A human resource management course equips your managers and HR staff to handle the full employee lifecycle — recruitment, onboarding, workplace safety, harassment and discrimination, discipline and termination — in a single focused day. BOTI delivers this training in-house, off-site or online to teams across Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria. Request a quote or a 15-minute callback below.

This course is built for South African businesses that need their people managers to apply HR fundamentals correctly and consistently. The face of human resources has changed drastically, and we offer this course for all who need practical training in human resource management — from line managers handling their first disciplinary meeting to HR coordinators tightening up onboarding.

Human Resource Management Course at a Glance

Course Overview

This training addresses modern HR challenges and covers the employee journey from recruitment through to termination. It responds to how technology, globalisation, demographics and changing workforce expectations have reshaped the HR role. The course prepares managers to handle recruitment, onboarding, workplace safety, harassment, discrimination, workplace violence, performance, discipline and employee termination with confidence.

It also explores the employee as a whole person: when employees are fit and healthy they are less likely to be absent and more engaged — so wellness is treated as a core HR responsibility, not an afterthought.

For South African employers, getting these fundamentals right is as much about risk as it is about good practice. Recruitment, discipline and termination all sit within a regulated environment, and a single poorly handled disciplinary or dismissal can become a costly CCMA referral. The course gives managers a confident, defensible process for each stage of the employee lifecycle, so day-to-day people decisions are made consistently and documented properly the first time.

Course Content: 12 Modules

The curriculum comprises 12 components delivered over one day:

1. Starting Out — icebreakers, objectives and housekeeping
2. History of Human Resources — the evolution and modern role of HR
3. The Interview Process — interview formats, question types and best practice
4. Worker Orientation — the orientation process and the manager’s role in it
5. Follow-Up with New Staff — first-week checklists and ongoing support
6. Workplace Safety — responsibilities plus local and industry-specific regulations
7. Harassment & Discrimination — definitions, recognition and employer responsibilities
8. Workplace Violence — recognising and responding to incidents
9. Controlling Worker Performance — appraisals and constructive feedback techniques
10. Disciplining Staff — decision-making and how to run a disciplinary meeting
11. Terminating Employees — documentation and communication
12. Conclusion — key learnings, assessment and course evaluation

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for employees and managers in HR. It suits:

• HR coordinators, officers and administrators building core competence
• Line, department and operations managers who manage people directly
• Business owners and small-business leaders handling HR themselves
• Newly promoted supervisors taking on staff-management duties for the first time

What Your Team Can Do After the Course

A one-day workshop only earns its place if managers can apply it the next morning. This course is built around practical, repeatable skills your people use immediately:

• Run a structured interview — choose the right interview format, ask competency-based questions and avoid the legal pitfalls that derail hiring.
• Onboard new staff properly — follow a clear orientation process and a first-week follow-up routine that improves retention and time-to-productivity.
• Recognise and act on workplace issues — identify harassment, discrimination and workplace-violence risks early and respond in line with employer responsibilities.
• Manage performance fairly — give constructive feedback and run appraisals that improve output rather than damage morale.
• Handle discipline and termination correctly — prepare documentation, run a disciplinary meeting and communicate difficult decisions professionally.

For HR and L&D buyers, the business case is straightforward: consistent, correctly applied HR practice reduces the cost of bad hires, lowers the risk of disputes and unfair-dismissal claims, and frees senior HR staff from constantly correcting line-manager mistakes. Training a department together also creates a shared language and standard process, so people management does not vary from one manager to the next.

Human Resource Management Training: How BOTI Delivers It

When buyers search for human resource management training, they are usually weighing up format, group size and how quickly their team can be upskilled. BOTI keeps that decision simple with flexible delivery designed for working teams:

• In-house / on-site training — we come to your premises in JHB, Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria or anywhere nationwide, so the whole team trains together without travel cost or downtime.
• Off-site training — scheduled at venues across South Africa’s major city centres.
• Online learning (LMS) — for distributed teams or staff who train remotely.

In-house delivery has a further advantage beyond cost: the examples, scenarios and role-plays can use your own policies and real situations your managers face, rather than generic case studies. That makes the day directly relevant and means managers leave with practice that fits how your organisation actually operates. For teams spread across multiple branches or working remotely, the online LMS option keeps everyone on the same standard without the travel and venue overheads of bringing people together physically.

BOTI is a South African corporate-training provider with 450 courses and clients including Sasol, Glencore and the City of Johannesburg. This particular one-day course is a practical, facilitator-led skills programme; delegates receive a BOTI certificate of completion (this is not an accredited qualification). Need accredited training? Ask about BOTI’s QCTO/SETA-accredited programmes in related people-management areas — BOTI is an accredited training provider (Services SETA 12582, MICT SETA ACC/2016/07/0045, and a QCTO Quality Partner).

Funding Your Human Resource Management Training

South African employers can often offset training spend through the existing skills-development framework, and HR training frequently maps neatly to a workplace skills plan:

• Skills Development Levy (SDL) is payable at 1% of payroll by qualifying employers, and a portion can be reclaimed as mandatory and discretionary grants through your SETA when you train staff and report it correctly.
• For B-BBEE, the skills-development element targets spend equivalent to 6% of the leviable amount on training for black employees — meaning well-planned HR training can contribute to both compliance and your scorecard.

This is general guidance, not financial or legal advice. We can structure a quote and supporting documentation to help your L&D or finance team plan the spend — just ask when you request your callback.

Why Choose BOTI for HR Training

• Practical, same-day skills — managers leave able to run an interview, an onboarding plan and a disciplinary meeting correctly.
• Trusted by major SA employers — Sasol, Glencore and the City of Johannesburg among them.
• Flexible, team-friendly delivery — in-house, off-site or online, nationwide.
• Scaled pricing — the more delegates, the lower the per-person cost.
• Consultative support — we help you map training to SDL grants and your B-BBEE scorecard.

Ready to upskill your HR team? Request a quote or a free 15-minute callback and we’ll tailor the human resource management course to your team and timeline.

Related BOTI Courses

Build a complete people-management capability by pairing this course with related BOTI training:

• HR & Recruitment training courses — the full cluster of HR and recruitment programmes
• Recruitment and Selection Course — go deeper on sourcing, interviewing and hiring
• Labour Relations / Disciplinary Hearings Course — strengthen the discipline and termination side
• Performance Management Course — extend the appraisal and feedback module
• Browse all 450 BOTI courses — find training for every department

Frequently Asked Questions

How long is the human resource management course? The course runs for one full day. It covers all 12 modules — from the interview process through to termination — in a single, focused session, making it easy to train a team with minimal time out of the office.

Is this human resource management course accredited? No — this one-day course is a practical, facilitator-led skills programme, and delegates receive a BOTI certificate of completion (this is not an accredited qualification). If you need accredited training, ask us about BOTI’s QCTO/SETA-accredited programmes in related people-management areas; BOTI is an accredited training provider (Services SETA 12582, MICT SETA ACC/2016/07/0045, and a QCTO Quality Partner).

Who should attend the human resource management training? It is intended for employees and managers in HR, as well as line, department and operations managers who manage staff, business owners handling HR themselves, and newly promoted supervisors.

Can the training be delivered in-house or online? Yes. BOTI delivers this course in-house/on-site, off-site at venues across South Africa, and online via our LMS — in JHB, Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria and remotely nationwide.

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Get started today. Request your quote or book a free 15-minute callback to plan human resource management training for your team — and ask about our free HR training-needs checklist to help you scope the right course mix.

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