3rd Global Networking Conference on RECP in Developing Countries

04-05 September 2013

Hotel Suisse Majestic

NCPC-SA SUSTAINABLE INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME…

NCPC-SA MANDATE…

The Department of Trade & Industry’s resource efficiency programme to enhance manufacturing industry competitiveness through the mechanism of:

• water, materials and energy efficiency • waste management

that potentially contribute to industrial development, localisation, economic growth and job creation .

The DTI Green Industries Chief Directorate’s main objective is to promote the industrial development of South African Industry Sector, and improve the resource efficiency (RECP) of key strategic industries in South Africa with a strong emphasis on building its productive capacity in partnership with stakeholders and aligned with the New Growth Path’s target of 300 000 additional direct jobs by 2020 to green the economy, with 80 000 in manufacturing and the rest in construction, operations and maintenance of new environmentally friendly infrastructure

The dti Green Industry Unit Main Objective

The DTI’s Green industries

Current Focus Areas

• Renewable Energy and Nuclear Energy• Energy and Resource Efficiency and Cleaner

Production• Waste Management and Recycling• Water and Waste Water Industries• Industrial Climate Change Response

Measures?

Green Skills

Job Creation Potential

INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME THAT PROMOTES GREEN

PRODUCTIVITY...

Purpose of Sustainable Internship Programme:

Integrating talented engineering graduates into the mainstream economy that combine academic training with “real world experience” and application through skills and technology transfer with a specific focus on green productivity“To get the economy growing again, we need to fire the MBAs and let the engineers run the show”- you know who repeated it!

INTERNS WITH MENTOR & PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM..

OBJECTIVES OF PROGRAMME…

• Addressing specific industry resource efficiency needs around critical skills gaps by integrating engineering graduates into the mainstream economy

• Builds and reinforces relationships between Tertiary Educational Institutions and industry

• Heightens the awareness of environmental management and RECP practices and to induce a commitment from companies to improve environmental performance in utility usage, raw material utilisation, waste minimisation and housekeeping

• Developing the skills and capacity of young, talented engineering graduates towards employability

STRATEGIC FOCUS…KEY FOCUS AREA STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE KEY ACTIVITY

Green Skills Development of Graduate Engineers through a structured and project-based internship Programme

Support the creation of green jobs

that offers best practice resource

efficiency tools to promote

environmental performance and

economic benefits within the key

strategic sectors

• Offer interns training in

RECP and Energy Efficiency

• Recruit & place graduate

engineering interns with

industry

• Project Implementation

OUTCOMES & IMPACT DESIREDDept: 6-8 month Internship No. of persons: 30 Duration Period: 2010-2012

• Supplementing engineering graduates qualifications with job experience in green scarce skills• Enhancing the employability status of newly qualified graduate engineers• Increase access to knowledge, skills, technology and best practices in RECP• Low cost and no cost implementation of cost saving opportunities resulting in both economic and environmental

savings• Placement/Employment of interns• Company buy-ins to employ interns and contributing in-kind to the development of graduates• 82% of interns employed over three years• Actual cost savings through RECP implementation realised over R30m in savings

INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME OUTCOMES & BENEFITS

Gaining Industry Experience

Employability through green skills opportunity

Resource Efficiency Implementation

Bottom line Savings through green

productivity improvement

Intern

TRAINING PROGRAMME…

• One Month In-house Training In:– Use of RECP tools & applications– Energy Assessment Methodology– Basic Business Skills– Project Management Principles– Presentation Skills

• Two day Energy Management Systems Training• Interns attend a few Energy Systems

Optimisation Courses in Compressed Air, Pumps, Motors and Steam

TRAINING PROGRAMME…

• Placement with a company for 6-8 months under the mentorship of a technical mentor and company mentor:– In-plant Assessment and identifying RECP cost

saving opportunities that require implementation;– Bi-weekly interactive group sessions– Monthly reports and feedback– Company visits and plant tours– Presentations to company leadership– Certificate Award Presentation– Student Placement

• Identify and recruit company participants• Enter into Memorandum of Agreement (Secondment)• Identify an internal mentor• Agree company enrolment into full programme• Appoint and RECP specialist as a mentor• Student Recruitment and Appointment• Student match to companies• Project Inception meeting• Presentation to Company on Programme Objectives • Half Day training to company in RECP • Project Implementation• Presentation on Outcomes & Achievements & Deliverables• Student Placement

KEY PROCESS STEPS…

SUCCESS OUTCOMES…

• Confident, capacitated, intrapreneurial and employable placement candidates

• Over three years, 30 candidates successfully participated in the programme over periods of 6-8 months

• Evident company adoption and uptake of RECP and experiencing the real benefits of RECP and demonstrating environmental responsibility

• With an investment of about R3.0m, the programme generated potential cost savings in energy, materials, water efficiency and waste reduction of over R40m with over 60% of the projects implemented

• 87% of the interns were either placed or employed in the industry soon after the programme-this is significant in a country with a 25% unemployment rate of which the 18-35 year olds are the most affected

• Demand from companies to participate has increased with 30 interns participating in 2013/14 over three regions

• Positive social outcomes through employment creation

WHAT IS IN IT FOR THE COMPANIES?

Cost savings through reduced wastage of energy, water and materials

Improved operating efficiency of the plant

Better product quality and consistency

Recovery of some wasted materials (Reuse)

Possibility to improve the working environment (health and safety)

Improvement of the enterprise’s image

Better compliance with environmental regulations

Cost savings on end-of-pipe waste treatment

New and improved market opportunities

CERTIFICATE AWARD CEREMONY…

Thank You

Reuben Kadalie

rkadalie@csir.co.za

Tel. 021 6582776Cell: 082 5785314

www.ncpc.co.za