Michael Tiger

Mike Tiger currently practices as an Independent/External Skills Development Facilitator (SDF) for various clients and is registered as an External SDF with the CETA, HWSETA, FASSET, merSETA, W&R SETA and MICT SETA.
He is an active member of the Association for Skills Development in South Africa (ASDSA), serving in the volunteer positions of Board member, National Chairperson of the Regional Committees Chairpersons as well as the Gauteng Regional Committee Chairperson.
His previous work experience lies in successfully consulting with and managing the learning and development needs of over 2,000 internal customers across diverse disciplines and departments at a large public health entity for 9 years. In his capacity as the National Non-Technical Training Manager and National Skills Development Facilitator, he demonstrated the capability to consistently ensure the organisation’s compliance in terms of the relevant skills development and labour legislation for meeting defined strategic objectives, while achieving or exceeding these goals in a cost-effective manner. He was also a member of the Employment Equity, Skills Development and Transformation Committee for 9 years.
Mike has completed a Short Learning Programme in Human Resources Management and Training and was awarded the OD-ETDP National Certificate (Occupationally-Directed Education, Training and Development Practices) at NQF Level 6 by the ETDP SETA to enhance his career path, qualifications and skills as a training practitioner.
He also holds a Certificate in Business Studies from the Institute of Accounting and Commerce also completed the 5-year requirement for serving accountancy/auditing articles. He has previously attended and continues to participate in many short courses and seminars since 2001 that focus on learning and development, B-BBEE, EE and HR related topics.
He has also previously worked in the training provider industry for 10 years as a training programmes/project manager, operations manager and course developer/ training manager and researched, created and managed a large portfolio of short courses for the various training providers.
At some of the previous training providers where he worked as head of training, he managed a team of telesales/contact centre and database personnel who marketed the courses either as in-house or public events. He also held an executive position on the management teams by either managing or co-managing the operational and strategic activities of the training, marketing, sales and database functions by reporting directly to the various training companies’ CEOs.
Mike has also been an invited presenter to address workshops for SkillingSA on “Workplace Skills Planning and Skills Audits” in March 2022 and February 2023. He has also facilitated a 2-day practical short course for SkillingSA on “Conduct a Skills Audit and Training Needs Analysis and Create an Organisational Development and Training Plan” in October 2022 and May 2024 as well as a full-day workshop on “Preparing for the WSP Submission 2026” in October 2025 and February 2026.
 
He has also recently completed the mentoring of 9 entry-level and intermediate-level Skills Development Facilitators in a 12-month mentorship programme for SDF-SA in 2024/2025. He is also currently a facilitator and assessor for a QCTO skills development facilitation programme for a skills development provider.