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It is extremely important that your ABET Programme includes some form of support and ongoing motivation. Learners might struggle or learn slowly.

It is therefore necessary for the facilitator and organisation to:

• Be made aware of such problems
• Deal with learning difficulties
• Know when personal difficulties are being experienced

Your ABET provider should be able to:

• Identify relevant areas of difficulties
• Inform you timorously of difficulties
• Support learners and the organization with such difficulties

The most common situations that may arise and require some forward planning are usually dropouts, strikes, severe learning difficulties such as dyslexia, retrenchment, ill health, poor attendance amongst others.

Our Recommendations :

• Ensure that counselling is available for dropouts and learners with severe learning difficulties
• Consider implementing policies for strikes and\or retrenchments
• Ensure that a policy is in place for leave due to ill-health
• Support counselling for poor attendances

The quality assurance of your programme is extremely important. Your ABET provider should assume responsibility for the company's quality assurance for you in terms of the following:

• The attendance of every learner must be good. If it is not, follow up quickly on these problems
• Follow up every day (in the beginning) so that the programme starts promptly and runs smoothly
• Visit classes from time to time. Spend 10 minutes in the lesson to show your support and interest
• Give interesting and relevant feedback to all stakeholders after you receive the monthly report
• Verbally acknowledge learners for good achievements. If the department heads in your company are made aware of the achievements, they can do this too
• Meet regularly with a training steering committee to iron out issues before they become problems
• Offer incentives other than just certificates at the end of the programme such as a prize for the best attendees, recognition of most improved learners, a half way party that recognizes achievements to date
• Organize an awards ceremony at the end of every level. This is the greatest recognition the learners can receive from their company. Invite department heads, management and shop stewards and, if possible, other employees too.

Our Recommendations :

• Deal effectively with every issue in early stages so that it can be managed and solved before it becomes a unmanageable problem.
• Learners thrive on recognition - it does not have to be in the form of money!
• It is worthwhile to appoint a Steering Committee
• Make a "big deal" out of the certification sessions
• Allow Level Four's to see opportunities that could be available to them after NQF 1.

We trust that these tips will help you in structuring a worthwhile ABET project.

ABET gives life to people!