1. CURRICULUM VITAE
MR P. W. BESTER

2. PWB/002
CURRICULUM VITAE
SURNAME : Bester
FIRST NAMES : Pieter Willem
CITIZENSHIP : South African
IDENTITY NUMBER : 520630 5118 083 (passport A02981557)
DATE OF BIRTH : 30 June 1952
AGE : 63 years old
SEX : Male
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS : 28 Villa Gazelle
Reyno Ridge
WITBANK
1049
TELEPHONE NO. : (Cell) :082 879 8846/081 706 2199
(Home): 072 377 0417 (fax): 0866 308 337
(E-mail): equity@xsinet.co.za besterpieter0@gmail.com
MARITAL STATUS : Married
LANGUAGE ABILITIES : Afrikaans and English
VALID DRIVER’S LICENCE : Code 08 (own transport)
HEALTH : Excellent

3. PWB/003
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
NAME SCHOOL ATTENDED : S.A.P. College
HIGHEST STANDARD PASSED : Matric - 1969
SUBJECTS PASSED :
 Afrikaans
 Common Law
 Criminal Procedure
Criminology & Anthropology
 English
 Statute Law
NAME OF INSTITUTION : Vaal Triangle Technikon 1987
HIGHEST QUALIFICATION ACHIEVED : National Diploma Cost Accounting
SUBJECTS :
 Industrial Accounting I, II, III
 Financial Accounting I, II, III
 Economics I
 Business Economics I
 Mercantile Law I
 Company Law
 Statistical methods and Financial Calculations
 Principles of Electronic and Data Processing
NAME OF INSTITUTION : University of Galway Ireland 1998
HIGHEST QUALIFICATION ACHIEVED : Foundation Diploma in Training and Development
COURSES ATTENDED :
Management
Junior and Middle Management
Public Management
Competency Based Modular Training
Instructors Course (trained more than 100
instructors myself)
Training Management I, II and III as a none
diploma course
Microsoft Office
Facilitation of Transformation
Facilitation of Strategic Planning
Assessor Highveld Steel 2004.

4. PWB/004
SEMINAR(S) ATTENDED :
Analysis and use of Labour Market Information
in Developing Countries Seminar – Minnesota
Department of Economic Security,
U.S.A. (1 week) 1999
Analysing Labour Statistics, Bureau of Labour
Statistics – Washington D.C., U.S.A. (5 weeks)
1999
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS :
Conduct Social Cost benefit Analyses on training
of entrepreneurs
Received an out of turn rating during the 1994
Personnel evaluation
Received Category B Merit Award for sustained
above average work performance on the 1st April
1994, 1995,1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 as well as 2000.
Applied DACUM process for developing job
descriptions, curriculum design for in-service
competency based training and assessment of
employees.
Facilitate training in PFMA and BUPRO at various
government departments on contract for Auditing
firms.
Budgeting and expenditure control
Specialized in competency based Modular
Training and compiled Guidelines for training
advisers and training contractors. Due to
this initiative all training advisers were trained in
this method during 1995.
Was a member of the Task Team 6 of NTSI of the
NTB.
Facilitated Transformation in the Department of
Labour Mpumalanga during 1999 / 2000.
Facilitated strategic planning for delivering a one-
stop service, for all Business units in the
Department of Labour Mpumalanga.
Developed quantitative report, which was
accepted depicting management information to
measure performance on service delivery and
goal achievement.
Was able to work and serve in all Business units
Prepared guidelines for training specifications
for training of unemployed, which was accepted
nationally and contained in National guidelines
1999
COMPUTER LITERACY :

5. PWB/005
 LinkedIn to link and recruit
Windows 10; Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint,
Projects, Publisher, Outlook + Outlook
Express(XP, 2000, 2003, 2007)
Pastel
Searches on internet
email and network maintenance
EXPERIENCE :
Training and Recruitment consultant
Internal auditor
Retail and sales manager
Project and cost accounting manager (building
construction, furniture manufacturing, welding
workshop and sales.)
Deputy Director Employment Services
Chief Training Advisor, (Deputy Director)
Deputy Director Labour Market Information
Statistics and Planning
Deputy Director Inspection and Enforcement
(Labour Relations and Occupational Health and
Safety)
Relieved as Provincial Director from time to time
Labour Centre Head Germiston
MEMBERSHIP :
 Member of Guild for Competency based
Training Practitioners
EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES :
Sing in choir
Gardening and maintenance around the house
Reading (especially literature on training matters)
Served on boards of Germiston Technical
College, Vaal Triangle Centre and Apex Training
Centre

6. PWB/006
CAREER HISTORY
NAME OF COMPANY : EQUITY PERSONNEL
PERIOD EMPLOYED : 2000 - Present
POSITION HELD : Managing Member
SALARY ON LEAVING : Dependant on profit and cash flow
REASON FOR LEAVING : Economic downturn
DUTIES :
 Applies social media to recruit talent like LinkedIn
 Manage staff (admin and sales)
 Invoices, debtors and creditors
 Maintain databases on Microsoft Access and hardcopy
archive
 Canvas recruitment assignments from clients in the
commercial, manufacturing and mining industries
 Conduct recruitment assignments on contingency
basis.
 Recruit candidates according to various occupational
groupings for clients and database.
 Prepare profile and competency matrixes for selection
of candidates according to job descriptions.
 Response handling on behalves of clients
 Assist and train recruitment and admin staff.
 Maintain statutory records.
 Provide career advice to candidates.
 Provide recruitment and training advice to clients.
 Verifications of credentials and qualifications at
various authorities and verification institutions.
 Train clients’ staff on identification and verification of
qualifications and in identifying popular falsifications
thereof.
 Audit recruitment agency facilities and compliance for
APSO.
 Provide training on contract
o Did contract work (Training PFMA) in project of
Deloitte & Touché, SAB&T and Kwinana

