{"id":95,"date":"2019-10-29T19:36:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T17:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bursaryupdate.co.za\/?p=95"},"modified":"2020-07-03T09:10:45","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T07:10:45","slug":"exxaro-bursary-programmes-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bursaryupdate.co.za\/95","title":{"rendered":"Exxaro Bursary Programmes 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- BUcz 1 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5295868188323128\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5081598495\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Exxaro Offers Bursary Opportunities on 2020 to Develop Young South Africans and Professionals in Engineering and Non-Engineering Subjects and Skills<\/strong><br \/>\nDespite its status as a 10-year old company, Exxaro has proven its existence through innovating high-quality resources that are highly acceptable in South Africa, its local community. Additionally, its well-rounded approaches in assembling business strategies have led Exxaro to be one of South African&#8217;s most accessible companies in terms of its funds and quality resources and deliver solid returns to its investors respectively.<\/p>\n<p>This black-owned company also has a diverse set of resources as well as current business interests in and outside the African continent, making it one of the most financially capable young-aged South African companies. These entire financial capabilities have enabled Exxaro to held many enriching programmes, including its bursary programme.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exxaro&#8217;s Bursary Programme&#8217;s Schemes and Its Different Requirements<\/strong><br \/>\nExxaro&#8217;s bursary programme is a part of Exxaro&#8217;s initiative to construct and develop talent pipelines to constantly hire the brightest and most competent young talents to be Exxaro&#8217;s workers. There are two schemes of Exxaro&#8217;s bursary programme as noted on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exxaro.com\/index.php\/talent-pipeline\/introduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">its introduction page<\/a>, namely, Exxaro People Development Initiative and Professionals-in-training. Those two aforementioned schemes have their own funded study field as well as different financial component and minimum requirement as stated in points below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exxaro People Development Initiative (EPDI) Bursary<\/strong><br \/>\nThe EPDI scheme lasts for 5 years and is aimed for young Employment Equity talents around Exxaro&#8217;s operating communities who study engineering-related subjects in the assigned South African universities. These young talents in this EPDI bursary scheme will be given chances to do the Engineering Augmented Degree (&#8220;ENGAGE&#8221;) Programme that contains curriculum to help them prepare better for both of their engineering studies and university life as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>This bursary scheme will fund these following academic and non-academic expenses for those who have already been shortlisted:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Academic-related expenses: Registration fees, tuition fees, and book allowances.<\/li>\n<li>Non-academic-related expenses: Accommodation costs, meal allowances, and cash allowances for other related expenses such as laptop or calculator expenses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Aside from receiving financial supports, bursary recipients will also receive administrative and mentoring assistance by the Exxaro company itself. There will also be on-site monitoring by Exxaro&#8217;s bursary programme&#8217;s teams to keep track on each bursary awardee&#8217;s performance and communicate with them. To prepare Exxaro&#8217;s bursary awardees to serve Exxaro after graduating, there will also be practical work opportunities offered by Exxaro in this EPDI scheme.<\/p>\n<p>To be eligible for this bursary scheme, applicants should possess these following requirements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be current full-time South African local students in accredited South African universities.<\/li>\n<li>Study either one of these following degrees and majors:\n<ul>\n<li>BSc in Civil, Chemical, Electrical, Industrial, Mechanical, Metallurgy, or Mining Engineering.<\/li>\n<li>B Tech in Mining Surveying (or MRM) or Mining Technician.<\/li>\n<li>Hons compulsory in Geology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Meet minimum Level requirements in their Grade 11 or Grade 12 as noted below:\n<ul>\n<li>Level 5 for English First or Second Language and Level 6 for Mathematics and Physical Sciences in Grade 11 or Grade 12 for BSc and Hons compulsory candidates.<\/li>\n<li>Level 5 for Mathematics, Sciences, and English for B Tech candidates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Professionals-in-training <\/strong><br \/>\nSince this stream programme is aiming for professionals who want to hone their career prospects, this Exxaro&#8217;s programme&#8217;s scheme generally has a shorter duration of 3-years combination of the theoretical and practical curriculum. This Exxon-made bursary scheme&#8217;s percentage consists of 80% former Exxaro&#8217;s bursary recipients and 20% externally-funded people that will join together in one professional-in-training programme scheme.