MEMBERSHIP
Benefits
WHEN YOU JOIN SAPMA you not only receive all of the benefits that the association has won for its members, you also get peace-of-mind, knowing that the team who supports you, continues to have an impact on the industry through their tireless engagement, keen understanding and hard won experience.
WHEN YOU JOIN SAPMA you not only receive all of the benefits that the association has won for its members, you also get peace-of-mind, knowing that the team who supports you, continues to have an impact on the industry through their tireless engagement, keen understanding and hard won experience.
WHEN YOU JOIN SAPMA you not only receive all of the benefits that the association has won for its members, you also get peace-of-mind, knowing that the team who supports you, continues to have an impact on the industry through their tireless engagement, keen understanding and hard won experience.
WHEN YOU JOIN SAPMA you not only receive all of the benefits that the association has won for its members, you also get peace-of-mind, knowing that the team who supports you, continues to have an impact on the industry through their tireless engagement, keen understanding and hard won experience.
WHEN YOU JOIN SAPMA you not only receive all of the benefits that the association has won for its members, you also get peace-of-mind, knowing that the team who supports you, continues to have an impact on the industry through their tireless engagement, keen understanding and hard won experience.
MEMBERSHIP
Eligibility
SAPMA MEMBERSHIP is open to all industries within the South African paint & coatings sector. The manufacturers, importers, retailers, contractors and suppliers of raw materials, as well as service providers to the sector are all eligible for membership.
Please contact us if you would like to confirm your eligibility before applying for membership.
MEMBERSHIP
Categories
SAPMA provides a collective voice for its Manufacturing, Associate and Contractor members with regards to Labour, Compliance Certification, Bargaining Council as well as CCMA related information.
We assist all our members with BBBEE and Charter Council representation across all industries. We have an in-house consultant who is available and able to assist all our members with any BBBEE and Charter Council related “issues”.
Trading Environment:
- DTI – Preferential Supplier Database
- Research and Assumptions
Supply side Incentives:
Under the SAPMA umbrella we have the Coatings Confederation giving rise to the following for our members:
- Labour Forum – Surface Coatings Employers Association
- Training Forum – SAPMA Professional Body
Professional Recognition Forum – SAPMA Professional Body Designation recognition and certification
Lobbying and Representation: SAPMA has representation in various committees within the following governmental departments:
- DTI – Department of Trade and Industry and Competition
- DOL – Department of Labour
- DEFF – Department of Forestry and Fisheries
- SABS – South African Bureau of Standards
It is within these various committees SAPMA is present and the various industries are fully represented to assist with the following:
Standards – Recognition of current standards within the Coatings Sector as well as development of new Standards to enhance and assist the Sector
Regulations – Review of current regulations and amend/change regulations to ensure they are up to date and relevant for the various industries
Health and Safety (GHS) Standards – ensuring the current, most up to date Health and Safety standards are always adhered to by all our members. To comply with Global standards as well as local standards affecting our Sector.
SAPMA and its Members are accountable for community engagement to and ensure members of the public are well informed of our products and services across all industries as well as ensuring all its members adhere to a SAPMA Code of Conduct and the SAPMA Code of Ethics, developed by the SAPMA ethics committee. Members of the public as well as SAPMA members need to follow ethical procedures to ensure legal and professional investigation of unethical procedures and conduct within the Coatings Sector are correctly communicated and dealt with.
SAPMA provides Professional Development for its members in the form of a Professional Body. Within this body, we assist with the following:
- Training and Talent Management of Employees within the Sector
- Accreditation of Training Providers lined to Registered Occupations in the Coatings Sector
- Accreditation of Training Programmes
- Professional Recognition of Skilled, Competent Practitioners throughout the Sector, per industry across the following designations:
- Technical
- Operational
- Professional
- Master levels
SAPMA is a “Watch – Dog” for the Sector and the Public. By this we mean, we assist our members to be aware of training providers within the Sector who are not legit. We need to know who the training providers are and they need to be accountable to SAPMA for their activities. We need to eradicate Fly-by-night Providers who offer little to no value to Employees within the Sector.
SAPMA assists by avoiding its members becoming involved in National Scandals which compromise them as members with Government and Trade Unions within the Sector.
SAPMA provides information to its members on regular changes to regulations such as Lead in Paint Regulation as well as Section 18 of the Waste Management Act, to ensure members are well informed and take responsibility within the Sector and their relevant industry to comply with the new regulations or changes to current regulations
SAPMA has registered the “South African Retail Hardware and Paint Employers Association” (RHPEA) to ensure that those of its members who are operating in the Wholesale and Retail Coatings space are properly organised as a collective with a voice which is capable of representing the industry to the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTI&C) as well as to the Department of Employment and Labour (DE&L).
