Previous job-titles include HR Officer – Bombela Operating Company (Gautrain), Senior HR Coordinator – ALS Chemex, HR Officer – Specialised Services Group, and General Administrator for Fridgetech CC. I have a BA degree majoring in Psychology and Archaeology (WITS) and a higher certificate (NQF6) in HR Management (UNISA), and have several years’ experience in the HR field in the manufacturing, security, specialist mining, and rapid rail transport sectors. I have had experience in managing BEE verification, as well as succession-planning to ensure that targets are achieved and continuity is managed effectively. I have experience in recruitment, from the initial job design, through advertising and short-listing, to interviewing, and final selection. In addition, I have experience in performance management during probationary periods. I have extensive experience with disciplinary issues, including misconduct dismissals. I also have experience with retrenchments / operational requirement dismissals, incapacity issues, and poor performance issues. I have extensive CCMA experience at both conciliation and arbitration levels with a high level of success at arbitration. I also have experience in payroll, having assisted the HR Administrators at both ALS Chemex and SSG with VIP, as well as manually calculating salaries from time-cards at Fridgetech cc. I attended a course at SAGE/VIP on Employee Management. I have previously had formal interactions with SATAWU, NUM, AMCU and UNTU, and have also handled initial approaches from smaller unions.