Our Strategic Human Resource Studies are aimed at assisting Operational Management teams to develop tailored strategies that address critical people related issues, such as:

• Training,
• Accommodation,
• Deployment,
• Labour Sourcing,
• Work , Shift And Rotation Arrangements, and
• Compliance Strategies such as Women in Mining , Historically Disadvantaged People and Social Labour Plans

This service offering is focused on assisting Capital Project Teams throughout the various study phases, to establish staffing requirements and associated people working cost estimates in order to determine project feasibility. In general terms, this service offering, specifically relating to Capital Mining Projects, provide the following deliverables:

• Staffing complement and associated structures for all disciplines in the business that are linked to specific technical design criteria;
• Human Resource plans and budgets that are aligned and linked to production activities in terms of:
  • Staff ramp-up
  • Accommodation
  • Training and Recruitment
• Budgets and cost estimates for all staffing activities that support the financial modeling of Capital Projects;
• Women in Mining and HDSA complement calculation,
• Risk Assessment and Technical Peer Reviews relating to people issues.

Our Human Resource Operational Readiness service focuses on the coordination and implementation of all people related strategies and plans to support the successful ramp-up of new operations. Typical deliverables associated with this service offering in the capital arena include:

• Design of all people policies and processes;
• Manage and oversee that all capital Human Resource plans and budgets are correctly implemented;
• Conduct regular Contractor Human Resource compliance audits;
• Ensure all site staff are assessed and registered as competent;
• Conduct regular people risks audits and initiate mitigation strategies.

Our re-structuring & labour optimisation studies are aimed at assisting steady state Operational Management teams with the identification and implementation of effective restructuring opportunities to reduce excessive staffing costs in a sustainable manner.

Furthermore, RBS provides independent Organisation Development services such as:

• Organisation design effectiveness audits
• Role and job profiling
• Job grading and evaluation
• Remuneration and salary surveys
• Talent and succession management
• Performance management
• Technical skills assessment and certification
• Community based skills audits