Chapter 2 - P rogramme 1 - Department of Defence

| Chapter 10 - Organisational Structure and Human Resources |
Annual Report FY 2007 - 2008 198
| Department of Defence |
Table 10.48 Training Provided by Occupational Category, 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008
Occupational Categories Gender
Number of
Employees,
as at 1 April
2007
Training Provided within Reporting Period
Learnerships
Skills
Programmes
and Other
Short
Courses
Other
Forms of
Training
Legislators, senior officials and Female 31 0 11 4 15
managers
Male 231 0 0 9 9
Professionals Female 1 430 1 180 205 386
Male 1 481 10 205 236 451
Technicians and associate
Female 1 969 7 68 90 165
professionals
Male 4 425 68 119 904 1 091
Clerks Female 5 657 14 175 129 318
Male 8 279 15 286 885 1 186
Service and sales workers Female 4 932 199 339 126 664
Male 28 243 1 024 1 452 2 030 4 506
Craft and related trades workers Female 1 197 0 1 6 7
Male 8 502 732 9 341 1 082
Plant and machine operators and Female 2 0 0 0 0
assemblers
Male 436 0 1 10 11
Elementary occupations Female 3 093 0 0 21 21
Male 7 610 0 6 285 291
Subtotal Female 18 311 221 774 581 1 576
Male 59 207 1 849 2 078 4 700 8 627
Total 77 518 2 070 2 852 5 281 10 203
Injury on Duty
Table 10.49 Injury on Duty (Defence Act Personnel), 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008
Nature of Injury on Duty Number % of Total
Required basic medical attention only 1 1 183 97.93%
Temporary total disablement 2 3 0.25%
Permanent disablement 3 7 0.58%
Fatal 4 15 1.24%
TOTAL 1 208 100.00%
Table 10.50 Injury on Duty (Public Service Act Personnel), 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008
Nature of Injury on Duty Number % of Total
Required basic medical attention only1 122 99.19%
Temporary total disablement2 1 0.81%
Permanent disablement3 0 0.00%
Fatal4 0 0.00%
TOTAL 123 100.00%
1 Required basic medical attention only: This is the action or manner of treating an individual medically or surgically to stabilise and promote healing.
2 Temporary total disablement: This is the temporary alteration of an individual’s physical or mental status that limits activity. Medical or surgical
treatment may stabilise the condition and restore the health of an individual to normal within a defined period.
3 Permanent disablement: This is the permanent alteration of an individual’s capacity to meet personal, social or occupational demands or statutory or
regulatory requirements because of impairment. This status is often coupled with the loss of a limb or a sense, chronic pain disfigurement and other
permanent physical or mental disorders.
4 Fatal: An injury, disease or condition causing or ending in organ or multi-organ failure and death.
Total