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These Wholesale and Retail Learnerships in 2024 will help you with a qualification only using your Matric or Grade 10. As we usually do, we listed companies offering Wholesale and Retail learnerships in South Africa for unemployed SA youth.
These Learnerships normally take a period of 12 months and also provide learners with a monthly stipend to cover for costs such as transportation, study material or whatever purpose may be.
A qualification on this field helps you get ready for jobs in Wholesale and Retail. It opens doors for more training in specific areas like running store operations, doing office work, arranging products on shelves, managing stock, helping customers, setting up displays, and working at a help desk. It's like a key to more learning and getting better at these things. Find more: Youth Opportunities Here
Let us now dive into the companies that offer these learnerships, so that you may know where to start with your career in retail.
6 Wholesale and Retail Learnerships: By Companies
01. Meridian Group
Meridian offers NQF level 2 and level 3 Learnerships for unemployed learners in visual Merchandising through W&R Seta. They provide close mentorship, in store experience and employment opportunities to those learners who excel.
This company has offices based in Durban, Cape Town and Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein and East London.
The stipend for Meridian learnerships is R3000 along with a bonus after completion. To qualify for their learnerships you need to have at least Grade 10 or 12 qualification, also be willing to work during weekends.
Apply: Meridian Merchandising Learnership Application
02. Felix
This company offers a wide range of learnerships, since we are talking about retail learnerships here. Let’s tell you more about them, this Seta accredited training provider has a Wholesale and Retail Learnership that takes a period of 12 months.
You may apply for this learnership if you have at least Grade 10 qualification and have an interest in retail.
Apply: Felix Risk Consulting Wholesale and Retail Learnership Application
03. ILearn
ILearn offers a Wholesale & Retail - Operations NQF 2 Learnership. Even though this company has designated learnerships for specific periods. It is not quite clear if applications can be submitted anytime, unlike Meridian retail learnerships.
This qualification is geared towards individuals interested or involved in an organisation’s production technology function who have relevant experience but no formal qualifications. It also provides opportunities for people to move up the value chain.
04. RelatED
Related is a company that focuses on training young to older people, by giving them mentorship, skills and retail connections including experience.
So basically you will be enrolled in a training programme that prepares you for retail employers. These employers are normally retail stores that we as South Africans already know about.
These stores are:
- ShopRite
- CTM
- Usave
- Checkers
- Sleepmasters
- Buildit and many more retail stores
This company also has other learnerships in different areas such as Administration, Business, IT etc… if you are interested on a retail learnership it might be best for you to grab the chance now while applications are still opened.
05. Bophelo Pele
This company is more of a retail staffing agency with many years of experience in this field. Focusing on training and providing youth with employers within the retail sector. They also offer internships hosted by employers or their clients.
Located in Johannesburg/Germiston
To apply go to https://www.bathopelefmcg.co.za/services
6 Things You Should Know About Merchandising Learnerships
Sure, in simple terms, a Merchandising Learnership teaches you how to make products look appealing and sell well in stores. It's like the behind-the-scenes magic that happens before you see products on the shelves.
Here's what you might learn:
- Product Placement: Figuring out where to put products in the store so that people notice them easily.
- Visual Displays: Creating eye-catching displays that make products look attractive and encourage customers to buy them.
- Stock Management: Learning how to keep track of inventory, making sure there's enough of each product on the shelves.
- Customer Trends: Understanding what customers like and want, so you can stock products that will sell well.
- Promotions and Pricing: Figuring out the best way to promote products and setting prices that make customers interested.
- Communication Skills: Learning how to communicate effectively with customers and colleagues to create a positive shopping experience.
In a summary, it's about making sure the right products are in the right place, looking good, and ready for customers to buy.
