Entire Document - Chris Hani District Municipality

NAME OF SCHEME NUMBER OF MEMBERS AS AT 30 JUNE 2009 EMPLOYERS ANNUAL COST
Government Employee Pension Fund 101 R 819 918.84
Total 376 R 6 665 140.56
The above financial information reflects the Council’s annual portion of contribution to the medical aid and pension funds.
2.1.2.1 Training and Development
This function includes equipping employees and councillors with necessary skills and knowledge to deliver on IDP
Objectives or render quality services to the communities. It further involves the process of opening opportunities to
students to do practical/experiential work in the Council to satisfy the requirements of their academic qualifications.
Within the financial year 08/09 an amount of R 469 900.00 was used for training interventions in line with the adopted
and approved Workplace Skills Plan. A total of 146 employees received training.
The training done was as follows and some training interventions included local municipalities within the district. It
should further be noted that other training is facilitated through SALGA and the provincial government.
No Training Course No of Councillors No of Officials
1. Cartography with ArcGIS 0 1
2. CPMD 3 3
3. Pre Assessment Microsoft Office 0 38
4.
Government Media: Essential tools for Editors and
Journalists
0 2
5. Project Management 0 37
6. Asset Management 0 2
7. Targeted Recruitment & Selection 0 9
8. TeamMate Training 0 2
9. Microsoft Office 0 22
10. Five Keys to Food Safety 0 20
11. CPMD Advanced 2 0
12. Local Government Law & Administration 1 0
13. Advanced Local Government Law & Administration 1 0
14. Executive Municipal Leadership Development 1 0
Study Assistance Bursary Scheme for Employees
As part of building capacity of the workforce the District is providing study assistance to those employees who wish
to further their studies. The above is of assistance to both the employee and the organization in that when the skills
of employees are enhanced the level of performance or productivity is also improved.
Within the financial year 2 employees received assistance to further their studies in the following fields:
• Engineering
• Financial
• Administration
Experiential Training and Internship Programme
There is an experiential training programme in place which seeks to expose learners to the working environment in
order to bridge the gap between theory and practice. A total of 5 learners were given an opportunity to gain practical
experience within the Engineering section, Municipal Manager’s Office, Supply Chain section, Environmental Health
section and Corporate Services Office. The programme runs for the maximum of three months.
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