Value Logistics is a leading South African logistics and supply chain solutions provider, offering end-to-end services across transport, warehousing, distribution, and contract logistics. The company supports businesses in multiple industries by delivering efficient, reliable, and scalable supply chain solutions tailored to their operational needs. With a strong focus on innovation, operational excellence, and skills development, Value Logistics plays an active role in driving economic growth while creating employment and training opportunities within the logistics sector.

About the Value Logistics Learnership

Value Logistics is dedicated to expanding access to education and skills development for unemployed youth. Through its learnership programme, participants gain an occupational qualification that builds practical, job-ready skills for careers in the logistics and supply chain operations sector.  The programme will take place from 2nd March 2026 to 28th February 2027.

Below are the details of the structured 12-month learnership programme, designed to provide hands-on experience and training in the logistics and supply chain sector.

Recruitment and Selection Process

• Face-to-face Interview: The interview process is panel-based in the relevant region.
• Literacy and Numeracy Assessment: You will be required to complete assessments to determine your proficiency.
• Criminal Check: A background check will be conducted.

Learnership Structure

• Classroom Training: You will attend theoretical and practical training one week per month.
• Work Schedule: You will work Monday to Friday from 07:00 to 17:00, with possible overtime as needed.
• EISA Examination: You will need to write the EISA exam at the end of the programme.
• Workplace Experience: Workplace experience will be gained in an operational environment.
• Monthly Stipend: A stipend will be provided for the purpose of travel to the site where the learner will be housed.

Learnership Locations

Training and workplace placements will be conducted in the following regions:

• Gauteng: Germiston, Krugersdorp, Pomona, and Isando
• Western Cape: Joostenberg Vlakte
• KwaZulu-Natal: Cato Ridge and Pinetown

Minimum Requirements

• Age: Applicants must be between 21 and 29 years old.
• Education: Matric Certificate with a 50% pass rate.

A Learnership is a work-based learning programme. This means that classroom studies at a college or training center are combined with practical on-the-job experience. We learn much better when we can practice what we have been taught in the classroom in a workplace environment.

By physically performing tasks that are learned in the classroom at the workplace, we can see what we have learned and what we did not understand. This allows us to ask the trainer to explain that part of the lesson again until we fully understand it.

Learnerships form part of a nationally recognized qualification that is directly linked to an occupation. This means that what you learn on leadership is not just for the particular job that you can get once you have finished the leadership; it also forms part of a higher qualification that you can study further through other Learnership or short courses.

Each leader has a specific level of qualification. An artisan, like a bricklayer or a beautician, for instance, is a Level 4 Qualification. This means that if you want to become an artisan, you will have to complete 4 separate leadership levels (levels 1, 2, 3 & 4). There is no set time frame in which you have to do these, as each level qualification remains in the system and will count towards the full qualification.

Who Benefits From Learnerships

In short, everybody!

The Learner:

• You get access to free learning and better job opportunities
• Can earn while you learn
• Learnerships can help you to get into the workplace and/or get a formal qualification

The Employer:

• Gets skilled, experienced workers who will need less supervision
• Gets improved productivity
• Can identify and solve gaps in skills and training
• Educates and empowers employees, creating a happy workforce

The Industry:

• Gets access to far more skilled and professional workers
• Can develop employees to world-class standards
• Becomes more competitive in the international market

How Do Learnerships Work

In the past, the education given in schools and other education facilities did not have much in common with the working world. This meant that people entered the workplace with all of the knowledge but none of the practical experience on how to do the job.

Learnerships teach both the why and how-to by creating a contract between the learner, the learning provider, and the organization or business. All learnership contracts must be registered with the Sector Education Training Authority (SETA) for that specific industry, which guarantees that the learnership programme is of a high standard.

If accepted into a learnership, you will have to sign two legal contracts: a Learnership Agreement and an employment contract. The Learnership Agreement tells you exactly what responsibilities you, the training provider, and the employer have. The employment contract is only for the period of the learnership. Learnerships last between 12 and 24 months.

If you are unemployed, you will receive an allowance while you are on a learnership, which is meant to cover costs like travel and food. If you are already employed, you will only receive your normal salary.

During the learnership, you will spend a certain period in a classroom, either at the company or organization or at other premises, and the rest of the time working and learning on the job at the company. You must take advantage of the opportunity offered to you to develop your skills, gain experience, and grow your potential.  from zainfo.co.za, A learnership is the perfect way to show the trainers and the organization what you know, as it could lead to a permanent job with that company or organization, so take your learnership seriously.”

You will be expected to do certain written and practical tasks while on the learnership as part of your studies. Learnerships are outcomes-based, which means that you will be assessed (tested) on what you have learned through the various stages of the learnership, not only at the end of it.
You will get an official certificate that will state the qualification and indicate the area in which you have developed skills during the learnership if you are considered to be competent at the end of it. This qualification is nationally recognized.

Completing a learnership is not a guarantee of employment, but many learners do get employed by companies or organizations where they did their learnerships. Even if that company does not employ you, you stand a much better chance of getting employed with a learnership qualification than without one.