AFRI-COAST and its employees
acknowledge that past legislation and practice discriminated against people
of colour, women and disabled people and places them at a disadvantage in the
work environment hence our compliance with the provisions of the South
African Employment Equity Act of 1998 to prevent unfair discrimination and
promote affirmative action in the Company.
To ensure this,Employees in
AFRI-COAST are appointed only to meaningful positions, meaning positions that
are
necessary and make a meaningful
contribution to the business objectives.
The appointed staff have competencies
and/or the potential necessary to perform the job at an acceptable level.
Affirmative action is being implemented at all levels in the Company and
AFRICOAST recently announced steps undertaken in the company transformation
process in terms of both shareholding and management structures.
A share option scheme has been
developed to accelerate staff participation in ownership to reflect our
representative staff complement.
“Afri-Coast has restructured its
business in line with it’s employment equity principles to transfer ownership
of 41% equity of its business to full-time previously disadvantaged employees
with effect from 1 August 2002.
This has resulted in all key technical and
administrative staff having shareholding, control and management in the
enterprise.”
Afri-coast is recognised as
the employer of choice in the arena of engineering servicesw with reference
to its diverse fields of specialist services. We are currently undergoing
exciting strategic transformation, which will greatly enhance our future
growth prospects.
"We perform work with highly skilled
engineering staff on vmajor regional projects"
Employment opportunities are
considered on merit while providing opportunities for individuals from the
disadvantaged communities in South Africa.
AFRI-COAST Engineers supports and
promotes Affirmative Action and empowerment as effectively as possible.
We comply with the provisions of the
South African Employment Equity Act of 1998 to prevent unfair discrimination
and promote affirmative action in the Company. Afri-Coast Engineers currently
employs a permanent staff of 24 of which 21% are female and 62% are
historically disadvantaged individuals.
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| Professional Engineers |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Professional Technologists |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| Graduate engineers and scientists |
3 |
0
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2
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| Technologists |
1 |
1
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0
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| Technicians |
6 |
4
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1
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| CAD Operators |
2
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1
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1
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| Student Technicians |
3
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3
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1
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| Technical Support |
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| Administrative Support |
7 |
4
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6
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Individual employees are encouraged
to take responsibility for their own development, with the Company providing
appropriate resources and support for employees with the need and potential
for development, where such development is mutually beneficial to both the
Company and individual.
Employees are trained or developed to
perform their current jobs effectively before being considered for
advancement.
We have developed a systematic
approach aimed at constantly improving technical, managerial and
administrative competence, as well as transferring company ownership and
control to Historically Disadvantaged Individuals.
This initiative has created a pool of
highly skilled engineers, technologists and technicians within the company.
Joint consultation between management and staff has lead to continuous cost
reduction and improved performance, service excellence, quality, safety and
staff morale.
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| 1. HDI Ownership of company |
Yes |
100%
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| 2. Training Programmes |
Yes
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Ongoing
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| 3. Racial and Gender Equality |
Yes |
Ongoing
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| 4. Networking with HDI companies |
Yes |
Ongoing |
| 5. Project Empowerment Programme |
Yes |
Continuous on project basis |
6. In-Service Training
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Yes
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Ongoing
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