WINETECH Technical Yearbook 2019

necessary for a wine business to function effectively. The business case for L&D is encapsulated in Table 1 with the benefits for wine companies as indicated during the interviews: INDUSTRY ANALYSIS During February and May 2019 an analysis was done of the current learning and development strategy and approaches in the wine industry. The analysis revealed current gaps and opportunities for improvement for achieving maximum impact for wine producers. Five key priorities were identified that will be incorporated into the L&D strategy: ● Transformation: Transforming wine producers into representative companies in terms of BBBEE and effective and profitable business based on a clear L&D business case. ● Talent: Acquiring, developing, deploying, retaining and optimising talent in the wine industry. ● Training: Empowering staff with the right skills to execute business strategy. ● Transfer: Skills must be transferred from the learning situation to the workplace. ● Targets: L&D is positioned to ensure that business and BBBEE targets are met with an explicit focus on achieving rand value ROI for the wine industry.

4 PHASE APPROACH (RESEARCH, ENGAGEMENT, CONULTING, INFO SESSIONS) To provide strategic direction to the industry Strategic positioning of the L&D desk Prioritise Skills Development intiatives Facilitate strategic acccess for funding

INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT LMS/SAWIPB Skills survey software Talent Management Succession planning Funding of programmes

LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY Training Committee

2017

2019

2014

2018

2020

LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Appointment of manager at Winetech / LMS launch / Implementation of strategy / WITDAC / Industry Skills Need Analysis / Funding Skill Programmes

SOFTWARE SYSTEMS LMS – technical improvement, information days, increase footprint PROFESSIONALISATION – Pilot study / constitution / governance structure / QMS / SAQA Application / WEBSITE / branding

Milestone timeline.

● Prioritise and provisioning of critical and scarce skills development initiatives in the industry to ensure purposeful skills development initiatives. ● Facilitate strategic access to funding opportunities.

The milestone timeline below indicates important milestones since the development of the strategy until 2019. THE IMPORTANCE OF L&D TO INDUSTRY A recent survey on L&D demonstrated that

there is a clear business case for L&D and none of the stakeholders questioned the importance of L&D for wine companies. L&D is seen as extremely important in terms of driving productivity by means of skills development. A clear L&D strategy is