The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) wishes to recruit students for its learnership programme which is aimed at providing young graduates with practical and theoretical training to prepare them for future employment opportunities.

The learnership programme will assist Nersa in building a pool of scarce skills from which it can recruit employees based on its operational requirements. The duration of the Nersa Learnership programme will be 12 months and will come into effect February 2012.

Learners chosen will be required to enter into a 12 month contract with Nersa (with no guarantee of permanent employment thereafter, but the opportunity will be considered on merit).

The learnership programme will be provided in the regulatory functions namely; electricity, piped-gas and petroleum pipelines industries.

Learners will obtain a national certificate in energy regulation after successful completion of the learnership programme. The learners will not receive a salary but will be awarded an allowance of R4950.00 a month for the duration of the learnership programme.

Eligibility requirements

Learners are required from the following fields/disciplines:

Engineering (Electrical, chemical and industrial) economics and accounting. Furthermore, applicants are required to:

• Be between the ages of 21 to 30
• Be able to speak and read and write English
• Have completed a degree or diploma or relevant FET certificate
• Not be studying at another institution
• Not be registered on any other learnership
• Not have criminal or bad credit record

Recruitment process

The closing date for applications is 1 December 2011.If you have not been contacted within 1 month of the closing date , please consider the application unsuccessful.

Applications

Applications should be forwarded via email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . For further enquiries, contact MS Elizabeth Molefe on 012 401 4712

*People with disabilities are welcome to apply.

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