RPL Learnership - National Certificate in Business Administration Services

 The government is currently offering tax incentives and training grants to companies who participate in Learnership schemes. However, many companies feel that there is too much admin and organisation to make taking advantage of these rebates worthwhile.

CBM Training would like to offer your company the opportunity to put 1 or more of your currrent employees on our RPL Based Learnership that will run in Edenvale this year, and have access to a tax rebate of R50,000 per Learner.

The CBM RPL Learnership has the following key advantages:

1. It is easy and painless to implement. You nominate employees, CBM arranges the Learnership and provides you with all the necessary admin forms
2. You can use current employees, you don't have to find an unemployed person and have the management strife of looking after this person
3. The program only takes staff out of the office for 6 and a ½ days (1 day every 6 weeks plus a "warp up" half day), and delivers a full SAQA qualification
4. There are 2 Learnership programs starting a month apart, so you can book multiple Learners without them being out of the office at the same time
5. Satff develop and grow through the 6 small workplace projects they need to complete
6. Staff sent on the Learnership not only learn to do their jobs better, they gain motivation from being sent on a qualification-bearing program
7. You access a R50,000 tax rebate per learner for your company by completing a two page SARS form
8. The training fees are tax deductible as training, plus you can claim them back from your SDL Levy's
9. You can use the fees paid when completing your annual BBBEE scorecard, even if you have claimed them back from your SDL Levies
10. The workshops are run at the luxury Corporate Conference Centre, overlooking the Glendower Golf Course in Edenvale

For more information on this RPL Learnership, click on the links below:

• What is the Learnership we are offering?
• What is an RPL Qualification?
• How the CBM RPL Learnership Works
• What it Costs
• The Learning Benefits of the RPL Process
• What you can Claim
• What you need to do to get Started

The closing date for registering Learners on these Learnerships is Friday 13 April 2012, but early registration is advised as spaces are limited.

What is the Learnership we are offering?

We are offering a National Certifcate in Business Administation Services as an RPL qualification - (SAQA qualification 67465). This Learnership consists of 6 modules, each addressed and assessed at 6 one day workshops and is aimed at Receptionists, Secretaries, Administative Assistants, Administators, Office Managers and Clerks - who have at least a Grade 10 Maths and have been working for 12 - 14 months.

 These 6 modules are:

*Event Management*Team Management*Document and Computer  Management

*Business Numeracy*Office Management*Business Communication

Whats is an RPL Qualification?

RPL, the Recognition of Prior Learning, is a way to prove that a person has the knowledge to receive a qualification without having to attend un-necessary lectures on the subject.

We feel that a Learner with a Grade 11 (Std 9) or Matric with 12 - 24 months practical experience can, with access to our resource kit and a facilitated group discussion, complete and pass the requisites for this qualification in a 12 month period.

How the CBM RPL Learnership Works

To qualify for significant tax and other grants, your company needs to nominate a relevant candidate/s. They sign a Learnership agreement (Provided by us), and attend 7 workshops where they discuss issues relating to the module, and fill in the RPL assessment tool. They also need to do a small work project and read a provided resource pack prior to the next session. The whole Learnership will be completed over a 12 month period with only 6 half days out of the office for each Learner.

CBM Training can assist your comapny in filling in the necessary forms to apply for your R50,000 Tax Rebate, your SETA Mandatory Grant and your R25,000 Discretionary Grant.

What it Costs

The RPL Learnership costs R14,250 (exc vat) per learner, or R12,850 (exc vat) for 3 or more learners. These rates are fully tax deductible as a training expense, and can be utilised in the BEE Scorecard Audit. The majority of this can also be claimed back from your Skills Development Levy.

The Learning Benefits of the RPL Process

Doing an RPL qualification often reminds a learner what they already know, as well as stretches them while they perform their small workplace projects. They do also learn new things while reading the resource packs, and participating in the group discussions. Learners will definitely finish the Qualification with more knowledge than they started with.

What you can Claim

You can automatically deduct R20,000 from your tax in the tax year following the signing of the Learnership Agreement, and a further R30,000 following the successful completion of the Learnership by your candidates.

You can additionally claim the R14,250 paid per Learner back as a "Mandatory Grant" from your Skills Development Levy, as CBM Training is a registered FET college, and this process leads to a qualification, this can form part of your PIVOTAL training.

In addition, you can submit a claim to your SETA for a Discretionary Grant of up to R20,000 per Learner, which will be paid directly to you if successful. However, these Grants are not always awarded, so they should be treated as an "Extra" when considering the business case for a Learnership.

What you need to do to get Started

If you would like your company to take advantage of the many beenfits of running a Learnership in 2012, please contact Katja or Erin on 011 454 5505 or email katja@cbmtraining.co.za

We will send you a full outline of the process, the prerequisites for accepting a learner onto the RPL Learnership, and a "Pre-Qualification" questionnaire for your proposed Learners to complete. If the Learner is found to be of the correct level to pass the RPL Learnership (Remember, your company only gets the second R30,000 tax rebate if they pass), then we will send you a confirmation letter to sign, formally nominating the Learners, the SETA Learnership contract and a tax invoice for the Learnerships fee.

Once all of these forms are signed and the invoice is paid, we will register  the learner on the SAQA system, send them the resource pack for Module 1 and send you the SARS from to claim your first R20,000 tax rebate.

Learners need to commit to attending the 7 required sessions at our Training Centre, The Corporate Conference Centre in Dowerglen, Edenvale

The dates for these Learnerships in 2012 are:

Learnership 1: Starting May 2012

Learnership 2: Starting June 2012

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