Question NW4017 to the Minister of Public Enterprises
25 November 2022 - NW4017
King, Ms C to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises
Whether, with reference to his comments during the oral question session of 28 September 2022 that training and skills development is done through the Eskom Academy of Learning, the specified academy is operational; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) what (i) total number of students are currently enrolled and (ii) courses are offered at the academy, (b) is work-based training done at Eskom sites (c) what total amount was budgeted for the academy (i) in the (aa) 2019-20, (bb) 2020-21 and (cc) 2021-22 financial years and (ii) from 1 April 2022?
Reply:
According to Information Received from Eskom:
The Eskom Academy of Learning was referred to as the Eskom College and was established in 1984. During the last few years, it went through changes and recently the mandate of the Eskom Academy of Learning (EAL) is: “To build critical capabilities in order to create a highly responsive, multi-skilled, flexible and innovative workforce that adapts to future markets and the new world of work, through cross cutting learning offerings, while simultaneously leveraging the hospitality and capabilities”.
(a)(i) Training that is offered at the EAL is tailor-made for Eskom employees and Year-To-Date (YTD), October 2022, 30 717 employees attended various training interventions.
(a)(ii) The Eskom Academy of Learning provides the following learning and development
offerings:
1. Leadership development:
Offers a suite of leadership development programmes tailored for Supervisors, Middle Managers and Senior Managers. These include but are not limited to:
- 3X core Management Development Programmes (MDP) across all leadership segments.
- 16X short courses. Most frequently booked: mentorship, tough conversations, personal resilience for leaders, leadership mindset.
- 3X Transition Programme for new Senior Managers, Middle Managers and Supervisors.
- Customised leadership offerings to address specific leadership competencies.
2. Functional training:
Offers training which is intended to enable employees to perform their duties and to ensure regulatory and legal compliance. These include, but are not limited to:
- Project Management
- Contract Management and Supply Chain Management e.g., suite of NEC, PIE, and Warehousing.
- Safety, Environment and Quality courses.
- Customer Services courses e.g., Care for Customers and Customer Revenue Billing.
- Finance e.g., Cost Centre Owner and Forex.
- Human Resources e.g., Performance Management and Employee Relations.
- Legal and compliance e.g., Ethics and PFMA.
- Security: National Key Point Management and Firm Arm handling.
3. Technical Training
The EAL offers on-site artisan training which comprises of Control, Measurement & Instrumentation, Electrical, Electrical Line Mechanic, Mechanical and Welding. Engineering training is also taking place at the EAL and at various sites of Eskom.
(b) On-job training is taking place within the different divisions at Business Unit level.
(c) The below table represents the overall Eskom training budget at organizational
level which is inclusive of the EAL’s budget.
Eskom annual training budget – R’m
|
FY |
Budget |
|
(aa) 2019-2020 |
1 225 |
|
(bb) 2020-2021 |
1503 |
|
(cc) 2021-2022 |
1 154 |
|
(dd) 2022-2023 |
1 141 |