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Strategic land acqusition
I am doing strategic land acquisiton were i am conducting farm assesment and Agricultural potential report to ensure that we buy farms with potential. Part of the process is to work with various stakeholders who are directly or indirectly have a role to play in the project. Above all im doing project managment related activities like compilation of business plans for the projects, do infrastructure needs and priororization with beneficiaries, prepare submissions to various approval committees for approval and technical inputs. I am enjoying business plan compilation and giving farmers advice on the sustainable use of natural resources and raising awareness on Disater risk awareness, eg drought which is most prevelant in Northern Cape.
Pros: accountability and project management experience and skills
Cons: unskilled labour force
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Good learning curve
Working at the department of rural development and land has been a great experience thus far. My coworkers are easy to communicate with at any given working day and are always willing to help where they can. I enjoy doing field work going out there to meet different subsistence nd small holder farmers, helping them manage their projects for food security sakes. The most challenging aspects are that these farmers are old and it is not easy to convince them to use the modern farming methods in order to maximize profit.
Pros: Not guaranteed a promotion
Cons: Normal working ours
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Excellent working environment
It is an excellent environment to work at, including the diverse skills that exist within the organisation. The management of the entire organisational records enforces one to be familiar with all the discipline that exist in the organisation. I get along with almost everyone in the organisation as we deal with lot of them on daily basis, nice people to have around and lots of recreational activities I have joined which helped me find it easier to get along with lot of people. I have learnt so much in such a small space, from the management of all the archives, records storage and practices, and the organisational culture itself. I enjoy working with different people everyday across the organisation, it gives one an opportunity to network and enforces good working relationship. Challenges is to work with documents/records across two buildings, challenge comes with moving large volumes from one building to another.
Pros: Large and diverse organisation (knowledge gain)
Cons: Not approving overtime
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Not much challenging
Its just a typical working day,where i have a good working relationship with my co-workers,where we are able to work together to solve any given task,i am able to approach my co-workers for help if i come across any challenges.i have learnt that working together as a team helps a lot and also asking for advice when working on a task in order to submit a complete good job to my supervisor.what i enjoy in my company is when i come across a challenging task that requires me to think a lot and i am able to solve it
Pros: Great opportunity for learning more
Cons: Not enough opportunity to going on site
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Great opportunity to establish myself as a new graduate
Because this is such a big establishment, there is a lot of skills to acquire other than just technical skills which are not only used in mu field of expertise. On an average day in the office I examine and approve about 4 diagrams submitted to the Surveyor Generals office by private practicing Land Surveyors. Some days if the project is field based, I interact with land reform stakeholders or site managers as the case may be, set out as required and point out the beacons to the client. My coworkers in general are great, they are always willing to help and teach. They are also always willing to learn, it's a give and take kind of a relationship. The most challenging aspect of the job is having to reject a job that has been done by someone who has more than 20 years of experience when you have less than 4 years of experience. That's usually not received well.
Pros: Great place to learn
Cons: No place for growth
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Fast learner
I am a hard worker and I can work under pressure and long hours. I have interpersonal skills and work with all type of people and in a professional way and treat them equally. My relationship with my colleagues was so good because we were respecting each other. What I've learned from my previous employment is to deal with the labour matters including grievances, misconduct cases and the disputes resolution. To promoting labour relation in working place. To represent the department in GPSBC, PSSCBC and CCMA. What are enjoyed the most is when I investigating the case and more especially if it the unions are involve. The challenges was when my case include unions because unions are very stubborn but at the end I managed to handle them.
Pros: Great opportunity for promotion
Cons: Long working hours
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Excellent Learning experience
It was a great environment filled with enthusiastic people in both management and Junior levels... It really exposed me to a lot of opportunities of growth.
Pros: Opportunities for growth
Cons: None
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Excellent learning curve
It is a very good working environment where I have to be very alert as we are dealing with payments to thousands of people and we need to very the accuracy of all the captured details prior to capturing the payment. I have learnt to be faster and more accurate. My attention to details has improved drastically and applying policies and ensuring compliance. The most challenging aspect about my work is having a high number of payment from the provinces to process with a 0% acceptance level for error.
Pros: Good working condition
Cons: Not great opportunity for growth within
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I WOULD LIKE TO BE AWARE
I would like to apply for one of the above mentioned position. I am willing to go for training even if it is two years so that I can get experience in the field.
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