Shukela Training Centre runs Learnership programs for Junior Farm Managers and farm workers. The programmes can be financed by AgriSETA and, therefore offered free to employers.
The Leadership program offers considerable tax concessions available to those employers who are participating.
What is leadership?
Leadership is a work-based approach to learning and gaining qualifications and includes both structured work experience
(Practical) and structured institutional learning (theory). Criteria, as set out in the Skills Development Act, indicate that a leadership must:
- Include a structured learning component
- Include practical work experience
- Lead to a qualification
- Relate to an occupation
Importance of Learnerships
- The learner interacts within the working environment (practical).
- The learner interacts with clients and obtains an understanding of workplace dynamics.
- Assessment occurs at various stages and is based on the learner’s competence (learner-centered).
- The qualification is recognized both nationally and is benchmarked against international standards.
- The learner can be able to start from NQF level 1 (which is equivalent to grade 10) up to NQF level 4 (one year certificate after grade 12)
Who are the parties that will be involved?
Parties involved
Plant Production NQF level 4 (known as the Farm Manager Course)
- The trainee
- The employer
- Shukela Training Centre
- AgriSETA
- NB: The practical on-the-job training will be on the employer’s farm.
- 12 Months programme
- Has 70% practical & 30% theory
- Practical done on farm, theory done at STC
- The theory has 3 different sessions of 3 weeks each
- Practical is done in between the theoretical sessions
- A learner is required to compile a POE with the assistance of the Mentor/Supervisor
- The program has 35 Unit Standards
- A learner should have experience in Plant production preferably Sugarcane
- A learner should have done Grade 12