Trainer Assessor and Moderator

Bridgestone; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 620,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onboarding

Professional development

CSR activities

Global work environment

Job summary

Bridgestone Southern Africa (Otraco Southern Africa) is seeking a Trainer, Assessor and Moderator to facilitate mining training, conduct assessments, and provide moderation. The role requires travel between sites across Africa, working closely with line managers to identify needs and verify learning on the job.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years in mining or training, be fluent in Afrikaans and English, and hold facilitator/assessor/moderator certification.

Qualifications

• Facilitate training and conduct assessments/moderation
• 5+ years experience in mining or training development
• Experience in facilitation, workplace assessment and moderation
• Fluent in Afrikaans and English; strong communication
• Willing to travel across Africa to deliver training and verify learning

Responsibilities

• Identify and assess training needs through job analysis and consultations
• Facilitate planned training interventions at Otraco operations and client sites
• Conduct assessments with approved instruments and standards
• Moderate assessments to ensure fairness, validity and reliability
• Maintain auditable training, assessment, moderation, and verification records
• Provide feedback on competence gaps and coaching needs
• Roam between sites to deliver training and assessments
• Develop training/development plans addressing organizational needs
• Monitor and report on training program effectiveness
• Design and update training materials and documentation

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

LMS experience

Data analysis

Regulatory knowledge

Afrikaans

English

Travel readiness

Education

Grade 12 NSC

Facilitator/Assessor/Moderator Certification

Tools

LMS platforms

Job description

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Trainer Assessor and Moderator

POSITION SNAPSHOT

Type of work: On site

Type of contract: Open-ended/permanent

Full/Part Time: Full time

Location: Pretoria, ZA

ABOUT US

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a “Bridgestone West” strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Job Title

Trainer, Assessor and Moderator

About the Role

Job Purpose

The ideal candidate will be responsible for facilitating training and conducting assessments and moderation activities that strengthen employee competence, performance, and safe work practices. The role will work closely with line managers and operational teams to identify training needs, deliver training interventions, assess employee competence, and ensure training activities align with organisational goals and Otraco Training Standards. The scope includes the ongoing verification of completed training, moderation of assessments conducted as part of current training, and verification that learning is correctly applied on the job. This is a roaming function requiring regular travel between Otraco operations and customer mining sites to provide training, assessment, moderation, verification, and operational support.

Otraco Southern Africa is a key part of Bridgestone’s strategy to enhance mobility solutions and tyre-centric services across all market segments. As part of Bridgestone's initiative to improve these services, the company recognized a need for specific mining services and enhancements within the mining sector. The acquisition of Otraco Southern Africa, with its expertise in tyre management systems, creates a valuable opportunity to expand and strengthen Bridgestone's mobility solutions in this important market.

For more information about Otraco Southern Africa, please read the details below.

Responsibilities:

• Identify and assess current and future training needs through job analysis, career paths, appraisals, and consultations with line managers.
• Facilitate planned training interventions across Otraco operations and customer mining sites.
• Conduct assessments in accordance with approved assessment instruments, Otraco Training Standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Moderate assessments completed during current training to confirm that assessment decisions are fair, valid, reliable, and consistent.
• Conduct Quality control Checks and assessments and provide comprehensive feedback report
• Conduct ongoing verification of completed training and maintain auditable training, assessment, moderation, and verification records.
• Conduct Planned Task Observations
• Verify the application of learning on the job through workplace observation, practical verification, and engagement with line management.
• Provide feedback on competence gaps and recommend coaching, refresher training, reassessment, or corrective development actions where required.
• Operate as a roaming resource and travel between sites according to operational and training priorities.
• Develop overall or individualized training and development plans that address organizational and employee needs.
• Use a variety of effective training methods, including inductions, orientations, and ongoing development opportunities.
• Monitor, evaluate, and report on the effectiveness and success of training programs.
• Conduct vocational assessments in line with Otraco Training Standards and regulatory requirements to determine employee competency.
• Design, develop, and maintain up-to-date training materials and documentation.
• Prepare and submit monthly training plans, while monitoring training progress to ensure completion within required timeframes.
• Stay informed about industry training trends, best practices, and maintain personal development through continuous learning and collaboration.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate safety training programs, including inductions and refresher courses, to promote compliance and safe work practices in mining environments.
• Ensure workplace safety by reporting hazards, conducting risk analyses, maintaining safety training records, and collaborating with safety officers to meet regulatory standards.

Qualifications & Experience Required

Education, Master, other certification:

• Grade 12 National Senior Certificate.
• A valid and appropriate light vehicle driver’s license (South African Code 08).
• Related industry field certificates or relevant experience.
• Facilitator, Assessor and Moderator Certification.
• Experience in the Off the Road Tyre Services industry.

Experience (years):

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the mining sector and/or training and development sector, preferably in a managerial role.
  Practical experience in facilitation, workplace assessment, assessment moderation, and post-training workplace verification.
• Proven experience developing, implementation and managing of mining-specific training programs.

Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage and motivate diverse teams.
• Proficiency in learning management systems (LMS) and other training technologies/systems relevant to the mining sector.
• Ability to analyze data and assess training effectiveness.
• Strong understanding of mining safety regulations and adult learning principles.
• The candidate must have excellent proficiency in both Afrikaans and English.
• Must be able to communicate clearly and professionally in both languages, both verbally and in writing
• The candidate must be willing and able to perform a roaming function and undertake extensive travel across the African continent to deliver training, conduct assessments and moderation, and verify workplace application of learning at mining operations.
• Flexibility to adapt to different time zones, cultural environments, and local conditions is essential.

With over 50 years’ experience delivering off-the-road (OTR) and light mobile equipment (LME) tyre management solutions, Otraco help customers to maximise tyre life, increase productivity, reduce waste and improve safety. Otraco’s highly skilled teams are in 60+ customer mining operations across three continents in Australia, New Zealand, Southern Africa and Chile.

Otraco offers a robust portfolio of OTR tire management solutions that track tires across the full lifecycle, such as its computerized Otracom platform. Otraco’s offering will complement Bridgestone’s world-class OTR products and solutions, including Bridgestone MasterCore*3surface mining tires and the tire monitoring and management solution. Bridgestone Southern Africa Mining services and OTRACO Southern Africa have joined forces to accelerate Mining tyre management and mobility solutions in Southern Africa, under one banner. Together Bridgestone and OTRACO havemarket-leadingMining tyre management and mobility solutions.

WHAT WE OFFER

At Bridgestone, what really matter is to foster co-creation opportunities and empowering you to be creative and curious to make mobility safer, more efficient, and more sustainable for future generations. Whatever role you fill, when you represent Bridgestone, you are a valued teammate, and part of our larger mission to “Serve Society with Superior Quality”, for that, we offer you more than just a competitive payment; we will provide you:

• A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.
• The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.
• Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
• A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment.
• Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.
• A diverse and inclusive team.

We are committed to create an even more inclusive culture that advances equity, embraces individuality, and helps our increasingly diverse teammates, customers, and communities thrive, by providing equal opportunities in employment. This means that all job applicants and members of staff will receive equal treatment and that we will not discriminate on grounds of gender, marital status, race, ethnicity, color, nationality, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, religion or age.