Nampak Logistics / Supply Chain Graduate Development Programme 2014

Advertiser: Nampak
Location: Gauteng (Primary), Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal

Job Description:

Nampak seeks to acquire and develop specialists' skills to meet our business requirements through the Graduate Program. The Nampak Graduate Development Programme focuses on developing graduates with a focus towards scarce and / or specialist skills.

In the 18 months you will be mentored by the company's senior leaders and decision makers into building business acumen and creating a strategic context for your particular field and developing professional networks.

Final year undergraduates and graduates with less than one year of work experience are eligible to apply.

Job Requirements: BCom Supply Chain or Equivalent

Reference number: 212

Closing date: 30 September 2013

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Definitions:

Internship:

There are basically two types of internships:

  • The Undergraduate Internship: Usually with bigger organisations that pick undergraduates to attend the internship. It often takes places during the holidays and the average durations is a few weeks. In most cases the intern will receive some sort of stipend or salary and this type of internship may lead to a job offer to the intern once he / she is finished with their studies.
  • The Graduate Internship: This type of internship could be paid or unpaid and it is to gain practical work experience after the qualification has been completed and in a job related to the qualification. It could be from a few weeks or even one or two years long. This type of internship could also lead to permanent employment.

Learnerships:

A learnership is an occupational qualification and it consists of theory and work-based experience and practical skills, with formal assessment and a qualification. At the end of the learnership the candidate may be offered permanent employment.

In-service training:

In-service training is to gain practical work experience during studies. It usually takes place after a few years of theory has been successfully completed. It is essential work experience that is part of the qualification and the in-service training is necessary to achieve the qualification. It could be paid or unpaid.