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Track Record

• Current contracts:

FTC has been contracted by Chevron Angola, one of the world's largest integrated energy companies, to implement training programmes for their executive (middle, senior and administrative) staff. Our highly qualified facilitators conduct programmes in Business Administration, Leadership, Management, Human Capital Development (Training-of-Trainers), Financial Management and Strategic Planning, both in South Africa and in Luanda and Cabinda in Angola. FTC has previously been supported in placing students in job shadow programmes by the Department of Economic Development and Tourism.

FTC is currently implementing its Integrated Life Management course to middle and senior-management individuals, administrators and technicians of Schlumberger, a leading international oilfields service provider. These delegates are existing staff and new recruits from countries across Africa, including Angola, Gabon, Chad and the DRC. The Integrated Life Management course is a dynamic and highly interactive 2-day programme consisting of the following modules: Goal Setting and Planning; Time Management; Conflict Management and Organisational Cultures. Independent research has shown that new recruits who participate in the ILM course fair better, not only in Schlumberger’s Orientation programme but in their respective jobs as well.

Since 2007 FTC was responsible for project management and delivery of a leadership programme to 200 school managers who graduated with an Advance Certificate in School Leadership in December 2009 on behalf of the University of Cape Town (UCT).  This programme was spear-headed by the Minister of Education and funded by the national Department of Education and the Western Cape Education Department. FTC provided resources, such as project management and co-ordination, materials development, lecturing, assessment, mentoring services and administrative and logistical support for this important initiative. External evaluations completed point to UCT’s programme, as run by FTC, as ‘the best’ in South Africa.

Now that the field-testing has been completed, Noel Daniels and Jackie Esau is currently providing lecturing, mentoring, assessment and moderation services to 75 of the 250 students currently enrolled on this programme at UCT.

For the second time the ETDP SETA has contracted FTC to conduct the HETC: Development Practice learnership for 44 learners across the Cape Metropole area. For this year long learnership, FTC provides materials development, facilitation, assessment and mentoring and administrative services. The learners were selected from various NGO’s, inter alia CANSA, Future Factory, Youth Unplugged, etc from a range of socio-economic backgrounds. FTC completed the first learnership in 2009 to 23 learners.

• Previous long-term contracts:

FTC implemented a national Supervisory Development Programme to supervisory staff of the Road Accident Fund. This encompassed the design and development of 5 modules and the facilitation of contact sessions that took place simultaneously in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Pretoria, East London and Durban. This programme was to provide necessary competencies and improve practices to the Insurance sector, Public service and the Leadership pipeline. The subjects of the modules include: Leading for Business Performance in the Public Sector; Customer Orientation; Building your Personal Brand; Lead and Develop Talent and Leading Change and Transformation. The programme started in October 2010 and ran until July 2011.

FTC worked with The Bryan Slingers Partnership to deliver empowerment programmes to school leaders between June 2008 and June 2009, called the Take Beyond Programme. The project involved 40 principals of schools along the Klipfontein Corridor from Khayelitsha to Mowbray, Cape Town. Our interventions were rated as ‘highly successful’, with extensive praise coming from the school principals and the sponsors.

Jazzart Dance Theatre, one of South Africa’s premier dance companies, in partnership with FTC, implemented an Academic Support Programme to secure employability for their dancers into the future. In this visionary programme FTC was responsible for the academic achievements of the company and trainee dancers, providing lecturing, tutoring, materials, training, administrative, logistic and assessment support services, including career-path counselling to this end.

The 8 of the students were enrolled with UNISA, on an Adult Basic Education and Training Practitioners’ Higher Diploma. A further 6 were enrolled in FTC’s own Higher Education and Training Certificate: Development Practices qualification and were also exposed to a selection of our short courses. We are pleased to report that we have had a 100% pass rate on the HETC: Community Development qualification.

FTC’s delivery of the Paraffin Safety Association of Southern Africa’s (PASASA) Community Champions training programme and subsequent mentoring programme with their regional managers across South Africa broke new ground. The application of our blended methodology of face-to-face, telephonic and electronic support via our own Online Learning Environment was considered the most effective approach ever applied in PASASA’s history.

The Wholesale and Retail SETA, is an agent of transformation by providing employment equity and broad-based BEE through skills development. The Fundamentals Training Centre was chosen as one of 6 providers to provide training to 300 learners in the Western Cape, as part of the Ikusasa Project. This national project aimed at training 1 800 Grade 12 throughout South Africa to enable them to access the labour market. The 60 learners trained by FTC were successfully placed at various retail outlets.

• Short Courses:

FTC successfully (based on evaluations completed and on file) delivered various short courses to a range of clients. These courses included:

• An accredited Plan and Facilitate an Adult learning Event Skills Programme for the Sign Language Education and Development to 16 hearing impaired learners who will be teaching hearing learners how to use sign language. This programme was aligned to the Unit Standards: Plan an adult learning event and Facilitate an adult learning event.
• A Personal Management Course for delegates on the SMILES project of the Institute for Mathematics and Science Teaching of the University of Stellenbosch. The topics covered included change management, conflict management; time and stress management. Team building components were also interposed into the programme in the forms of dance movement and Djembe drumming sessions.
• An accredited Entrepreneurship and Business Plans Skills Programme, aligned to the Unit Standards: Demonstrate an understanding of entrepreneurship and develop entrepreneurial qualities and Demonstrate an understanding of a general business plan and adapt it to a selected business idea for Steenberg Community Learning Centre for 22 learners located in the Steenberg area and surrounds.
• A Dynamic Leaders Training Course for the management and supervisory staff of JF Jooste Hospital.
• FTC conducted an accredited Event Management Training Programme for 22 data capturers for the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sports. The programme is aligned to the Unit Standard: Plan Advocacy Campaign and Workshop in Development Practice. On completion of this programme, the learners will be awarded with a Certificate of Competence for this unit standard.
• An accredited Training-of-Trainer course for the Employment Equity Co-ordinator of Metropolitan Life.
• A Life Skills Training Course for 30 data captures of the Department of Public Works and Transport. Units in the programme included Personal Self-Management, Financial Management, Time Management HIV/Aids Awareness and Team-building.
• A Business Communication Techniques course for participants entering the job market, sponsored by the South African Oil and Gas Alliance.
• A Professional Development Workshop for the staff of the Robben Island Museum. This included Conflict Management, Team Building and Goal Setting. The highly interactive sessions integrated metaphors from arts and culture (dancing, drumming and painting) to inject creativity and excitement into the informative theoretical and practical sessions.
• A workshop to SMME’s on Support for Levy Paying Organisations for the ETDP SETA.
• Conducted a Decision-making and Problem Solving Course to the supervisory and management team of Sechaba Medical Solutions.
• Delivered a Time and Stress Management and an Email Writing Course to the 12 supervisors and staff of Sechaba Medical Solutions.
• Delivered an intensive Time Management Workshop with 18 managers, teachers and support staff of Eurocentres.
• Conducting HIV/AIDS Research in Limpopo and the Free State Provinces (C.A.R.E. International)
• Conducting a Mentorship Programme for the Municipal Manager of the Overberg District of the Western Cape. (Department of Local Government and Housing)
• An accredited Business Writing Skills Course for 30 members for the Department of Safety and Security (City of Cape Town)
• A Report Writing Course for 15 officials in the Housing Department. (City of Cape Town)
• A Policy Development Course to 15 key head office staff. (Western Cape Education Department)
• A Promotion of Literacy course delivered to 25 educators. (Western Cape Education Department)
• Training to 75 teachers in Assessment Strategies. (Western Cape Education Department )
• A Professional Development Course to 100 members of school management teams. (Western Cape Education Department)