Recruit, develop and formalise your artisan workforce
Corporate membership gives an employer access to a pool of artisans whose qualifications and competence have already been checked, a structured way to assess applicants before hiring, and a route to formally recognise the skill that is already inside the business.
What affiliation is worth to a business
Recruitment risk in the trades is expensive and difficult to price. Affiliation shifts the verification burden off your hiring manager and onto a body whose function is to do it properly.
A verified talent pipeline
Hire from a pool where qualification and competence have already been checked. Less recruitment risk, and a lower cost of a bad hire.
Pre-employment diagnostic assessment
For bigger companies: a diagnostic trade assessment of the artisans you are about to employ, with a safety competence gate, timed technical modules and a written report on each candidate before you appoint.
Workforce RPL
Have long serving but unqualified staff assessed and formally recognised. Morale rises, and so does the skills profile of the business.
Skills development alignment
Host employer, apprenticeship and workplace experience placements structured to support employment equity and skills development reporting.
In-house training recognition
Employer run technical training mapped to the APASA CPD framework so that it counts towards the professional standing of your employees.
Profile and industry voice
Recognition as an APASA corporate member, and a seat at the table on artisan policy, standards and regional skills planning.
Pre-employment diagnostic assessment for artisans
Before you employ an artisan, the association assesses them for you and reports back. The diagnostic shows what a certificate on its own cannot: whether the person can work safely and do the job you are hiring for.
Safety competence gate
An applicant who cannot demonstrate safe working practice does not proceed to the technical modules, whatever their trade knowledge.
Timed technical modules
Trade specific modules covering measurement, fault finding, tool selection and method, marked against the same competency framework used for registration.
A written diagnostic report
A single report per candidate: pass or refer, module by module, with the areas that would need development if you employed them.
Register your company for the service, and send the artisans you are about to employ.
Recruitment risk falls when someone else has already checked the paperwork.
Two flat fees, by company size
Two flat annual fees: R2 000 for smaller companies and R5 000 for bigger companies. A 10 percent reduction applies to a three year commitment, and both are structured to support enterprise and supplier development reporting.
Up to 50 employees
- Recruitment support from the verified member pool
- Approved employer listing
- Workforce RPL programme for existing staff
- Regional network access
51 employees and above
- Everything for smaller companies
- Access to the pre-employment diagnostic assessment
- Priority placement on the jobs portal
- Discounted employee CPD and training
- Policy engagement and standards representation
How to pay
No payment is taken on this website. Pay into the APASA bank account by EFT or a cash deposit, then send the proof of payment to info@apasa-npc.org.za or on WhatsApp to 079 538 1844.
- Candidate, Professional or Master Artisan
- R300per year
- Corporate membership, smaller companies
- R2 000per year
- Corporate membership, bigger companies
- R5 000per year
- CPD programmes
- R950flat fee
EFT or internet banking
Transfer from any South African bank into the APASA account. A payment from another bank can take up to two working days to clear.
Cash deposit
Deposit at a branch of the bank below, quoting your reference.
Against an invoice
Companies, and anyone booking CPD or the pre-employment diagnostic assessment, can ask the office for an invoice to pay against.
APASA banking details
The banking details are on the invoice the office sends you. If you need them sooner, ask the office on 079 538 1844 or info@apasa-npc.org.za.
Send the proof of payment to info@apasa-npc.org.za or on WhatsApp to 079 538 1844, with your name and reference.
Talk it through before you commit
The office can walk your team through corporate membership, the pre-employment diagnostic assessment and workforce RPL. Reach us on 079 538 1844 or by email, 08:00 to 16:00, Monday to Friday.
Member pool
Verified artisans across sixteen recognised trades
Reporting
Structured to support skills development and enterprise development returns