HR Administration Skills Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply correct procedures for maintaining employee records and files.
• Demonstrate the ability to process leave applications and attendance records accurately.
• Implement recruitment and selection administration processes including advertising, shortlisting, and interview scheduling.
• Analyze and apply relevant sections of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) and Labour Relations Act (LRA) to routine HR tasks.
• Evaluate and maintain confidentiality and data protection standards in HR documentation.
• Design basic HR reports such as leave balances, headcount, and turnover summaries.

Target Audience

Ideal for HR administrators, payroll clerks, office managers, and anyone responsible for day-to-day HR administrative tasks in a small to large organisation.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

The practicals reinforce theoretical knowledge through hands-on exercises using sample employee data, HRIS simulation, payroll calculations, and document preparation. Learners will complete real-world tasks such as setting up employee files, processing payroll inputs, and generating reports to build competence in daily HR administration.

Practical Activities

• Employee File Setup and Data Capture — Learners set up physical and electronic employee files using provided templates, capture personal and employment data, and verify accuracy. (2h)
• Leave and Attendance Processing — Learners process leave applications, update attendance records, and calculate leave balances using a simulated system. (2h)
• Payroll Calculation and Payslip Generation — Learners calculate gross pay, deductions, and net pay for sample employees, then generate payslips and reconcile totals. (3h)
• Recruitment and Onboarding Documentation — Learners draft a job advertisement, screen applications, prepare an offer letter, and complete an onboarding checklist. (2h)
• HR Reporting and Compliance Documentation — Learners compile an Employment Equity report summary and a Skills Development report using sample data, and create a simple HR dashboard. (3h)

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.