YES Learnership – SGS Richards Bay 2025
Closing Date: Open until removed from official channels
Location: Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Job Type: Learnership (12 months)
Role: General Lab and Field Assistant
Launch your career with SGS’s 2025 YES Learnership in Richards Bay. Gain practical and theoretical skills in inspection, testing, and certification for unemployed youth aged 18–30. Apply now!
About SGS
SGS is the global leader in inspection, verification, testing, and certification, employing over 97,000 professionals across 2,600 offices and laboratories worldwide. With a commitment to quality and integrity, SGS sets the industry standard, serving diverse sectors with unparalleled expertise and reliability.
Learnership Purpose
The SGS YES (Youth Employment Service) Learnership 2025 offers unemployed South African youth aged 18–30 a 12-month opportunity to develop theoretical and practical skills in a real-world corporate environment. Based in Richards Bay, this program combines a structured curriculum with hands-on experience, guided by experienced trainers, to earn a recognized qualification and boost employability in inspection and testing.
Key Responsibilities
- Clean sites or workshops after tasks or at day’s end, removing consumables like masking tapes and tins.
- Adhere to SGS’s quality and safety requirements per the management system.
- Verbally report deviations, irregularities, or non-conformities.
- Perform reasonable tasks assigned by the site supervisor, laboratory manager, or regional manager.
- Conduct field and laboratory work, including sampling, calculations, and tests, with accuracy.
- Maintain discipline within the assigned department.
Eligibility Criteria
- Grade 12/Matric certificate with Mathematics and Science.
- Effective communication skills in English.
- Valid South African ID and citizenship.
- Age between 18 and 30 years.
- Unemployed at the time of application.
- Clean criminal record.
- Willingness to relocate to Richards Bay.
- Strong computer skills, including MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Interest in data analysis and excellent research skills.
- High attention to detail, accuracy, and efficiency.
- Outstanding organizational abilities and self-driven initiative.
Why Join SGS?
SGS offers a dynamic platform for young graduates to gain industry-relevant skills in a global leader’s environment. With mentorship, a recognized qualification, and exposure to cutting-edge inspection and testing processes, this learnership enhances your career prospects while contributing to SGS’s mission of quality and integrity.
Application Process
Submit your application as soon as possible, as the opportunity remains open until removed from official channels. Include a completed application form, certified copies of your South African ID, Grade 12 certificate, and a CV. If you do not hear back within 14 days, consider your application unsuccessful. Ensure all details are accurate, as false information may lead to disqualification.
