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EISA for grain depot manager qualification
Published: 04/05/2026
The grain handling industry currently has 40
students enrolled in the Occupational Certificate: Grain Depot Manager
Programme, with the first intake having started in mid-2024. The two-year
programme has progressed well despite an annual three-month training
interruption during peak grain intake periods.
AgriSETA has confirmed that the first external integrated summative
assessment (EISA) will take place on 30 November this year. Peritum Agri,
currently the only accredited provider offering the qualification, expects that
28 students will be ready to write the EISA. An EISA preparatory workshop will
be held in September 2026 to prepare students for the case study-based
assessment.
The November date set by AgriSETA may pose
operational challenges, as it falls in a busy period for the industry, and we
have requested that future EISAs be scheduled for February and September.
The EISA must take place at a registered
assessment centre. Currently accredited sites include Peritum Agri (Free
State), AFGRI (Gauteng), and NWK (North West). Agbiz Grain has also applied for
registration as an assessment centre and is busy facilitating the registration
of a centre in the Western Cape.
An exemplar question paper
is currently being moderated and will be published on the AgriSETA and Agbiz
Grain websites to assist the industry in preparing students for the
examination. – Agbiz Grain