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BOTI runs project management courses for Durban teams in-house at your premises in Umhlanga, the CBD, Pinetown or anywhere else in the city, or live online. Your staff learn together and apply each method to the projects they actually run. Most teams start with the two-day Project Management Fundamentals course. You can also browse all BOTI project management, agile and process improvement courses.
Courses on this topic at BOTI today
- Project Management Fundamentals (2 days)
- Project Management Course – Fundamentals (1 day)
- Advanced Project Management Course (1 day)
At your offices anywhere in South Africa, live online or at a BOTI venue.
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The training suits the people who run your port schedules, factory lines, logistics flows and retail rollouts. It gives them one practical way to scope, plan and control work under real KZN deadlines.
Call 011 882 8853 or request a quote for in-house training in Durban.
Why Durban businesses train project managers on-site
Durban runs on movement. The city’s economy leans heavily on ports and logistics, manufacturing and retail. Each of these depends on projects landing on time and on budget: a terminal upgrade, a warehouse fit-out, a new production line or a multi-store retail refresh.
That is where project management capability pays back. Demand may surge through KZN’s ports and freight corridors, or a manufacturer may commission new plant. Either way, the difference between a smooth rollout and an expensive overrun usually comes down to whether your people can scope, schedule, budget and control a project properly.
Training your staff on-site, as a team, has clear advantages over sending one or two people on a public course. Everyone learns the same methods and applies them to projects you have running. They walk out with a shared way of managing work: the same templates, the same stage gates and the same risk register.
In-house and on-site delivery across Durban
BOTI brings the training to you. Facilitators deliver at your premises wherever your teams sit:
- Umhlanga: head offices, financial and professional services, and the Ridgeside and Cornubia business nodes.
- The Durban CBD: port-adjacent operations, logistics and shipping firms, and public-sector teams near the harbour and city centre.
- Pinetown and the New Germany / Westmead corridor: manufacturing, warehousing and industrial operations across the western suburbs.
On-site delivery means no travel for your staff, fewer lost office days and no scheduling around a fixed public date. Sessions can be planned around your shift patterns and operational peaks. This helps when you cannot pull a whole team off the floor or out of the terminal at once.
If you would rather not host the training, BOTI can run the same programme live online, or at BOTI’s venue in Sunningdale, Johannesburg. The course content and outcomes stay the same in every format.
What the course teaches
The programme takes participants through the full project lifecycle. Wherever possible, your own Durban projects serve as the worked examples:
- Initiating: defining scope, objectives, deliverables and a business case.
- Planning: work breakdown structures, realistic scheduling, resourcing and budgeting.
- Executing: running the team, managing suppliers and contractors, and keeping work on track.
- Monitoring and controlling: tracking cost and schedule, managing change and reporting to stakeholders.
- Closing: handover, sign-off and capturing lessons learnt.
- Risk and stakeholder management: identifying what can go wrong and keeping the right people informed.
Participants practise building the tools they will use the next day: a project charter, a schedule, a budget tracker, a risk register and a stakeholder plan.
Choose the right project management course
BOTI offers several levels, so you can match the course to your team’s experience:
- Project Management Course – Fundamentals (1 day): a short introduction for staff who coordinate small projects.
- Project Management Fundamentals (2 days): the full lifecycle with practical exercises. This is the core course on this page.
- Intermediate Project Management Course (1 day): for people who already run projects and want to stop schedules and scope from drifting.
- Advanced Project Management Course (1 day): for experienced project owners handling larger or more complex work.
- Scrum Master Certified (SMC) Training (2 days): for teams that deliver in short agile cycles rather than a fixed plan.
Who it is for
The course suits a wide range of Durban roles, including:
- Team leaders, supervisors and managers who run projects without a formal project manager title
- Operations, logistics, warehousing and supply-chain staff in port and freight businesses
- Engineering, production and maintenance teams in KZN manufacturing
- Retail and store-operations staff managing rollouts, refurbishments and seasonal launches
- Office and administrative staff coordinating internal projects and deadlines
No prior project management qualification is needed. The course works for first-time project owners and for experienced staff who want a consistent, structured method.
Accreditation
The project management short courses on this page are professional skills programmes and are not accredited.
If your team needs a formal qualification, BOTI is a QCTO-accredited Skills Development Provider for the Occupational Certificate: Project Manager (SAQA ID 101869). The qualification is registered at NQF Level 5 with 240 credits[1]. It combines knowledge, practical skills and workplace experience. It ends in an External Integrated Summative Assessment (EISA), and the QCTO issues the certificate. BOTI will confirm the scope and delivery plan for your team when it quotes.
Last dates for new enrolments: Project Manager (SAQA ID 101869): enrol by 30 December 2026, complete by 30 December 2029[1]. New learners must enrol on or before 30 December 2026. Ask BOTI about the options after that date.
Funding: skills development levy, grants and B-BBEE
In-house project management training is part of your skills development spend. These are the rules that affect how that spend is reported:
| Lever | How it works |
|---|---|
| Skills Development Levy (SDL) | Employers pay SDL at 1% of the leviable amount (total remuneration)[2]. Employers whose leviable amount over the next 12 months will not exceed R500,000 are exempt[2]. |
| SETA mandatory grant | The mandatory grant pays back 20% of levies paid. To qualify, you submit your Workplace Skills Plan and Annual Training Report by 30 April and keep your levies up to date[3]. Unclaimed mandatory grant money moves to discretionary funding by 15 August[3]. |
| Skills Development element (B-BBEE) | The amended generic Codes set an overall skills development target of 6% of the leviable amount. This is made up of 3.5% on learning programmes for black people and 2.5% on bursaries for black students at higher education institutions. A further 0.3% applies to black employees with disabilities[4]. Sector codes may differ. |
| Team economics | An in-house group is quoted as one programme for your team rather than as individual public-course seats, and your staff do not travel. |
This is general guidance to help you plan, not financial or legal advice. BOTI cannot promise grants or scorecard points. Your SETA and your B-BBEE verification agency confirm how the spend is treated.
Get started
Tell BOTI how many people you want to train, where in Durban they sit and the kinds of projects they run. BOTI will build a quote and a delivery plan around your schedule.
Request a quote for Durban in-house training, or call 011 882 8853.
When you enquire, ask BOTI to help you set up a project charter, a work breakdown structure and a risk register for one of your live projects. Your team can then start using the tools straight away.
Explore project management training further
- National guide: Project Management Training, covering course outlines, levels and options.
- Same course in other cities: Project Management Training in Johannesburg and Project Management Training in Cape Town.
- Booking: Request a quote for your Durban team.
Frequently asked questions
Do you deliver project management courses on-site in Durban?
Yes. BOTI delivers in-house at your premises anywhere in Durban, including Umhlanga, the CBD and Pinetown, so your team trains together on its own live projects. The same course can also run live online or at BOTI’s venue in Sunningdale, Johannesburg.
How many people do we need to run an in-house course?
In-house delivery is designed for groups. Tell BOTI your headcount, the roles involved and the projects your team runs, and BOTI will recommend a suitable group size and format.
Is the project management training accredited?
The short courses, such as Project Management Fundamentals, are not accredited, and delegates receive a BOTI certificate of attendance. For a formal qualification, BOTI is a QCTO-accredited Skills Development Provider for the Occupational Certificate: Project Manager (SAQA ID 101869). This qualification ends in an EISA, and the QCTO issues the certificate. Check the last date for enrolment shown in the accreditation section above.
Can project management training count towards our skills development spend and B-BBEE scorecard?
Training spend can be reported in your Workplace Skills Plan and Annual Training Report. It may also be recognised under the skills development element of the B-BBEE scorecard. BOTI cannot promise grants or points, because your SETA and your verification agency decide how the spend is treated. This is general guidance, not financial or legal advice.
Do you tailor the course to our sector?
Yes. BOTI adapts examples and exercises to your context, whether that is ports and logistics, KZN manufacturing, warehousing or retail. The methods are then applied directly to the projects your team runs.
For Durban teams that need a practical, shared way to plan and deliver projects, the course to book is Project Management Fundamentals. Call BOTI on 011 882 8853 or email [email protected]. Training runs in-house at your premises, at BOTI’s venue in Sunningdale, Johannesburg, or live online. This course is not accredited. It is delivered as a professional skills programme, and delegates receive a BOTI certificate of attendance.
Sources
- SAQA qualification record 101869: Occupational Certificate: Project Manager – South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA), 2026.
- Skills Development Levy – South African Revenue Service (SARS), 2026.
- Mandatory Grants – Health and Welfare SETA (HWSETA), 2026.
- Codes of Good Practice on B-BBEE: Code Series 300, Statement 300 – Skills Development (Government Gazette 42496) – Department of Trade and Industry, 31 May 2019.