Providing the opportunity for skills development and upliftment is an important contribution by any employer to their employees. Ocon Brick, through its collaboration with the Triple E educational institution, has been providing its staff with the opportunity to acquire new skills through selected Adult Basic Education Training courses. 
 
Ocon Brick employees enrolled for courses such as writing skills, numeracy and communication skills and recently these employees were awarded Certificates of Completion for their different course levels ranging from Level One right through to Level Four at an awards ceremony held in March 2016.
 
Ocon Brick Human Resource Manager, Ben Mpele said “ We are pleased to see that, with support from Ocon Brick , some of the Level Four certified employees will be moving on to study ‘Business Practices’. This is a major step forward for these candidates should they choose to run their own business in the future. We have admired their commitment to their studies while still performing their duties in the workplace. It is important for our employees to know that we fully support their development irrespective of what it is that they decide to study and that it is in this way that longer lasting relationships are formed between organisations and their employees.”
 
Ocon Brick is committed to making sure that each employee receives the support they require as they move on to their higher levels of study. While this course was attended by an all women team of employees, the courses are open to both men and women employees.
 
ABET is a unique South African programme that offers basic adult education through flexible, developmental and targeted learning programmes aimed at fulfilling the learning needs in the country and provides nationally recognised certificates upon course completion
 
Ocon Brick, one of South Africa’s largest manufacturers of clay stock bricks, is part of the IS Group of companies which includes Technicrete and Rocla, and received their seventh PMR Gold Arrow Award on 2015 for excellence for its contribution and service to the construction industry.