Unilever SHE Internship
Advertiser: Unilever
Location: Durban
This role is only open to candidates who are eligible to work in South Africa.
Purpose of the role:
The role is intended to develop the trainee and help him / her gain hands-on experience in the sphere of SHE. The intern will also provide administrative support to the SHE department.
Key responsibilities:
- Updates all SHE procedures as required.
- Communicates changes to the procedures and safety information by attending meetings and updating Safety notice boards.
- Communicates changes to the procedures and quality information by attending meetings and updating quality notice boards.
- Assist training facilitator with arranging and planning safety training for SHE team.
- Collates SHE statistics and results as required.
- Work with Coordinators to drive audit plans and corrective action implementation e.g. hygiene, first aid box, housekeeping etc.
- Take minutes and maintain trackers for all activities to drive SHE plans.
- Select 2 key projects to develop own SHE skill and improve SHE within Unilever.
Spend a month at each local factory as part of development.
Minimum requirements:
- Completion of a Diploma in Safety / Occupational Health / Environmental Management or Science
- Achieve a 60% average in your studies
and
- Communications skills
- MS word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
- Accuracy in data capture / processing
- Concern for rigor and order.
Closing date: 25 December 2013
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Definitions:
Internship:
There are basically two types of internships:
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.
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.