7. PWB/007
Auditors to train cash hall staff of Dept of
Justice, during 2001/2002.
o Budpro programme 2004 for SAB&T.( Public
Fin Man Act, training Land Affairs staff for
SAB&T Auditors, 2004.)
NAME OF COMPANY : DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR
PERIOD EMPLOYED : 1 February 1987 – July 2000
POSITION HELD : 1st SENIOR ADMIN OFFICER (PROJECT
MANAGER) Training of entrepreneurs at
Practical Business School, Sebokeng (02.1987 –
12.1989)
2nd LABOUR TRAINING ADVISER
(ASSISTANT DIRECTOR) (12.1989 –
03.1991)
3rd ACTED AS PROVINCIAL DIRECTOR PWV
SOUTH, MANAGED GERMISTON BACK TO
A LABOUR CENTRE (09.1995 –
03.1996)
4th CHIEF LABOUR TRAINING ADVISER
(DEPUTY DIRECTOR) (04.1991 –
04.1999)
5th DEPUTY DIRECTOR LABOUR MARKET
INFORMATION STATISTICS AND
PLANNING. Simultaneously served as Deputy
Director inspection and enforcement services
(04.1999 – 07.2000)
SALARY ON LEAVING : R214 000.00 inclusive – Company car, Petrol
allowance, Housing
Subsidy, Medical aid and Pension fund
REASON FOR LEAVING : To commence own business
DUTIES : Duties Included:
 Administer manpower Training Act 1981 and Skills
Development Act.
 Advise employers and public regarding in-service
training matters and curriculum design

8. PWB/008
 Determine training needs.
 Conduct research.
 Serve on committees of National Training Board.
 Develop training courses.
 Facilitate training courses.
 Facilitate design workshops.
 Conduct social cost benefit analysis
 Conduct investigations as indicated by Provincial
Director or Registrar of Manpower Training.
 Auditing and monitoring of training centres and
courses.
 Manage sub-directorate in Province.
 Developing training plans.
 Budgeting and expenditure control
 Act as Provincial Director in his absence
 Managed the following Business units as well:
oEmployment services ± 2 years
o Labour market information statistics and
planning
o Inspection and enforcement services (labour
relations Occupational health and safety)
 Deputy Director: Labour Market Information Statistics
And Planning
oAnalysing statistics and trends on:
o Employment and Unemployment rates in the
Province of Mpumalanga
oDemographics for training plan
oBeneficiary services
oUI and Compensation for injures and diseases
o Labour relations, strikes, equity figures, and
basic conditions of employment compliance
and non-compliance figures
o Occupational Health and Safety Act, all
statistics and trends W.R.T. accidents and
incidents in all sectors
oMaintaining Indexes on Statistics
o Facilitate planning in province and at labour
Centres
o Developed a quantitative report for all
business units to measure performance in
accordance with work plans / strategic plans
and a system to maintain indices to analyse
statistics and trends in the Labour Market
o Facilitates strategic planning for all business
units and Labour Centres
o Conducts Labour Market research and analysis
 Deputy Director Employment Services
o Placement of unemployed
o Management of career counsellors

9. PWB/009
o Manage career services to general public and
school leavers
 Deputy Director Inspection and Enforcement
o Training of newly appointed Assistant
Directors
o Advocacy of Labour Laws, LR. ECEA, SDA,
SLA, EEA, UI, COIDA, OHSA
o Enforcement of Labour Law, LR, BCEA, SDA,
SLA, EEA, UI, COIDA, OHSA
o Manage and control incident investigations at
business and industries
o Advice industry on OSHA related matters and
queries
 Personnel Evaluation and performance management
 Chaired personnel appointment interviews
 Chaired staff and provincial meetings
NAME OF COMPANY : ORANGE VAAL ADMINISTRATION BOARD
PERIOD EMPLOYED : February 1977 – 31 January 1987
POSITION HELD :
 INSPECTOR
o Law enforcement in Black local Authorities
 LIQUOR STORE MANAGER
o Manage bottle stores, bars and beer halls in
Black townships (Sharpeville, Sebokeng,
Boipatong, Bophelong, Zamdela and
Bethlehem
 REGIONAL SALES MANAGER
o Regionally overall management of liquor
outlets in Black townships
 ADMINISTRATION MANAGER
o Manage and maintain contract accounts and
job costing systems for construction and
various entrepreneurial projects in Black
townships
 SENIOR INTERNAL AUDITOR
o Internal Auditing of local authorities and
commercial undertakings in North Eastern Free
State and Vaal Triangle
 PROJECT MANAGER
o Construction sites, furniture and welding
workshops and entrepreneurial projects in
Sebokeng.
o Facilitate staff in train the trainer

10. PWB/0010
o Develop and facilitate entrepreneurial courses
to participants of the various projects
o Maintain and manage project and participant
accounts and systems
REASON FOR LEAVING : Was transferred to the Department of Labour on the
1st February 1987 as a Senior Administrative Officer
NAME OF COMPANY : S.A. POLICE
PERIOD EMPLOYED : December 1968 – February 1977
POSITION HELD : SERGEANT (Charge office, crime investigation,
counter insurgency services.)
REASON FOR LEAVING : Left because of salary
REFERENCES : 1.) Agnes Moiloa aggy.moiloa@labour.gov.za
Deputy Dir. General Operations Dep. Labour
tel: 082 885 5187
2.)Phineas Mothiba
Deputy Director General
Dep. Labour
(now Director Gambling board North West)
3.) Andries Mtsweni
HR Manager Penumbra
(and consultant mining industry)
082 743 2399
andries.mtsweni@gmail.com