Iemas Financial Services Learnership Programme 2014


Advertiser: Iemas
Location: Pietermaritzburg

Iemas is an authorized financial services provider, offering financing and insurance products. Opportunities for learnerships exist for those interested in working as Financial Advisors in Long-term Insurance. Unemployed candidates from designated groups are invited to participate in learnerships at our KwaZulu-Natal Offices in Newcastle and Pietermaritzburg.

The learnership offers:
- 12 months employment contract, with a monthly allowance of R3000
- The learnership will result in a National Certificate in Wealth Management, NQF level 4
- Continuous coaching, mentoring, on the job training and assessment
- Work exposure to insurance sales environment

Qualifications:
- Have passed Matric with English & Maths (D symbols and above)

Experience:
- Be unemployed
- Interested in working in the insurance industry
- Previously disadvantaged candidates including people with disabilities

Knowledge and Skills:
- Good communication skills, verbal and written
- Confident and can work well under pressure
- Not involved in other studies in 2014
- Be able to start with the learnership on 1 March 2014
- A valid Code 8 driver’s licence will be an advantage.

Closing date: 31 January 2014

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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.