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15 September 2006: No 51/06

DIRECTORATE CAREER DEVELOPMENT (PSAP) INTRODUCES MINI CENTRES FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE (DOD) DISABLED PERSONS.

The Directorate Career Development Public Service Act Personnel DCD (PSAP) has created several Career Resources Centres.

These Career Resource Centres seek to help employees to develop and plan their careers.

The Mini Tape Aids Centre has 60 career-related recreational and educational book titles captured on audiotapes for the blind.

The Career Resources Centre is the Mini Tape Aids Centre sponsored by the EOCD, the SA Army, the SAAF, and Curamus respectively.

The Mini Tape Aids Centre is a means to ensure that all the DOD officials easily access literature regarding career development.

However, the focus is on the sight and print handicapped as indicated below:

• Blind and visually impaired.
• People with dyslexia.
• Patients in spinal wards.
• Quadriplegics.
• Elderly people.
• A person with cerebral palsy.
• Muscular dystrophy.
• A person with a crippling disease that makes holding or handling a book difficult.
• A list of all titles is available from which a selection can be made. Equipment is also available for people to listen to the tapes in the Career Resource Centre.

The officials must ensure that people make appointments with their nearest Career Resource Centre personnel.

The centres are available in Gauteng, Kwazulu Natal, Western Cape, and Free State.

In Gauteng the centre is at the DCD’s office in Pretoria at Poyntons Building. For more information contact Mr M.D. Phaaka tel (012) 392-2489 (SSN: 8132489).

In Kwazulu Natal the centre is at the DCD’s office in Durban. For more information contact Ms P. Moodley tel: (031) 369 1133 (SSN: 830 1133).

In the Western Cape Province the centre is at the DCD’s office in Simon’s Town. For more information contact Mr E.J.C Selk tel: (021) 787 3776 (SSN: 850 3776).

In the Free State Province: the centre is at the DCD’s office in Bloemfontein at 3 Military Hospital. For more information contact Ms H.F. van Deventer tel: (051) 402 1812 (SSN: 850 1812).

The Directorate Career Development Public Service Act Personnel DCD (PSAP) urges all who read this information to convey it to officials who might benefit from the use of audiotapes.

Enquiries: Mr M.D. Phaaka
Tel:(012) 392 2489
SSN: 813 2489
Fax: (012) 392 2506 E-mail:dcdpsap@mweb.co.za