A practical one year on the job experience, structured to offer young graduates, or individuals an opportunity to work and learn in the field of broadcasting. News in service trainees are required to gather the information, log and edit, as well as finally read the news live on air for each newscast. The trainees are expected to ensure that the local content quota, as stipulated by the IBA is adhered to. And also maintain the music library, liaise with record companies, ensure that the station is offering a balanced variety of music on air. The amount of research is sometimes overwhelming but the trainees are assured skills development and support opportunity.
Many stations experience problems in the area of programming expertise.
The majority of stations, go on air with basic intro level skills. The Programme Management Trainee programme is designed to assist the trainee to carefully assess the needs of the station, the make up of the community and the resources of the station. The trainee is thus enabled to design, asses, evaluate and implement a comprehensive programming schedule. Criminology Department to assist in the development of a training programme whereby young people who have been convicted of various offences would be trained to operate a radio station. It took months of negotiations with prison officials to come up with a viable plan that would enable the prisoners to operate a simple radio station within the facility.