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Blue Sticker Training
domestic worker training and placements
Training 21st June
Posted by on June 23, 2011
Session 1 – 21st of June!
What a privilege to train these women and see their self-confidence increase as they gain skills for their workplace.
SETA Accreditation
Posted by on April 18, 2011
Anyone who has attempted SERVICES SETA Accreditation knows what a harrowing and time-consuming process it is. The paperwork alone could sink a battle ship – they require information about every aspect of the business seeking accreditation- everything from a ten year projection budget to your dogs birth certificate.
We are now deep into the forest of our accreditation treasure hunt, so to speak, and should reap some rewards in not too long. We’ll keep you updated.
The course content itself is all based on SETA Unit standards and is thus comprehensive and pitch perfect for the learners themselves.
We will be covering content such as:
Cleaning Components
Environment, Tools and Chemicals
Tasks List
Chemicals and Equipment Lists
Cleaning principals and end of shift duties
Safety in the working environment
Power Supplies
Fire extinguishing
Water stop valves
Child and pet safety
How to prevent accidents
Household Security
Security features in the home
Receiving visitors
How to react and who to call
Taking written/oral messages
Quality in Record Keeping
Problem Solving & Quality Improvement
Record/supplies keeping
Managing Personal Finances
Payslips
Needs and Wants
Impulse buying
Saving, Fixed and Variable Expenses
Comparing Prices
Budgeting
Personal Banking
New Business Ideas
Pride versus Service
Home versus Work
Self worth & Confidence
Relationship Building
Resentment versus Motivation
Course Content – Household Domestic Course
Posted by on April 15, 2011
It’s important that your domestic worker understands the difference between the various types of detergents found in the home.
Neutral detergents, Alkaline detergents and Acidic detergents are all used for different purposes, at different times.
If alkaline detergents are used near eating utensils, for example, this will cause health problems for you and your family. 
Neutral detergents will not be effective for bathroom germs, and should be used primarily for the dishes.
This is an example of the content we will be covering in the course – instruction ranging from the basic essentials, all the way through to the more complex workings of a household. Essentials for any domestic worker to learn about!
Book soon for our next course – email andrea@dimanage.com or call +27824905467
Domestic Worker Act South Africa
Posted by on April 15, 2011
The Domestic Workers Act – South Africa
The Act sets out minimum wages for domestics and specifies working conditions such as hours of work, overtime pay, salary increases, deductions, annual and sick leave.
This legislation also lists the urban areas (classified as A Areas) where one minimum wage applies. A second minimum wage applies to domestic workers in non-urban areas (B Areas).
The Department of Labour has an online section focusing on domestic workers where one can find additional information on the act, conditions of employment, contracts, unemployment insurance and others.
What is the minimum wage?
Domestic workers working in designated urban areas for more than 27 hours per week should receive R1 340.95 per month, at an hourly rate of R6.88, while those working in designated non-urban areas should receive R1 097.40 per month, at an hourly rate of R5.63.
Domestic workers working in designated urban areas for 27 hours or less per week should receive R949.97 per month at an hourly rate of R8.12, while those in designated non-urban areas should receive R778 per month, at R6.65 per hour.
What else do I need to know?
According to the legislation, domestics should work no more than 45 hours a week, and should not work more than nine hours a day if they work a five-day week, or more than eight hours a day if they work for more than five days a week.
Domestics should work no more than 15 hours a week overtime, and no more than three hours on any one day. They should also receive double pay on Sundays or public holidays.
Employers whose domestics live on the property may deduct 10% of their salary for accommodation, providing the accommodation complies with the minimum standards laid down in the legislation.
An employer wishing to dismiss a worker must give a week of notice if the domestic has been employed for six months or less and four weeks’ notice if he or she has worked for more than six months.
Domestics are also entitled to severance pay of one week for each year of service, as well as four months’ unpaid maternity leave.
All employers must register their employees for the unemployment insurance fund, and are advised to sign an employment contract with their domestic worker.
Domestic workers and their employers must contribute 1 percent of the wages to the Unemployment Insurance Fund as from 1 April 2003. The only condition of this is that the domestic worker works more than 24 hours a month. Registration cannot be backdated.
* Where one household employs more than one domestic worker, only one domestic employer registration is necessary.
* If a domestic worker is employed by more than one employer each employer must register separately and ensure that the domestic worker is registered. This also applies to agents or bookkeepers administering the affairs of more than one domestic employer.
* Separate registrations are also required in cases where a commercial employer is also a domestic employer. Registration and payment of contributions of domestic workers may not be included in that of a commercial enterprise.
* People employed by businesses that are run from private households are not regarded as domestic workers.
* People employed by corporate entities as gardeners or cleaners in housing complexes are also not regarded as being employed in private households.
* Companies, Close Corporations, Partnerships and any other Corporate Bodies are not domestic employers.
* It is deemed fraud when beneficiaries who are receiving benefits return to work, but fail to inform the Fund about their new status and continue to draw benefits.
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more info can be found on http://www.labour.gov.za/
Domestic Worker Training in Cape Town
Posted by on April 15, 2011
Hello friends and colleagues
Our company is running a domestic worker training course, starting on the 3rd of May. This course is specifically focused on domestic workers in the home.
It deals with cleaning and managing a household, child and pet care, household security, safety issues, as well as some great content for personally developing the women – educating them in things like banking and starting a small business.
It costs R250 a session, per learner, and there are four sessions in the full course. The full course outline is attached to this email.
Contact Andrea on 0824905467 or email andrea@dimanage.com for more information.
Train the Nation!
Posted by on April 15, 2011
It is the beginning of a new company, founded on the principals of love and mutual respect.
It all started about 2 years ago with a dream about training domestic workers to do their jobs effectively; with increased skill levels and job fulfillment.
Time passed and I have finally been given the opportunity to make the dream into a reality.
And here begins Blue Sticker Training.
The course material is written, the process of SETA accreditation has begun and now it just comes down to gathering the learners. The umbrella company which is funding the running of Blue Sticker until it is self sufficient, DI Manage, will be hosting the first training course – running from the 29th of March to the 19th of April.
Each session of the course happens during one full day, for 4 consecutive weeks.
It is priced at R250 per session for household domestics and R500 a session for office cleaners and tea-ladies.
(course outline and further details below)