Work has commenced both within the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition as well as in the Department of Employment and Labour, to organise the Wholesale and Retail Sector in South Africa in two respects.
Collective Bargaining:
The first relates to the registration and facilitation of a Bargaining Council for the Retail Sector governing wages and conditions of employment. In the absence of a Bargaining Council for the Retail Sector, it has fallen on the Minister of Employment and Labour to have to impose a Sectoral Determination for wages and conditions of employment relating to employees in the wholesale and retail sector. The Minister has asked that the 2021 sectoral determination for Wholesale and Retail be the last time that he is called upon to intervene in collective-bargaining matters best-left to the social partnership of business and labour which should be operating in the sector.
One of the reasons that the Minister is so eager for the Social Partners to self-govern, is his indication that he wishes to finalise and implement an Employment Equity Profile for each industry and sector in South Africa.
He has realised that it is only between the employer and employees within the Wholesale and Retail Sector where agreement can be reached for an Equity profile for the sector in terms of what he requires to be mapped against the Economically Active Population (EAP) of South Africa.
In the absence of self-determination and governance, the sector of Wholesale and Retail and in-particular Retail Paint and Hardware will be dictated to, in-terms of the Employment Equity Profile and Targets which will be applied and enforced, both for employment as well as promotion purposes in companies.
Given the number of REFURBISHMENTS, RENOVATIONS, MAKE-OVERS and NEW BUILDS taking place throughout South Africa, SAPMA acknowledges the key role played by Coatings Manufacturers, Suppliers and Retailers in the work being done.
We are also acutely aware that there is a very low level of both faith and expectation in guarantee provided for the product and the application of Coatings Product in the Domestic and Industrial Contracting Industry.
This poor market image can be attributed to:
The number of companies which simply do not honour guarantees on products and actively look for reasons not to assure and guarantee their product.
The low (non-existent) barriers to entry in both the Supply and Manufacturing Industry of the Coatings Sector which often cause those companies to collapse before the guarantee period on the product or service has expired.
As much as this problem affects SAPMA Members and the general perception in the marketplace of the Coatings Sector, it is often caused by and also affects the Contracting / Application Industry in terms of the questionable quality of their Service to the end-customer, Domestic or Industrial.
SAPMA Solution:
SAPMA is launching the Guarantee Verification Scheme (GVS) which is designed to audit and verify, and therefore for an annual fee, certify as alive and well and applicable, both:
- The PRODUCT GUARANTEE directly from the Manufacturer on-record
- The SERVICE GUARANTEE from the CONTRACTOR OF RECORD
SAPMA also has an MOU with the Consumer Goods and Services Ombud for the benefit of our members as well as members of the public who wish to lodge a complaint within the Coatings sector for us to nominate Subject Matter Experts to mediate and if necessary arbitration before any further legal action is taken.
SAPMA provides a collective voice for its Manufacturing, Associate and Contractor members with regards to Labour, Compliance Certification, Bargaining Council as well as CCMA related information.
We assist all our members with BBBEE and Charter Council representation across all industries. We have an in-house consultant who is available and able to assist all our members with any BBBEE and Charter Council related “issues”.
Trading Environment:
- DTI – Preferential Supplier Database
- Research and Assumptions
Supply side Incentives:
Under the SAPMA umbrella we have the Coatings Confederation giving rise to the following for our members:
- Labour Forum – Surface Coatings Employers Association
- Training Forum – SAPMA Professional Body
Professional Recognition Forum – SAPMA Professional Body Designation recognition and certification
Lobbying and Representation: SAPMA has representation in various committees within the following governmental departments:
- DTI – Department of Trade and Industry and Competition
- DOL – Department of Labour
- DEFF – Department of Forestry and Fisheries
- SABS – South African Bureau of Standards
It is within these various committees SAPMA is present and the various industries are fully represented to assist with the following:
Standards – Recognition of current standards within the Coatings Sector as well as development of new Standards to enhance and assist the Sector
Regulations – Review of current regulations and amend/change regulations to ensure they are up to date and relevant for the various industries
Health and Safety (GHS) Standards – ensuring the current, most up to date Health and Safety standards are always adhered to by all our members. To comply with Global standards as well as local standards affecting our Sector.
SAPMA and its Members are accountable for community engagement to and ensure members of the public are well informed of our products and services across all industries as well as ensuring all its members adhere to a SAPMA Code of Conduct and the SAPMA Code of Ethics, developed by the SAPMA ethics committee. Members of the public as well as SAPMA members need to follow ethical procedures to ensure legal and professional investigation of unethical procedures and conduct within the Coatings Sector are correctly communicated and dealt with.
