EOH Work Readiness Initiative - Narrative Reports 2014 - 2015 Aug. 2014 | Page 15

INTERIM NARRATIVE REPORT FROM EOH

WHAT WORKPLACES AND
LEARNING SITES WERE
SELECTED?
LEARNING SITES
The five day workshop component of this programme
was delivered in 17 different locations across South
Africa. See Appendix 2 for a breakdown of the learners
by learning groups, showing the number of learners in
each group, the dates their learning occurred on and the
geographical location.

AUGUST 2014

ASSESSMENT
Evaluation of the impact of the workplace readiness
programme is measured through a survey to both
mentor and learner, over the 7 weeks of the measured
workplace experience. An EOH assessor will also
conduct a final evaluation interview with each learner
and mentor in the last week of the programme.
In the next half of the Rockefeller project, assessments
and evaluations will be correlated in order to seek trends
and data that assists in furthering an understanding of
the learners development requirements, host employers
requirements and dynamics in the workplace and the
approach to the workplace readiness programme overall.

Pages from the WOW Learner Guide

WORKPLACES
There are currently 74 employers hosting learners who
have participated directly or indirectly on the programme.
These organisations include large national government
departments, state-owned enterprises, large corporates
and medium-small IT consulting firms, and are available
on request.

PROJECT PLANNING
A Project Implementation Plan (PIMP) is developed
for the implementation of each group of learners. This
plan governs the actions of all parties, including EOH
project management, support, training and assessment
resources, the host or employer, supervisors and
colleagues, and the learner. This ensures the workplace
readiness programme is aligned to the technical training
and workplace experience of the learner and their path
to gaining a qualification and sustainable employment
prospects.

WORKPLACE COORDINATION
All learners are placed in suitable workplaces for the
experiential learning aspects of the programme. In order
to ensure the experience is guided to a constructive
outcome, EOH WPL makes a Workplace Support
C