Skills Development is an investment in people, communities, and South Africa’s future.
Blue Spec is committed to developing both our employees and unemployed youth through impactful skills development initiatives that create opportunities for economic participation and long-term career growth. Through learnerships, apprenticeships, bursaries, scholarships, graduate programmes, and specialised industry training, we continue to invest in building South Africa’s future workforce.
At Blue Spec, skills development is more than a business priority, it is an investment in people, communities, and South Africa’s future.
The shortage of skilled artisans in South Africa is well documented. Given the large number of unemployed individuals in our country, an opportunity exists to supply our industry with the talent it needs to thrive – while providing a life-giving source of income and purpose.
The Bluespec Apprenticeship Programme strives to develop a perennial pool of talented, professional artisans in the following areas: towing, assessing, panel-beating, security, contact centres, service industry and logistics.
To date, 115 artisans have been through our programme, the majority of whom are women from historically disadvantaged backgrounds.
Learnerships are programmes that require on-the-job training, supported by structured/institutional learning. Employee progression and growth within our business is crucial for us to retain valuable skills, experience and knowledge. An effective way to do this is to nurture our employees to upskill themselves. We provide learnerships in the following areas of competence:
- Business administration
- Technology
- Automotive repair
- Project management
- Call centre operations
We have 134 active learners throughout the group, 40 of whom are people with disabilities.
A lack of work experience often frustrates the efforts of new graduates trying to enter the workforce, so we have opened our business to willing graduates on an internship basis.
This initiative gives Bluespec an opportunity to add young, talented and skilled employees to our team. We have interns working across Finance, IT, Logistics and Customer Service functions.
Our experience and diversity gives us in-depth insight into the skills needed within the industry as a whole. We have partnered with universities and other educational institutions to extend support to historically disadvantaged South Africans who wish to study in the following areas:
- Financial Accounting
- Business Management
- Logistics
- Human Resources
- Marketing
- IT
Further to Bluespec’s transformation and empowerment initiatives, we remain committed to fostering continued academic excellence and professional development. Building on our partnerships with leading universities and educational institutions, Bluespec offers academic sponsorships to support high-performing graduates pursuing postgraduate studies both locally and internationally.
These discretionary sponsorships are awarded based on academic merit and are aimed at developing the next generation of talented South Africans who will go on to become future business leaders.
Sponsorships are offered in the following fields:
- Marketing
- Creative studies
- Arts and Culture
- Engineering
- Advanced business qualifications, including MBA programmes
Note: Bluespec’s academic sponsorships do not carry any post-study service or employment obligation.
