“Wine producers and cellars have trained their employees for many years, but have not been able to measure the impact of growth and the value they add to the industry. As a result, they were also unable to maximise their return on investment,” says Kachné Ross, learning and development manager at Winetech, the business unit for research and technology transfer driving the LMS.
Because training has never been captured in one central place, the full extent of learning and development in the wine industry is unknown. Some learners who received training also did not have access to proof of their qualifications or service record.
With these challenges in mind, the wine and brandy industry developed the internet-based LMS. The database enables training service providers to advertise their services and upload learners’ information and proof of qualification as they complete training. As soon as a service provider has uploaded a learner’s details for the first time, he or she can log into the system to view their own online Curriculum Vitae and download qualification documentation.
Wine producers and cellars can use the LMS to seek training service providers and identify opportunities for learning and development in their businesses, from farm worker to management level. The system also enables wine and brandy industry organisations to identify trends and strategically plan for training and development in regions or for specific groups where gaps are detected.
The LMS forms part of a comprehensive learning and development strategy as a product of the Wine Industry Strategic Exercise (WISE). The project was made possible through close collaboration between and funding by the industry bodies VinPro, the SA Liquor Brandowners’ Association (Salba) and Winetech, and is managed by the new Learning and Development Desk at Winetech.
According to Kachné, the LMS will have a significant effect on industry’s approach towards training. “The wine and brandy industry strives towards being an employer of choice for talented individuals. We urge every role player in the industry to take part in this initiative to take talent development to the next level,” she says.
Visit the LMS at www.sawineandbrandylms.info.
ENQUIRIES:
Kachné Ross
Winetech Learning and Development Manager
Tel: +27.21 276 0450
E-mail: lms@winetech.co.za
Wynopleiding op jou vingerpunte
Die Suid-Afrikaanse wyn- en brandewynbedryf kan nou alle vordering rondom opleiding en ontwikkeling in een sentrale plek vasvang en vind danksy die bekendstelling van ʼn intydse Leerderbestuurstelsel (LMS).
“Wynprodusente en kelders lei reeds jare lank hul mense op, maar was tot dusver nie in staat om die effek van hierdie groei en die waarde wat dit tot die wynbedryf toevoeg te meet nie. Dit beteken ook dat hulle nie hul beleggingsopbrengs kon optimaliseer nie,” sê Kachné Ross, leer- en ontwikkelingsbestuurder by Winetech, die besigheidseenheid vir navorsing en tegnologie wat die LMS dryf.
Omdat opleiding tot dusver nie op ʼn sentrale plek vasgelê is nie, is die volle omvang daarvan onbekend. Sommige leerders wat opleiding ontvang het, beskik ook nie oor bewyse van hul opleiding, kwalifikasies of diensrekord nie.
Met hierdie uitdagings in gedagte het die wyn- en brandewynbedryf die internetgebaseerde LMS ontwikkel. Die stelsel stel opleidingsinstansies in staat om hul dienste te adverteer en laai kwalifikasiebewyse op die stelsel soos leerders opgelei word. Sodra ʼn diensverskaffer ʼn leerder se besonderhede vir die eerste keer op die stelsel gelaai het, kan hy of sy op die stelsel inteken om toegang tot hul eie intydse Curriculum Vitae en kwalifikasie-dokumentasie te verkry.
Wynprodusente en kelders kan die LMS gebruik om opleidingsdiensverskaffers op te spoor en geleenthede vir leer en ontwikkeling in hul besighede te identifiseer, van die plaaswerker tot op bestuursvlak. Bedryfsorganisasies is in staat om tendense te identifiseer en kan daardeur beter strategies beplan vir opleiding en ontwikkeling in gebiede waar leemtes bestaan.
Die LMS vorm deel van ʼn omvattende leer- en ontwikkelingstrategie wat uit die Wine Industry Strategic Exercise (WISE) spruit. Die projek is moontlik gemaak deur noue samewerking van en befondsing deur die bedryfsorganisasies VinPro, die SA Liquor Brandowners’ Association (Salba) en Winetech, en word bestuur deur ʼn nuwe Leer- en Ontwikkelingstoonbank by Winetech.
Volgens Kachné sal die LMS ʼn wesenlike effek hê op die manier waarop die bedryf opleiding vorentoe benader. “Die wyn- en brandewynbedryf strewe daarna om ʼn voorkeur-werkgewer vir talentvolle mense te wees. Ons moedig elke rolspeler in die bedryf aan om by die projek in te skakel sodat ons saam aan talentontwikkeling nuwe momentum kan gee,” sê sy.
Besoek die LMS by www.sawineandbrandylms.info.
NAVRAE:
Kachné Ross
Winetech Leer- en Ontwikkelingsbestuurder
Tel: +27.21 276 0450
E-pos: lms@winetech.co.za