Specialist Categories


Categories of Professional Registration

The field of operation determines the category of registration, which can be either Generalist (at all levels) or Specialist (at all levels).

Generalist

For registration in the Generalist category, exposure (theory and practical application experience) is required in at least two thirds of the full human resource spectrum at the level applied for. General registration also requires that all other aspects, i.e. the areas not concentrated on, should also have been covered.

Specialist

Registration as a specialist implies that evidence can be provided of exposure to more than one third of the theory and/or practical application in one specialist area.

List of HR Specialisations 

AS APPROVED BY SABPP BOARD ON 20 FEBRUARY 2009

1 Planning, Recruitment and Selection (R&S)
  • Workforce planning and personnel cost
  • Recruitmento Selection9
  • Induction+/

2 Learning and Development (L&D)
  • Trainers / Facilitators / Educatorso Development including management/leadership development
  • Career development SDF & developing Workplace Skills Plan
  • Coaching and Mentoring

3 Rewards Management (REW)
  • Job evaluation and person-based systems
  • Incentives
  • Benefit
  • Salary and Wage structuring

4 Employment Relations (ER)
  • Risk and Conflict Management
  • Dispute settlemento Discipline
  • Collective bargaining and negotiations
  • Labour Law specialisto Diversity dynamics
  • Employee/stakeholder relationships

5 Safety, Health and Environment (SHE)
  • Safety
  • Health
  • Wellness
  • Environment
  • EAP
  • Research

6 Organisation Development (OD)
  • Change management
  • Re-engineeringo Performance consultingo Research

7 HR Information Systems (HRiT)
  • HR data management
  • Business process improvement
  • Information systems design, maintenance and management

8 HR Administration (Admin)
  • HR Reporting
  • Record keeping
  • Organising and schedulingo HR Compliance

RENAMING OF EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS PROFESSIONALS

ER practitioners will no longer be called HR Technician specialist ER or HR Associate specialist ER, or HR Practitioner specialist ER or Chartered HR Practitioner specialist ER or Master HR practitioner specialist ER.

ER practitioners will now register for the following titles:

Master Employment Relations Practitioner
Chartered Employment Relations Practitioner
Employment Relations Practitioner
Employment Relations Associate
Employment Relations Technician