Applying incapacity procedures
Incapacity procedures apply where an employee is unable to attend work regularly and perform their duties according to the employment contract because of factors beyond their control and this has a negative impact on the business.
How are sustainable practices linked to productivity and profitability?
This course will help you to ink the ‘dots’ between sustainable practices and productivity and profitability, and a sustainable and resilient business.
Agrochemicals and sustainability
This course looks at why agrochemicals are a sustainability issue and how we can take control in an agrochemical improvement cycle.
Water and Sustainability
In this course we address the reasons why water is a sustainability issue and how water management is linked to a more sustainable farm.
Worker Wellness & Sustainability
This course demonstrates the links between good employment practices and operating a sustainable and resilient business.
Putting practical steps in place to support sustainable practices
In this course we consider how being sustainable needs to be integrated into the way you run your business every day and becomes part and parcel of the way you do everything on your farm.
Managing Absenteeism in the Workplace
This course provides an in-depth overview and effective strategy on how to reduce and manage absence in your organisation. It takes you through an introduction and instructive guidelines on how to deal with different types of absence, using either disciplinary or incapacity procedures.
Procedures for managing absence due to misconduct and incapacity
Managers and employees need to understand how to respond to different types of absence and which procedures to use. Absence can be managed by either using disciplinary procedures or incapacity procedures.
Applying disciplinary procedures
Disciplinary procedures apply when an employee has committed an act of misconduct. This course looks at how to ensure procedural and substantive fairness where disciplinary procedures are applied.
What do we mean by sustainability?
This course looks at what we actually mean by sustainability and resilience, from a global and South African perspective.
Sustainable practices make sustainable businesses
This is an introductory course and guide to help you link best practices to a sustainable, profitable and resilient business. This course aims to help people working in agriculture to better understand what being sustainable means in terms of daily practices.
Absence without leave (AWOL) and late-coming
This course looks at the problem of absence without leave (AWOL) which is when an employee stays away from scheduled work without authorization or a good reason, but the employer believes they intend to return to work.
Persistent absence due to illness and/or factors beyond the employee’s control
This course deals with employees who are persistently and regularly absent from work for short periods of time, due to ongoing illness, disability or external factors beyond their control and are therefore unable to attend work regularly.
Desertion
This course deals with employees who are absent from work for an extended period of time, and where there has been no indication given of any intention to return to resume normal work.
Prolonged ill-health and disability
This course deals with situations where employees are absent from work due to prolonged ill-health, disease and disability and how an employer should respond to this.
Measuring the rate of absenteeism and costs to a business
This course provides an overview of the costs of absenteeism to a business and how you calculate this cost. This enables a business to see what their absence rate is costing them monthly and annually.
Food Safety & GLOBALG.A.P. Certification
This NSF Africa endorsed online course gives you the background to food safety, food safety standards and GLOBALG.A.P. which is a global certification scheme supporting producers and their buyers with the implementation of Good Agricultural Practices (G.A.P.) on farms.
Ethical Standards in Agriculture
This course provides an overview of ethical standards that apply in agriculture, and the content is aligned to the Ethical Trade Initiative (ETI) and SIZA ethical standards as well as international labour organisation (ILO) requirements.
Module 1: History of South Africa and the ANC
The Political School’s first online training course will consist of six modules. The first module you will do covers the history of South Africa from pre-colonial times until 1912, and the history of the ANC from 1912 until 1994.
Module 1: History of South Africa and the ANC (Offline Users)
The Political School’s first online training course will consist of six modules. The first module you will do covers the history of South Africa from pre-colonial times until 1912, and the history of the ANC from 1912 until 1994.