Compensation and Benefits Management Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply principles of job evaluation and market pricing to establish equitable compensation structures.
• Analyze the components of total rewards, including base pay, variable pay, and benefits, to design competitive packages.
• Evaluate the impact of South African labour legislation (e.g., BCEA, EEA, NMW) on compensation practices.
• Design a performance-based incentive scheme that aligns with organizational strategy.
• Implement a benefits administration process that ensures compliance and employee satisfaction.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate compensation policies effectively to stakeholders.

Target Audience

HR professionals, compensation and benefits specialists, payroll managers, and line managers responsible for remuneration decisions in South African organizations.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment. However, basic knowledge of HR practices is recommended.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Learners apply compensation and benefits concepts through hands-on exercises, including job evaluation, salary structure design, market pricing, and benefit plan calculations. Practicals reinforce theoretical knowledge with real-world scenarios and data analysis.

Practical Activities

• Job Evaluation Exercise — Learners use a point-factor method to evaluate sample job descriptions, assign points, and rank jobs to create a job hierarchy. (4h)
• Salary Structure Design — Using market salary data, learners construct a salary structure with pay grades, ranges, and midpoints, then calculate compa-ratios for sample employees. (4h)
• Benefits Costing and Comparison — Learners cost out a set of employee benefits (pension, medical aid, group insurance) and compare the value to employees against employer cost. (4h)
• Incentive Scheme Simulation — Learners design a short-term incentive plan for a sales team, including performance metrics, payout formulas, and budget constraints, then simulate outcomes. (4h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.