BEE Certification

Consultancy vs Verification

beecertification — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:13:59 +0000

‘consultancy’ means the provision of any service that assists a measured entity

to implement a BEE Strategy or any element of a BEE Strategy. This includes

implementation in ownership, management control, employment equity, skills

development, preferential procurement, enterprise development and corporate

social investment. With reference to avoidance of conflicts of interest, the service

would be considered to be consultancy if the company had provided specific

solutions and assisted the measured entity to implement the proposed solutions.

Examples of consultancy include, but are not limited to, the following:

(a) coaching or facilitating the BEE process on behalf of the measured entity

towards the development and implementation of activities leading to BEE

compliance

(b) preparing or producing manuals, handbooks or procedures

system

(d) giving specific advice on the development and implementation of the

management system for eventual verification.

Verification Agencies may carry out the following duties without them being

considered as consultancies or necessarily creating a conflict of interests:

(a) verification, including information meetings, planning meetings, examination

of documents and follow-up of non-conformities

(b) arranging training and participating as a trainer – this is not considered to be

consultancy work provided that, where training relates to the BEE process, it

shall be confined to providing generic information and advice that is freely

available in the public domain, i.e. the trainer should not provide specific

solutions; giving guidelines to the measured entity as to what they need to

comply with is not considered consultancy

Verification Agency’s interpretation of the requirements of the Verification

Standard

(d) activities prior to verification aimed solely at determining readiness for

verification; however, such activities should not result in the provision of

recommendations or advice that would contravene the above examples of

consultancy and the Verification Agency should be able to confirm that such

activities do not contravene these provisions and that they are not used to

justify a reduction in the eventual duration of the verification process

(e) adding value during verification visits, e.g. by identifying opportunities for

improvement, as they become evident during the verification, without

recommending specific solutions.

Source: SANAS R47

Transport Sector Codes

beecertification — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:31:44 +0000

''The Draft Transport Charter has been gazetted as Integrated Sector Codes, in terms of Section 9(1) of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Act. The gazetting of the consolidated transport sub-sectors represents a significant milestone in a process of national transformation, which commenced in 2003.'' - Source: http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/2009/09082609351003.htm

Forestry Sector Codes

beecertification — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:54:29 +0000

According to the website of the Dti ;

”The Sector Code is an industry-agreed empowerment initiative in the Forest Sector and seeks to deal with transformation challenges in Forest Sub-Sectors of commercial primary growth, fibre production, contracting, sawmilling, pole and charcoal.
The Forest Sector Code gives bonus points as an incentive for enterprises to achieve the requisite 30% BEE ownership. It further seeks to encourage and support entities to undertake BEE-compliant procurement and job creation initiatives in the sector.”

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Forestry Sector Codes

Tourism Sector Code

beecertification — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:56:11 +0000

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tourism+sector+code_22+may+2009

Construction Sector Code

beecertification — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:31:29 +0000

The construction sector codes caters for construction companies and built environment professionals (BEPs); the latter being made up of engineers, architects and related companies.

Statement 002

beecertification — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:23:58 +0000

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statement 002

Interpretive Guide

beecertification — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:21:08 +0000

The dti have issued an interpretive guide to the BEE Codes of Good Practice intended to help explain some of the terminology and issues arising from the Codes of Good Practice.

Verification Manual

beecertification — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:11:33 +0000

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1. Verification+Manual 1 – 15

2. Verification+Manual 16 – 27

3. Verification+Manual 28 – 32

4. Verification Manual 33 – 38

5. Verification Manual 39 – 54

6. Verification Manual 55 – 80

Codes of Good Practise

beecertification — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:50:10 +0000

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Codes+of+Good+Practice+(Pages+1-44)

Codes+of+Good+Practice+(Pages+45-77)

Codes+of+Good+Practice+(Pages+78+-+86)

Codes+of+Good+Practice+(Pages+87+-+96)

H. Scorecards – Qualifying Small Enterprise

beecertification — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:48:42 +0000

Every element in the ‘Codes of Good Practice’ is calculated using specific formulas and calculations. The following training document will keep you informed and will enable you to always make sure you are allocated the correct amount of points for each element rated. This training note is for a Qualified Small Enterprise (QSE) company. Please [...]