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DEPARTMENT
PRINTING SA PROVIDES MEMBERS WITH TALENTED INTERNS
As part of its new skills pool strategy, Printing SA
is providing member companies with talented
individuals who are eager to take up career
opportunities in the signage, printing and packaging
industry. Thanks to the FP&M SETA, Printing SA has
been able to enrol 80 Learners in its brand new
Foundational Learning Programme (FLP) in 2018.
Graduate Learners have now successfully completed
the following component courses:
1. Foundational Learning Competencies.
2. Introduction to Printing and Packaging
Programme.
3. Work Readiness Programme.
The last phase of the FLP consists of a three
month internship during which learners will gain
valuable workplace experience and exposure to
the following areas:
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Raw material stores.
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Material handling and material handling
equipment.
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Printing or packaging processes.
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Printing or packaging material surface
requirements.
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Post printing or packaging finishing processes.
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Dispatch.
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Sales, estimating and production planning.
Learners are being made available to Printing
SA member companies from 1 October to 14
December 2018 to serve their internships. Learners
will be registered as interns with the FP&M SETA.
Member companies will be able to claim B-BBEE
Skills Development contribution points in two
categories i.e. for the number of learners that
are placed as interns, as well as points towards
expenditure for paying stipends to the interns.
In the new year, those FLP Graduate learners who
have successfully completed their internships
will be made available to member companies via
Printing SA’s Regional Chambers for placement in
pre-press, printing, print finishing or packaging
occupations and trades. Printing SA has however
made a commitment to place those learners who
have not been taken up by industry in a technical
theoretical field of high demand to further enhance
their employment prospects.
PRINTING SA ANNOUNCES NEW APPOINTMENTS
Printing SA has announced a new appointment and
promotions within its organisation, including Geoff
Warren being appointed as operations director;
the promotion of Jermaine Naicker from labour
consultant to KZN regional chamber manager and
the promotion of Susan Peterson from member
consultant to acting Cape chamber manager.
1989, where he was the human resources director
for Metal Box Liquid Packaging Division. He then
went on to join Printing SA in 2000 as chamber
director for the KwaZulu-Natal chamber of Printing
SA.
Jermaine Naicker
Geoff Warren
Warren has decades of experience within the
printing industry. The new role will make him
responsible for the management of all national
operations for Printing SA. Warren graduated from
Rhodes University, and is registered as a human
resources practitioner. His previous experience
within the industry is immense, having been
involved in the printing and packaging industry since
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completion, he was then promoted to human
resources administrator and in the same year
was again promoted to that of human resources
business partner. 2016 began his introduction to the
printing and packaging industry after joining Printing
SA in the KZN chamber as membership services
consultant. There he discovered an industry larger
than he ever anticipated.
Susan Petersen
Having grown up and completed his school
career in Phoenix, Naicker went on to graduate
from Durban University of Technology in human
resources management. After completion of the
undergraduate programme, he then enrolled for a
post graduate degree in the same field at DUT.
His career began in the retail space, where he was
employed through a graduate programme. Upon
Peterson holds a certificate and diploma in business
management as well as a bachelor of commerce
human resources degree from Mancosa. Her
previous employment history includes that of
working at McCarthy Automotive Artisan Academy
as technical training administration assistant, as
well as being a national training and development
administrator at Eqstra Holdings.
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