Farm based training
1. Rational and perspective
Train to Gain - use staff training to improve performance
If you identify any skills gaps in your business, providing training to your employees can be a very effective means of closing the gaps Increasing the skills levels in your business is beneficial for all concerned. Besides the benefit of personal and professional development for people being trained, there are resulting productivity gains for your business.
Business is about people and they should be given the opportunity to develop their potential and contribute to and benefit from being be part of the economy. Education and training are important for the development of the people. Some examples are listed here.
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You can provide training so that someone can carry out their existing tasks more efficiently or to a higher standard, for example ensuring your employees have a licence to drive tractors.
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Training needs to address character/ personal development- worthiness, boosting self image and esteem;
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Training for an individual so that they can take on a different role in your organisation. This could be a position with increased responsibilities or perhaps an entirely new role that will allow your business to move into new areas of work. An example is when you train to empower or create opportunities for becoming trustees, shareholders and business people.
The key consideration is to ensure that any training you provide meets your business needs. Make sure you have conducted a training needs analysis before embarking on any training. This as well as consultations with your staff, should form the basis of your decisions about which training is appropriate.
2.Getting started and involved
Start close to home when trying to develop those areas of your business that are crucial to success. Assess the skills of the people you already employ and see whether you're currently making the most of their potential. You might be unaware of an important skill if someone doesn't need to use it in their current role.
- Implementation procedures and document store
- Expressions of interest form please take a moment to complete the expression of interest form. It is important that we have your form in order to further assist you with the selection of providers and to ensure that your training needs are registered on our database.
- Guidelines for Service Level Agreements between producer and service provider
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Workplace requirements
- Farmer process diagram
- Provider process diagram
- Provision procedures
- Register as a Subject matter Expert
- Skills audit
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Farm management skills audit
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Application form for funding Potatoes South Africa annually makes funds available to producers for the training of their employees. The application for funding form must be completed and submitted
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Career and learning paths - A career path reflects what is required to progress from job to job throughout a career, usually within a specific company. The specific requirements would include a combination of qualification, experience and competency. There is a definite difference between between a career path and a learning path. The learning path usually forms the basis of a career path. A learning path assist the individual to get obtain certain learning/qualifications and master certain competencies. The focus is to develop the individual and improve their competencies and knowledge base. Different learning paths:
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Training courses
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Learning material
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