SAPMA provides Professional Development for its members in the form of a Professional Body. Within this body, we assist with the following:
- Training and Talent Management of Employees within the Sector
- Accreditation of Training Providers lined to Registered Occupations in the Coatings Sector
- Accreditation of Training Programmes
- Professional Recognition of Skilled, Competent Practitioners throughout the Sector, per industry across the following designations:
- Technical
- Operational
- Professional
- Master levels
SAPMA is a “Watch – Dog” for the Sector and the Public. By this we mean, we assist our members to be aware of training providers within the Sector who are not legit. We need to know who the training providers are and they need to be accountable to SAPMA for their activities. We need to eradicate Fly-by-night Providers who offer little to no value to Employees within the Sector.
SAPMA assists by avoiding its members becoming involved in National Scandals which compromise them as members with Government and Trade Unions within the Sector.
SAPMA provides information to its members on regular changes to regulations such as Lead in Paint Regulation as well as Section 18 of the Waste Management Act, to ensure members are well informed and take responsibility within the Sector and their relevant industry to comply with the new regulations or changes to current regulations
SAPMA has registered the “South African Retail Hardware and Paint Employers Association” (RHPEA) to ensure that those of its members who are operating in the Wholesale and Retail Coatings space are properly organised as a collective with a voice which is capable of representing the industry to the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTI&C) as well as to the Department of Employment and Labour (DE&L).
Work has commenced both within the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition as well as in the Department of Employment and Labour, to organise the Wholesale and Retail Sector in South Africa in two respects.
Collective Bargaining:
The first relates to the registration and facilitation of a Bargaining Council for the Retail Sector governing wages and conditions of employment. In the absence of a Bargaining Council for the Retail Sector, it has fallen on the Minister of Employment and Labour to have to impose a Sectoral Determination for wages and conditions of employment relating to employees in the wholesale and retail sector. The Minister has asked that the 2021 sectoral determination for Wholesale and Retail be the last time that he is called upon to intervene in collective-bargaining matters best-left to the social partnership of business and labour which should be operating in the sector.
One of the reasons that the Minister is so eager for the Social Partners to self-govern, is his indication that he wishes to finalise and implement an Employment Equity Profile for each industry and sector in South Africa.
He has realised that it is only between the employer and employees within the Wholesale and Retail Sector where agreement can be reached for an Equity profile for the sector in terms of what he requires to be mapped against the Economically Active Population (EAP) of South Africa.
In the absence of self-determination and governance, the sector of Wholesale and Retail and in-particular Retail Paint and Hardware will be dictated to, in-terms of the Employment Equity Profile and Targets which will be applied and enforced, both for employment as well as promotion purposes in companies.
Given the number of REFURBISHMENTS, RENOVATIONS, MAKE-OVERS and NEW BUILDS taking place throughout South Africa, SAPMA acknowledges the key role played by Coatings Manufacturers, Suppliers and Retailers in the work being done.
We are also acutely aware that there is a very low level of both faith and expectation in guarantee provided for the product and the application of Coatings Product in the Domestic and Industrial Contracting Industry.
This poor market image can be attributed to:
The number of companies which simply do not honour guarantees on products and actively look for reasons not to assure and guarantee their product.
The low (non-existent) barriers to entry in both the Supply and Manufacturing Industry of the Coatings Sector which often cause those companies to collapse before the guarantee period on the product or service has expired.
As much as this problem affects SAPMA Members and the general perception in the marketplace of the Coatings Sector, it is often caused by and also affects the Contracting / Application Industry in terms of the questionable quality of their Service to the end-customer, Domestic or Industrial.
SAPMA Solution:
SAPMA is launching the Guarantee Verification Scheme (GVS) which is designed to audit and verify, and therefore for an annual fee, certify as alive and well and applicable, both:
- The PRODUCT GUARANTEE directly from the Manufacturer on-record
- The SERVICE GUARANTEE from the CONTRACTOR OF RECORD
SAPMA also has an MOU with the Consumer Goods and Services Ombud for the benefit of our members as well as members of the public who wish to lodge a complaint within the Coatings sector for us to nominate Subject Matter Experts to mediate and if necessary arbitration before any further legal action is taken.
MEMBERSHIP
Applications
Please note that applications must be completed by a duly authorised signatory who has been appointed as such by a resolution of the board, for the purpose of submitting this application for membership.
Use the links below to access the application forms. Any requirements for completing the application can be found on the first page of the form. You can save your progress at any time while completing the form. A link will be emailed to you which can be used to continue with the application.
Downloadable application forms in PDF are available below if you prefer not to use the online application process.
