Compensation and Benefits Training

Learning Outcomes

• Analyse the strategic role of compensation and benefits in organisational performance.
• Design a total rewards framework aligned with business strategy and legislative requirements.
• Evaluate different pay structures and incentive schemes for effectiveness and equity.
• Implement a benefits administration process that ensures compliance and cost-effectiveness.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate compensation policies and practices to stakeholders.

Target Audience

This course is designed for HR practitioners, compensation and benefits specialists, line managers, and anyone involved in developing or administering employee reward systems.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Practical sessions allow learners to apply job evaluation methods, design salary structures, calculate bonus payouts, and develop a total rewards package. These hands-on exercises simulate real-world compensation tasks and ensure learners can implement concepts in their workplace.

Practical Activities

• Job Evaluation Exercise — Learners conduct a point-factor job evaluation on sample job descriptions and determine job grades. (4h)
• Salary Structure Design — Using market data, learners design a salary structure with pay grades and ranges for a hypothetical organisation. (4h)
• Variable Pay Calculation — Learners calculate bonus payouts based on performance metrics and design a simple incentive plan. (4h)
• Total Rewards Package Development — Learners develop a total rewards package including salary, benefits, and variable pay for different employee segments. (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	40% off
100	40% off

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