Training Coordinator

AVI Ltd. is known for its leading household brands across many categories including: hot beverages, sweet and savoury biscuits and snacks, frozen convenience foods, personal care products, cosmetics, shoes, accessories, and fashion apparel.

NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED operates 5 manufacturing sites, offering world-class manufacturing facilities in Isando (Johannesburg), Rosslyn (Pretoria), Westmead and Durban (KZN). It is home to some of the best-known South African tea, coffee and creamer brands, including our delicious range of much-loved savoury and sweet biscuits, and our melt-in-your-mouth snack range.

An exciting opportunity exists for a Training Coordinator at NATIONAL BRANDS LIMITED, Isando Coffee & Creamer factory.  Training Coordinator is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing and tracking training programs to enhance employee skills and knowledge. This includes identifying training needs, developing materials, and coordinating with Technical Specialists and HOD's to ensure effective training delivery. 

Line Manager: HR Manager

Job Specification:

Key Performance Areas:

Track and report on training Data

• Keep record of training needs identified either through line discussions or gap analysis or assessments process – define ideal
• Identification of skills and performance gaps
• Review of existing training processes, material and assessments available
• Assist the HRM in collating the training interventions for the skills plan
• Monitor and assess training and assessment plans and roll out (monthly/weekly meetings – track progress against plan)
• Track the training spent vs budget and report to the HRM on a monthly basis.

Manage training resources and material

• Identify training needs or gaps
• Arrange classroom training where required
• Answer questions and help resolve issues that arise
• Arrange training with the OEM where required
• Develop solutions to close the gap
• Identify suitable partners to assist in closing gaps
• Ensure support staff and key stakeholders are adequately trained to assess/coach/develop staff and/or material
• Provide administrative support to Technical Specialists

Coordinate the execution of training strategy and associated action plans to address training/competence development needs

• Identify training needs or respond to request from employee or manager, site HR, Ops executive
• Establish long term, medium term and short term training requirements for site aligned to business goals and strategy
• Determine exact need (and supporting information required to establish actual need)
• Research conducted to provide suitable solutions/partners

Planning & Maintenance of operational Skills Matrix and assessment records

• Generate and update Skills Matrixes
• Develop and reviewing existing SOPs/ WI's and amending where necessary
• Draw up operational training schedule or plan
• Develop Assessment tools
• Coordinate and report On-the-job training records
• Coordinate the Implementation of Planned Job Observations
• Captures operational training and assessment records

Ensuring site compliance to training standards, including development of training & Assessment tools.

• Production lines/Plants are scoped and mapped to determine required competencies.
• Track that Operators are assessed against required competences, set on the skills matrix
• Track that Senior operators & Supervisors are assessed against required competences
• Ensure and coordinate that Engineering Technical staff are trained and assessed against required competences

Oversee and manage the apprenticeship program to ensure successful completion & integration to the business

• Ensure the apprentices are inducted into the business
• Liaise with FET colleges regarding the apprenticeship program.
• Keep records and track progress of the apprentice's assessments
• Ensure that PO's and Invoices for the programme are processed timeously and

Assess and confirm skills improvement after training

• Ensure assessments are done and recorded
• Check for improvements and reassess if required
• Provide feedback to the business in terms of improvements from training interventions.

Minimum Requirements:

Experience:

• 5 years working within learning and development
• 5 years working experience within an FMCG / Manufacturing environment
• 5 years' assessor/moderator experience

Qualifications:

• Professional registration with SETA as an Assessor and Trainer essential coupled with tertiary qualification:
  • Completed Nated Certificate - N3/4//5/6
  • National Diploma / BTech / BSc in Engineering Studies (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Instrumentation, and Chemical)
• Professional registration with SETA as a Moderator advantageous
• NQF 5 - National Certificate in Occupationally-Directed Education, Training and Development Practices (OD-EDTP) advantageous
• Registered Skills Development Facilitator would be ideal
• National Artisan Moderation Body (NAMB) Assessor and/or Trade Test Official Moderator would be highly advantageous

Additional Requirements:

• Understanding and ability to develop Skills Matrices and Learning Tools
• Understanding principles of Out-come Based education, facilitation, assessment and moderation of assessments in the workplace.
• Knowledge of best practice i.e. work instructions and SOP development
• Analyse and Solve Problems
• Project management
• Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint