Logistics company sets up training academy

Turners Shipping has put its

money where its mouth is in

terms of skills development

with the

launch of

Turners

Training

Academy.

Although

it is early

days, Turners

Shipping MD

Blain Kondiah

has big

plans for the

academy: “We

have registered our training

materials with the Transport

Education and Training

Authority (Teta), and our goal

is to be able to provide training

outside of the company and

eventually employ full-time

training staff.”

So far around 150 Turners

Shipping staff have attended a

range of courses from customs

procedure to Incoterms. Their

exam papers are moderated

by an external examiner

and the results sent to the

Teta.

“We are planning to

extend the training

to customer

employees,” says the

academy’s training

coordinator, Rene

Naidoo. “Many

businesses don’t have the

resources to do extensive

in-house training, and with

the Teta endorsement and our

expertise and knowledge of the

industry the

academy is well

placed to offer

the necessary

training.”

As this is

an approved

Seta training

provider,

businesses

will be able to

get financial

support from

the Teta when their staff

attend the academy’s courses,

says Naidoo.

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We are planning to

extend the training to

customer employees.

– René Naidoo