Experience

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  Self-employed

  • Johannesburg

  • Consultant

    • Aug 2014 - Present
    • Johannesburg

    Consulting in Management and Human Resource Strategy. Available for 3 year or 5 year contract in a full time General Management position in industry or service industry.I have consulted in a wide range of industries and companies.

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  Eigenbau (Pty) Ltd

  • General Manager

    • 2009 - Aug 2014

    I was employed to manage the office, administrative and compliance functions like Human Resources, Labour Relations, the Construction Industry Development Board and BBBEE. This allowed the Managing Director to give his full attention to the contracts and construction operations. The family-owned ...

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  Human Resource Strategies

  • HR Strategist

    • 2005 - 2009

    Consulting to companies on strategic HR issues. Alignment of HR practices with the developing HR environment. I matched job performance criteria from the workplace with the competence outcomes on the National Qualifications Framework for performance appraisal and to identify training needs for a...

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  FIETA

  • CEO

    • 2001 - 2005

    Contracted to be interim CEO after serious fraud at FIETA. Took steps to stabilise FIETA and restore credibilty. The SCOPA report to Parliament a year later commended the management and staff of FIETA for achieving a clean audit. Chaired Steering Committee for a R104 million National Skills Fund ...

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  Building Industries Federation of South Africa ...

  • Midrand

  • General Manager Education and Training and Deputy Director

    • 1992 - 2000
    • Midrand

    I was responsible for two BIFSA Colleges that trained over 80% of the apprentices in the building industries, as well as a management development programme to develop management skills and entrepreneurship.I initiated a move from institutional skills training to on-site and on-the-job training, w...

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  Timber Industries Manpower Services (TIMS)

  • Manager; General Manager; Managing Director

    • 1977 - 1992

    I started a Forestry Training Centre in Sabie for the Section 21 Company owned by the Forestry Council. I was promoted to General Manager, then Managing Director. During this time I brought Trainability Testing to South Africa, after a visit to the British Forestry Commission and the Industrial T...

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  Youth for Christ

  • Pretoria

  • Regional Director

    • 1970 - 1977
    • Pretoria

    Regional Director for Pretoria and Northern Transvaal. Director of National Film Library in the days before television in South Africa.

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  Department of Forestry

  • South Africa

  • Student Forester; Forester; Harvesting Forester (now Forest Engineering)

    • 1963 - 1970
    • South Africa

    After achieving my Diploma (cum laude) I spent a yaer in plantation managed and then was transferred to work with a highly respected expert in forest engineering at the Department of Forestry's Head Office in Pretoria. From there I was involved in trouble-shooting harvesting problems country...