Have you recently completed a college or technical qualification and are looking to gain your first hands-on work experience in a retail environment?
Ackermans is offering a Graduate Placement Programme in Cape Town. This opportunity is designed to help you build practical skills, learn from experienced team members, and gain exposure to facilities and maintenance work in a real business setting.
What You’ll Gain
Paid entry-level work experience
On-the-job training and guidance
Exposure to facilities and maintenance processes
Opportunity to learn basic technical and maintenance skills
Experience working in a retail environment
Development of workplace skills such as communication and teamwork
What You’ll Be Doing
Assist the technician with basic daily maintenance tasks
Help with inspections and reporting any issues found
Support technicians with simple repairs and tasks
Work as part of a team to keep facilities running smoothly
Minimum Requirements:
Completed qualification in Facilities, Maintenance, or Electrical Engineering
No previous full-time work experience required
Willingness to learn and grow
What We’re Looking For
Positive attitude and willingness to learn
Ability to follow instructions and work in a team
Good communication skills
Basic organizational skills
Reliable and responsible
Able to work in a fast-paced environment
Important Requirements:
South African citizen
Currently based in Cape Town
The Ackermans story goes back as far as 1916, when Gus Ackerman opened the first store in Wynberg in Cape Town. His vision for the store was to create a place where customers could find great products at fantastic prices, which is exactly what Ackermans became. Ackermans was, subsequently, bought by the Pepkor Group in 1986.
Today, there are more than 850 Ackermans stores in 5 countries, making us a leading value fashion retailer for the whole family – continuously setting the standard for value and affordability. With a wide selection of fashion for ladies, kids, babies and men, as well as homeware, cellular and key financial products, we’ll keep bringing value to your life every day.
Our purpose at Ackermans is: Bringing Value to Life, and it lies at the heart of everything we do, whether it’s to the lives of our customers and employees, or to the wider community and value retailing as a whole.
The secret to our success is simple – people. Hiring people who love what they do, and giving them every opportunity to shine. In fact, at Ackermans we’re so committed to this philosophy that we’ve named our staff members Phadimas – which means ‘shine’ in Northern Sotho. Every day, each of our employees is encouraged to shine, reach for the stars and take each other, and the Ackermans brand, to new heights of achievement and success.
We firmly believe that the future of our company rests in the hands of the people we employ. As such, every new Ackermans Phadima is put through a rigorous selection process and chosen with the greatest of care. This process ensures that each new Phadima is a perfect fit for our company culture, and will thrive in our environment of encouragement, motivation and inspiration.
If you feel that this is an environment that you could succeed in, we’d love for you to join us. View our current vacancies, and we could soon be welcoming you on-board as our newest Ackermans Phadima!
