W&RSETA Graduate Development Programme

Advertiser: Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority (W&RSETA)
Location: National

The Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority (W&RSETA) was established as a legal entity on 20 March 2000 in terms of the Skills Development Act, No. 97 of 1998. This public entity aims to provide for the skills development needs of the Wholesale and Retail (W&R) sector through the implementation of learnerships, disbursement of grants and monitoring of education and training.

The W&RSETA is looking for available Graduates to be placed within the Wholesale and Retail Sector Nationally, which qualified in the following fields and were sponsored by NSFAS:
- Operations Management in Retail Management
- Purchasing Management (Buyers and Planners)
- Human Resource Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Information Technology
- Retail Management
- Food Technology
- Accounting
- Marketing
- Logistics


Apply by sending copies of your ID, CV and qualifications to:
- emaila@wrseta.org.za or
- amahomana@wrseta.org.za

Call Ms E. Maila (012 622 9566) or Mr A. Mahomana (012 622 9556) should you have any queries.

Closing date: 30 September 2013
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.