<\/p><!--CusAdsVi2-->\n<p>There will also be mentoring sessions for each recipient in terms of leadership and management training as a part of this bursary scheme. Upon graduating, shortlisted professionals will be able to obtain a professional accreditation that will be useful in their workplaces. The professionals-in-training programme scheme is available for these following study fields that are directly or not directly related to the Engineering subjects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Directly Related to the Engineering subjects: Civil, Chemical, Electrical (high demands), Industrial, Mechanical, Metallurgy, Mining.<\/li>\n<li>Not Directly Related, yet Still Relevant to the Engineering subjects: Mining Surveying, Mining Technician, Geology, Human Resources, Environmental Management, Finance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Exxaro&#8217;s Bursary Programme&#8217;s Recruitment and Application Processes<\/strong><br \/>\nCompared to other bursary providers, Exxaro&#8217;s recruitment and application processes are slightly different since it is only available for certain need-driven students or matriculants residing in its surrounding communities such as Limpopo or Mpumalanga who want to enrol as first-year students in the next academic year.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Exxaro only limits its recruitment location to the assigned schools. In some cases, Exxaro might provide exclusive selection processes for other current undergraduate and already-graduated students should there be any emerging needs for more bursary recipients. When this happens, Exxaro will liaise with each university or faculty to offer a bursary place for those students.<\/p>\n<p>Exxaro&#8217;s bursary programme&#8217;s application process itself begins when applicants fill in the application form as noted in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exxaro.com\/index.php\/talent-pipeline\/bursaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">its bursary portal<\/a>. After those applicants have submitted their complete application packages, they should&#8217;ve received notifications to undergo a National Benchmark Test (NBT) and a psychometric test containing written tests about academic and quantitative literacy proficiencies as well as Mathematics to make sure they&#8217;ve been prepared to enter the higher education.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants who have already passed those aforementioned two written tests will then be interviewed at Exxaro&#8217;s Pretoria Corporate Centre. Successfully-selected applicants will receive an outcome notification as well as invitations to take on a medical check-up before they can truly obtain Exxaro&#8217;s bursary&#8217;s offer letter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exxaro&#8217;s Bursary Programme&#8217;s Opening and Closing Dates on 2020<\/strong><br \/>\nExxaro&#8217;s bursary programme always opens in February and closes on March all year-round. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exxaro.com\/index.php\/talent-pipeline\/bursaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Exxaro&#8217;s main bursary portal<\/a> for more details on its bursary programme&#8217;s opening and closing dates on 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exxaro&#8217;s Bursary Programme&#8217;s Contact Details<\/strong><br \/>\nContact these following Pretoria-based physical and postal addresses or phone and fax numbers if there are any further questions about Exxaro&#8217;s bursary programme:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Phone Number: +27 12 307 5000<\/li>\n<li>Fax Number: +27 12 323 3400<\/li>\n<li>Physical Address: Roger Dyason Road, Pretoria West 0183, South Africa<\/li>\n<li>Postal Mail Address: PO Box 9229, Pretoria 0001, South Africa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>xxx Contact Address<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Office Address:<\/strong><br \/>\naaaaa<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mail Address:<\/strong><br \/>\naaaaa<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tel:<\/strong> aaaaa<br \/>\n<strong>Fax:<\/strong> aaaaa<br \/>\n<strong>Email:<\/strong> aaaaa<br \/>\n<strong>Site:<\/strong> aaaaa<\/p>\n<p><i>Source:<\/i> Exxaro; <i>Author<\/i>: Larxsati; <i>Editor<\/i>: Melisa; <i>Picture<\/i>: exxaro.com.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/learnershipupdate.co.za\/187\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exxaro Learnership<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/internupdate.co.za\/254\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exxaro Internship<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/jobupdate.co.za\/63\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exxaro Job Vacancy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exxaro Offers Bursary Opportunities on 2020 to Develop Young South Africans and Professionals in Engineering and Non-Engineering Subjects and Skills Despite its status as a 10-year old company, Exxaro has proven its existence through innovating high-quality resources that are highly acceptable in South Africa, its local community. 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