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South African Airways offers a variety programmes that positively prepare South Africa’s youth to take on a progressive career journey. Our Youth Development Programmes are designed to expose youth to new knowledge and opportunities to practise skills in the workplace.
We want to empower tomorrow’s generation to become an integral part of the workplace by empowering them to reach for their dreams.
SAA offers the following Youth Development Programmes:
The Graduate Programme is a strategic initiative aimed at creating a talent pipeline for critical areas within our business as well as for the aviation sector in general.
Graduates obtain a significant amount of exposure (build a career) and experience (build a legacy) in the workplace over an 18-month period. The Graduate Programme provides graduates with real, hands-on opportunities to make an impact.
The Programme has been designed to provide young graduates with an opportunity to spread their career wings. The Graduate Programme will target a developmental period of 18 months that will provide the graduates with accelerated and structured development opportunities. The programme will support the graduates being developed towards an identified hard-to-recruit position, and will also include rotational points across various business units.
Please note that our Youth Development Programme is aimed at providing successful candidates with tuition and practical exposure for a limited time period. Although the programme may open the door to further employment within SAA, this is not guaranteed.
Please note all candidates must be South African citizens
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The Internship Programme is a unique opportunity to gain business skills in the aviation industry. We provide interns with valuable work experience for a limited period (minimum 6 months and maximum one year).
Apart from practical hands-on work experience and in-depth knowledge gained, they benefit from being exposed to the world of work and the aviation environment in particular.
Upon completion of the Internship Programme, interns will be better prepared for a work role in their career fields of study.
The Programme will provide you with the following benefits:
In order to apply for our Internship Programme, candidates must meet the following requirements:
Please note that our Youth Development Programme is aimed at providing successful candidates with tuition and practical exposure for a limited time period. Although the programme may open the door to further employmet within SAA, this is not guaranteed.
SAA is providing an opportunity to aspiring pilots to participate in the Cadet Pilot Development Programme, a bursary award programme aimed at assisting successful candidates with funding to obtain a Frozen Airline Transport Pilot's Licence.
On completion, successful cadets will be required to seek employment in the aviation sector to gain further flying experience to facilitate employment within SAA among other employers in the aviation industry. Once sufficient flying experience has been obtained and should suitable vacancies arise in SAA, successful cadets will be eligible to apply for an appropriate position in line with SAA's recruitment and selection processes.
The Development Programme will provide you with the following benefits:
The Curriculum includes:
In order to apply for our Cadet Pilot Development Programme candidates must meet the following requirements:
The selection process consists of five phases:
Please note that our Youth Development Programme is aimed at providing successful candidates with tuition and practical exposure for a limited time period.
SAA cabin crew are required to be professional, friendly individuals who deliver a personalised, consistent service to our customers on board our aircraft. Our cabin crew are more than just the airline brand ambassadors, they represent the South African nation; they reflect the colourful cultures of the nation, the warm African hospitality and the beauty of our land. At SAA we regard it a privilege to be an SAA cabin crew member and with this privilege comes an enormous amount of responsibility.
Cabin crew are required to be well groomed, medically fit and should maintain a healthy lifestyle. They need to be able to manage fatigue, jet lag, and ensure that they are sufficiently rested before each duty.
The SAA cabin crew travel to international destinations, meet interesting people, stay in excellent hotels and experience different cultures and places. Yet the job is also challenging - they sometimes have to forego family get-togethers; birthdays and other social activities. Whilst on duty, they are expected to deal with emergencies, turbulence, sick passengers, and possible conflict amongst flight occupants, delays, tiredness and loneliness may also occur.
If this exciting, challenging career is for you, you need to obtain distinctions in Aviation Medicine training, safety and emergency procedures training, and SAA service procedures training. You also need to pass the South African Civil Aviation Authority Licensing Assessments. All training is given after the recruitment process once an incumbent starts their job.
Before applying for a Cabin Crew position; the candidate must meet the following requirements:
This Programme is a unique opportunity to obtain tuition and workplace experience for the Flight Dispatcher Qualification, NDip Flight Dispatcher NQF 5.
The Programme provides unemployed youth with skills that are deemed as scarce in the aviation industry.
Participants who complete the Programme successfully, can seek employment in Aviation as Flight Dispatchers or in other disciplines of operational control.
You will be provided with formal tuition and assessment in the following areas:
SAA Technical requires highly skilled people in the career discipline of aviation maintenance. To address this requirement Training Apprenticeship Programmes were established in eleven trade disciplines.
These Programmes are a unique opportunity to receive tuition and practical training towards attaining a technical qualification. The Programmes provide unemployed youth with the necessary and valuable skills that are deemed as scarce in the aviation industry.
As a result, participants become more marketable and employable and this provides an opportunity for longterm career growth.
You will complete a Training Apprenticeship Programme within one of the following eleven disciplines:
In order to apply for a particular technical discipline, candidates must meet the following requirements:
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