As the worldwide pandemic continues to have an adverse effect on our country and economy, it is becoming more important to upskill or reskill yourself and your workforce. SDC Consult offers a unique E-Learning platform that gives both employers and employees the opportunity to learn from the current COVID climate.
“Using this time to invest in your future by upskilling yourself could be the best time and money you could ever spend towards reaching your personal and professional goals” says Daniel Voges, SDC Consult National Sales Manager: Skills Development.
SDC Consult has created a host of bespoke, accredited courses that are relevant for the post COVID workspace:
FIRST AID – LEVEL 1 (D.O.L ACCREDITED)
· Every business with 10 or more employees is required by Law to have a First Aider in the workplace. This course introduces basic life support that should be applied, within the workplace, until emergency services arrive.
BASIC OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY REPRESENTATIVE
· Section 17(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act stipulates that if a workplace has more than 20 employees, a Safety Representative must be appointed in writing. In order to meet the requirements, set by the Department of Labour, the appointed Safety Representative must have had certified training. (Non-credit bearing)
LEADERSHIP & MENTORING PRINCIPLES IN THE WORKPLACE
· The aim of the programme is to improve the thinking and communicating abilities of a coach within the work environment. It covers skills transfer methods and approaches.
· This course contributes to compliance with your organisation’s Health and Safety standards. Individuals who have been nominated as a Basic Fire Fighter should attend. Here they will learn basic firefighting skills for fire emergency readiness within the workplace. (Non-credit bearing)
HIV AND AIDS – AWARENESS TRAINING
· This course aims to address any misperceptions about HIV and AIDS. It introduces treatment and support platforms, with preventative measures that can be taken.
· The aim of this programme is to improve the experience of the customer, as well as striving to achieve overall excellent service. It identifies pitfalls to look out for and appropriate quick responses.
· This course will improve attendees’ ability to work in a team and addresses factors that affect an effective team and addresses barriers in team work. It will demonstrate how to introduce staff to the workplace and outline the understanding of employment relations in an organisation.
· The aim of this is to improve managerial skills and includes ways in which to conduct a meeting and other general scenarios. It demonstrates how to deal with different views in a meeting and techniques on how to progress according to recognised theory and practice as well as how to prioritise personal and team tasks.
DECISION MAKING AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
· This covers evaluation and measurement techniques required for decision making. The course focusses on resolving arguments in the workplace, how to identify and develop objects and how to determine and monitor elements of a budget in an area of responsibility. It will also demonstrate how to monitoring and control actual expenses against a budget.
COMPUTERS IN THE WORKPLACE: A BEGINNER’S GUIDE
· This course will serve as a thorough introduction to personal computing and give you an understanding of how computers work. Basic typing and desktop browsing is included.
· This course aims to empower PA’s with the skills and knowledge to understand and deal with their managers and clients. Course content includes practical guidance in dealing with office administration, planning, scheduling of appointments and arranging day to day tasks and events.
· This course defines what is marketing and how to build a good marketing team as well as how to apply marketing strategies in the workplace and gives companies knowledge regarding marketing and keeping the marketing team involved.
· Designed to equip attendees with the necessary knowledge to comply with the requirements set out by the Employment Equity Act. The training will take the attendee through a systematic approach of full compliance thus preparing the stakeholders for Equity Audits and/or any other requirements set out for B-BBEE and Skills Development.
