Sustainability Report 2012 - Transnet

Economic dividends (continued)Training achievementsActual2011/12Target2011/12Achievement%Projection2012/13Apprentices: new recruits 1 095 500 170,8 500Technicians learners: new recruits 181 180 100,0 300Engineer bursars: new recruits 60 60 100,0 120Sector specific critical skills: new recruits 2 506 1 500 156,0 1 800Training spend (% of payroll) 3,9 3,5 100,0 4,7Leadership development 1 372 956 143,5 1 562All training 62 701 34 300 183,0 36 626School of PortsOne campus inDurbanSchool ofPort TerminalsOne campusin DurbanSchool ofRailEight campusesnationallySchool ofPipelinesOne campusin DurbanSchool of RailEngineering19 campusesnationallySchool ofLeadershipDevelopmentVirtual schoolSchool ofSecurityOne campus inTraining includes: Training includes: Training includes: Training includes: Training includes: Training includes: Training includes: liftingcontrollers, trainingdevelopmentequipmentcoordinators servicesand plannersoperationscoachingcoordinationbest practiceworkersCommercesupply chainTransnet boasts seven Schools of Excellence related to its core business.Our approach to skills development focuses on an integrated value chain, extending from secondaryeducational institutions, tertiary institutions, and Transnet Schools of Excellence into workplace programmesthereby ensuring a continuous feeder pipeline of critical skills. During 2012/13, Transnet will invest insponsoring 2000 Grade 10 – 12 high school learners through its Rail Cadet Scheme. Sponsorships directed totertiary institutions are ongoing with Transnet currently sponsoring the establishment of the Transnet Centreof Systems Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand aimed at fostering business and academicengagement. Transnet will continue to afford opportunities for workplace experience through its Graduate-in-Training (GIT) Programme. During 2011/12, 137 GITs participated in the programme, and an increase of 10,0%is anticipated for 2012/13. On average, 60,0% of GITs are placed within Transnet.Transnet’s net employment rate increased by 6,3% from the previous year in terms of the number ofmanagement employees, and a 5,7% increase in the number of bargaining unit employees. The employeeturnover rate averaged 5,1%.The current average age of a Transnet employee is 41 years. Thus, the overarching picture for our Company isthat of an ageing workforce with a significant proportion of our employees falling within the 43 to 60 yearsage bracket. The challenge is being addressed by investing in a growing base of younger employees in the25 to 35 age group.40