority and Beer South Africa successfully established a Sales Academy at <strong>the</strong> Training<br />
Institute. Representatives now receive three weeks’ intensive training, preparing <strong>the</strong>m for challenges in <strong>the</strong><br />
marketplace and giving <strong>the</strong>m <strong>the</strong> skills to deliver world-class service.<br />
The company’s intranet – BEERNet – includes a comprehensive human resource development course catalogue,<br />
highlighting <strong>the</strong> 132 training programmes offered.<br />
In addition, a learning resource guide on <strong>the</strong> intranet<br />
contains over 800 items, ranging from internal and external<br />
courses, key magazines, journals, reports and books,<br />
websites, videos, seminars and conferences. These initiatives<br />
make self-development far more accessible to employees.<br />
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT<br />
PROGRAMMES ACROSS THE<br />
GROUP ENABLE EMPLOYEES<br />
TO IMPROVE THEIR CAREER<br />
OPPORTUNITIES.<br />
Beer South Africa participates in <strong>the</strong> annual American Society for<br />
Training and Development’s Benchmarking Forum survey. The forum is limited to some 50 international companies,<br />
whose training function meets its criteria for functional excellence. Beer South Africa’s figures and training spend of<br />
4.6 per cent of payroll compare very favourably with top international companies’ training statistics as reflected in <strong>the</strong><br />
survey findings.<br />
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