Fundamentals Training Centre

What do we do?

We provide leadership and management programmes for corporates, government and communities.

Our Vision

An internationally acclaimed leadership and management training provider.

Our Mission

We provide quality needs-based learning programmes that are geared towards helping participants achieve their professional and career goals.

Background and ownership

FTC was registered on 27 September 2005 and formally began trading on 1 August 2006. It was officially launched by the Honourable Cameron Dugmore, then MEC for Education, Western Cape and Mr. Marcel Golding, CEO, etv Pty Ltd, on 27 September 2007.

FTC’s ownership is 100% held by Historically Disadvantaged Individuals and it is a Black Economic Empowerment company. The owners are seasoned educationists and are actively engaged in the running of the organisation. Noel Daniels serves as the Managing Director and Howard Johnson is the International Marketing Consultant.

Staff and associates

FTC has a small core team including a Managing Director, Marketing Manager, Training and Development Manager, a Programme Officer, a Programme Administrator, a Projects Officer and a Project Administrator. Furthermore, we draw on a wide array of professional associates and support personnel on an as-needed basis.

Our team consists of a group of professionals who are active in all sectors of education, training, development and the economy. All our facilitators are highly qualified professionals with excellent track records in experiential learning and practical approaches to assist course participants to increase their chances of achieving success in their chosen career paths.

Training and Development Manager - Jackie Esau
(Contact: training@onlineftc.com)

Training Director - Michael Anhäuser
(Contact: marketing@onlineftc.com )

Programme Officer - Hylton Bergh
(Contact: proposals@onlineftc.com )

Programme Administrator - Nande Mancunga
(Contact: admin@onlineftc.com)

Programme officer – Intern - Nellisiwe Qokweni
(Contact: admin3@onlineftc.com)

Programme officer – Intern - Tameez Amon
(Contact: admin1@onlineftc.com)

FTC Guiding Principles

A. Quality Training Programmes

We pursue the highest quality in all our training interventions.

To realise optimal quality, we ensure:

Relevant Training Material

All our learning programmes are unit standard aligned and are linked to sector skills plans as well as global skills requirements and international standards.

Professional Facilitation

All our trainers are experts in their field and are highly qualified and experienced ETD professionals. Strict quality assurance systems and processes are in place. Our programmes are tailored to meet the specific preferences of our clients. FTC is dedicated to deliver thoroughness and quality in all its interventions.

Innovation

We have a visionary approach to learning, continually exploring creative and innovative ways of delivering quality training programmes to our clients. This sets us ‘apart from the rest'. We harness the power of technology and ensure that we are on the cutting edge of the information age. For example, we have developed an Online Learning Environment through which some of our courses are delivered. We are also geared up to implement the full power of web-based learning management systems; provide multi-media learning experiences through video-conferencing; online buddying/ mentoring systems and the benefits of call centre technologies.

Our aim is to remove all physical barriers to the learning process, for example by:

Enabling 24 hours per day of remote supported learning
Providing learners with quality multi-media support materials such as video, audio and computer applications interface training
Facilitating interactive learning
Managing online formative and summative assessment of learning experiences.

B. Equal Opportunities

With democracy firmly in place in South Africa, we at FTC are committed to actively opposing discrimination with regards to physical and ideological differences. As an educational institution we feel that it is important for us to be a source of enlightenment with respect to human rights and democracy.

FTC subscribes to the South African Constitution and Bill of Rights. We place a high value on diversity of race, language, gender, sexual orientation and culture.

We also ensure that sound relations between management and staff exist to ensure that no rights are violated. Our equal opportunities policy commits us to creating a safe space where both staff and students are engaged in active teaching and learning without fear of any form of discrimination.

C. Effective Training Methods

Our training interventions are experiential, outcomes-based, participative and practical. The learning methods we employ offer a range of activities, exercises, case studies, simulations and functional assignments, which can be used to assist with the translation of theoretical knowledge into practical skills.

We encourage manageable and educationally sound group sizes, depending on the topic and context, in order to maximise the training experience and to ensure that the transfer of skills takes place effectively.

D. Appropriate Training Materials and Resources

For each training initiative FTC produces learning materials of the highest quality and standards. Our materials development processes, like all our interventions, are customised and based on the needs of participants. We believe that materials have to be demand-driven, rather than supply-led and we are committed to the highest standards.

Our course developers are able to develop materials in English, Afrikaans and Xhosa.

Learner manuals are provided to all learners. All our learning support materials are designed to be interactive for engagement in contact sessions and they are also great sources of information for future reference.

Additional learning resources (for example, reference material illustrating and consolidating training points) can be provided electronically through our Online Learning Environment. Our learning programmes usually include an on-the-job implementation component to ensure that acquired skills are effectively applied in the workplace.

Social Responsibility

As part of our commitment to social development, FTC has initiated its ‘Leaders for the Future' Youth Development Project, which aims to build leadership capacity of emergent leaders from previously disadvantaged communities. Our Higher Education and Training Certificate: Development Practices form the cornerstone for our interventions in this regard.

We have established partnerships with a number of not-for-profit organisations and institutions including the South African Youth Ministers Project (SAYMP), African Development Options (ADO), the University of Cape Town (UCT), the Education, Training and Development Practices Sector Education and Training Authority (ETDP SETA), New Women's Movement, Catholic Welfare Development (CWD), Masifundise Youth Programme, Red Zebra and the City of Cape Town. Our engagements with these organisations range from delivery of community development programmes, project management of school leadership certificated programmes to delivery of specific short courses such as Conflict and Project Management.

Our Offices and Training Facility

Registrations and certificates

Company registration no.	2005/137378/23
VAT registration no.	4020231926
PAYE registration no.	7250761899
UIF registration no.	U250761899
SDL registration	L250761899
ETDP SETA registration no.	ETDP10163 15/08/2007 -15/08/2012
Compensation Fund registration no.	2308-279-2300
Income Tax reference no.	9187390167
Tax Clearance Certificate	On file
Bank Clearance	On file
Western Cape Supplier Database (Tradeworld)	IVIOXRUTRW
UCT Vendor Number	203039
City of Cape Town Vendor no.	16954
Public Administration Leadership and Management Academy (PALAMA) Vendor no.	WCO/012
Umsobomvu Youth Fund Vendor no.	FUN000

Banking Details

Account Name: Fundamentals Training Centre
Bank: ABSA
Branch: Cape Town Central
Branch Code: 632005
Account type: Cheque
Account number: 4063328809

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