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Des Cross
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Des Cross replied to Des Squire's discussion What is the role of the SDF in your organisation? How qualified is he/she?"Hi Des,
Thank you for your article.
I have been an internal SDF for a year now.
Although I have certain relevant qualifiactions, I am keen to add to them.
I do not have time to follow the course route but I would find value in RPL.
Have you any…"
Des Cross liked Des Squire's discussion What is the role of the SDF in your organisation? How qualified is he/she?Des Cross joined sylvia hammond's group
The Learnership Group
Skills-universe members who are on a Learnership or have an interest in learnerships. Including information on IT Learnerships, learnerships for 2013, all the latest learnership news, and lots more.See More
Des Cross liked Hannes Nel's discussion The importance of cognitive thinking for the improvement of our educational systemDes Cross replied to sylvia hammond's discussion Education standards: are we undervaluing our children? in the group Basic and Higher Education"At our school in Bhisho we selected talented underprivileged students into grade 10 with a promise of tertiary education when they completed matric. To our horror, we discovered that many students who joined us had had an appalling education up to…"
Des Cross replied to sylvia hammond's discussion Education standards: are we undervaluing our children? in the group Basic and Higher Education"Here is a true story to highlight the perilous state of our education sysytem and which is based on my experiences as a marker and having access to the examinations database.
Joe achieves a raw score of 15% in a final matric examination.
The…"
Des Cross replied to sylvia hammond's discussion Gift of the Givers supports Khayelitsha residents after new year shack fires in the group Non Profit Organisations & Community Building"How is it that Jacob Zuma was handing out gift of the givers packages to Nkandla residents when celebrating Manaung?"
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Non Profit Organisations & Community Building
A meeting place for donors and those seeking funding, and for discussion of issues by skills-universe members interested in community building, supporting Non-profit organisations (NPO)s, NGOs (non-governmental organisations) and responsible for corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate social investment (CSI).See More
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Training Service Providers
skills-universe members who are training service providers, providing training or developing training materialSee More
Des Cross added a discussion to the group The Acronym Group
Acronyms B
BBASO = Bed and Breakfast Association of South Africa. My erstwhile colleague LOVED using acronyms and so, to irritate her, I would come up with obscure ones. She soon stopped that nonsense! See More
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- Tell us about what you do
- A teacher for 37 years, I am now training co-ordinator with Hollywood Sportsbook, a licenced bookmaker in South Africa
- What companies or organisations are you with?
- Hollywood Sportsbook
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- At 12:04pm on May 13, 2013, sylvia hammond gave Des Cross a gift…
Best wishes Des for a happy birthday and a year that's really successful in all the ways you would want. Thank you for your contribution to our community it's appreciated from skills-universe team
- At 8:52 on July 4, 2012,
ContributorBrian V Moore said… Oops - sorry, I meant it was good to meet you guys on SUnday!
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