Indeed, the significance of career development in contemporary workplace practices
is
salient as many reports of frustration about poor career growth surge. Although the
issue of security
and safety of any country is accorded great priority across the world, in the previous
millennium
organisations in the security and safety industry particularly in South Africa have
been reluctant to
continuously upgrade the competencies of their employees which results in serious
deficit of skills as
corporate ladder rises. The crux of this paper is to investigate the degree to which
employee training
impact career development at South African Police Service. A descriptive research
design and
quantitative research method used in this research. The sample for this study was
139 employees. Selfstructured questionnaire was utilised to gather the data. The multi-linear
regression analysis was used,
and key results of the study indicated that the employee training is a catalyst for
career development.
Understanding of employee training and its implications for career development at
the workplace is
critical in that it allows organisations to design interventions that prevent the
escalation of poor
employee growth and manage the consequences when such situation arises.
