- Pick n Pay
- South Africa
- Category: Internships, Grade 12 Jobs
- Posted 03 November 2026
Programme Overview
Kick-start your career with Pick n Pay’s UIF Skills Programmes. Gain practical workplace experience, develop valuable retail skills and build a pathway to future employment through structured learning and on-the-job training.
Duration: 6 – 12 Months contract
Learning Model: Blended Learning (Online + In-store Practical Experience)
What You Will Gain
- Structured learning programme
- Practical workplace experience
- Coaching from experienced Store Mentors
- Customer service and retail operations skills
- Ongoing support and development
- Opportunity to build skills for future employment
Requirements
- Grade 12 / Matric certificate
- Aged between 18–40 years of age
- Be a South African citizen
- Currently unemployed
- Passion for customer service, retail and food
- Willing to work retail trading hours
- Good communication and teamwork skills
- Commitment to completing a 6 – 12 months development programme
Available Opportunities
Here’s a list of Career Streams to choose from:
All Rounders
- Experience multiple areas of retail while building the skills needed for a successful career in store operations.
- You will gain: Customer service skills. Merchandising experience. Frontline retail operations knowledge. Exposure across different store departments
Health & Beauty Heroes
- Help customers discover health and beauty products while building specialist retail knowledge.
- You will gain: Health & Beauty product knowledge. Sales and customer engagement skills. Merchandising experience. Practical retail experience
Mastercut
- If you have a passion for food, enjoy working with your hands and want to learn specialist butchery skills, this programme is for you.
- You will gain: Specialist butchery skills. Practical in-store experience. Industry-recognised workplace exposure. A pathway into the retail food industry
Freshrize
- Turn your passion for baking into a career while learning from experienced bakery teams in a real retail environment.
- You’ll gain: Bakery production skills. Food preparation experience. Customer service expertise. Practical workplace exposure
How to Apply
Skhumbuzo Shandu is the founder of Careers With Shandu, a platform dedicated to helping South Africans access job opportunities, learnerships, and career development resources.
He focuses on sharing clear, practical, and up-to-date information to help matriculants, graduates, and job seekers navigate applications and build their careers.
Through his work, he aims to make opportunities easier to understand and accessible to everyone, especially young people entering the workforce.
