WHILE IT concentrates on medium and senior management training, the JCCI (Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry) is noticing a growing number
of enquiries for beginner courses, according to Joan Warburton-McBride, manager of the membership division.
A lot of entrepreneurs who are just setting off in business are looking for applicable courses to help them along, she said.
In its in-house training syllabuses, McBride describes the trend in import management as a steady stream for the last 16-years.
But exports are more up-and-down. Some courses full, some empty, she said. Disappointing, she added. We know there's a need because our trade department people are continually having to field all sorts of questions.
The supplementary workshops are also something feeding a distinct market demand. Critical issues - like VAT and labour legislation - always see floods of delegates, said McBride.
But for longer courses there's a definite slowness amongst industry. A reluctance in companies to spend the money, is what McBride attributes this to.
How the Skills Development Bill will affect training in the long-term sense is difficult to say, she said. But it should motivate more training consciousness in business and industry.
In the freight and trading arena, however, McBride acknowledges that this sector has really begun to get its training act into gear.
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