In order to remain competitive, stay abreast with current technology and be seen as an employer of choice, BSi has recognized the utmost importance of strategically aligned skills development and training for all our staff. Of primary focus within our training and development strategy is to ensure that we facilitate the advancement of staff to reach their own personal stretch goals of developing within the company over a long term career. 

Much of our training budget is spent on the training of interns and learners, on leadership development, ERP systems and on staff in the lower echelons of the business who need basic education and skills training (ABET) in order to improve their quality of life.

 
Our Skills Development Committee meets once a quarter to ensure that all training is approved by line management and our trade union representatives in order to offer meaningful training to uplift all levels of the organization.

Towards the later part of the 2010 financial year we introduced an internal training programme for our Kliprivier base to increase efficiency levels, skills and knowledge at a core level within the company without having to rely exclusively on generic external training programs.

This was a pilot programme to see how successful internal training could be.  A new training facility was created on the Kliprivier site to accommodate much of the day to day training taking place.

Feedback received from Kliprivier staff with regard to the impact of the Internal Training Campaign showed a 95% success rate in terms of having improved skill/competency level and added greater understanding with regard to the various operations within the business.  With this in mind we would now like to expand and formalize this internal training project and we are about to appoint the very first full time Internal Training Facilitator for the Group.

Our vision is to be a centre of excellence and in order to do so we need to have a system of continual evaluation and improvement with appropriate learning interventions that maximize the transfer of skills and competencies.