Mentorship programme calls for applications

Johannesburg - Applications are open for the South African Institute of Valuers’ (SAIV) mentorship programme until 30 April.

communities. Other notable entrants included Jamie Wilks of Wilks Vision, Tshepang Electrician’s Tshidiso Travolta Lebaka, Mohlolo Katsana of Independent ICT Consultant and Arnold Visagie of AEJ Logistics.

General manager for impact investing at Business Partners Limited David Morobe said each year he gets impressed by the quality of entrepreneurs and their resilience is encouraging.

“Through our competition we play our role in the collective responsibility that the public and private sectors must play in creating an economic and social environment conducive to development of entrepreneurs and their ventures, and we urge other businesses to do the same,” he said.

Now in its third year, the programme aims to match young valuers with accredited professionals and open new personal and professional development pathways. The property valuation profession ensures open market value and helps consumers and businesses to navigate complex property trends. However, SAIV has been concerned by the aging profession which seems to retain few young people.

SAIV general manager Lerato Pooe says: “The profession needs proactive development initiatives which appeal to young South Africans. Mentorship has shown to boost confidence, performance and engagement with the wider profession. As with any new programme, this has been met with obstacles, however, it has also yielded some incredible results which strengthen the programme,” she says.

The programme was designed to overcome challenges in the valuation profession, specifically the dif-

general manager Lerato Pooe

ficulty in finding mentors for valuation graduates who would need to fulfil the pre-requisite of having a mentor in order to apply as a candidate valuer with the South African Council for the Property Valuers Profession (SACPVP).

“We believe this can be a careerchanging benefit that can improve their skills. Mentees gain experience that will assist them in their preparations to write the SACPVP Board exam to qualify as professionals, while also providing them with networking opportunities for their careers,” Pooe says.

For more visit https://saiv.org.za/ education/mentorship-programme.

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