2024 Omnia Test (Pre-Tertiary Juniors)

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ABOUT THE COMPANY

Omnia is a diversified Group that conducts research and development, manufactures and supplies chemicals and specialised services and solutions for the agriculture, mining and chemicals application industries.

Based in Johannesburg, South Africa, with operations in 25 countries, Omnia has more than six decades’ experience in the business. Additionally, Omnia continues to grow its global footprint, with businesses in Australasia and Brazil, and clients in other regions such as North America and Canada.

Omnia provides customised, knowledge based, Innovative Solutions through its Agriculture, Mining and Chemicals divisions. These divisions include Omnia Nutriology, Axioteq™, BME, Protea Mining Chemicals and Protea Chemicals. These are all niche businesses that operate with a common objective: to enhance customers’ businesses through research, development and knowledge sharing that will enable them to increase their performance and, by extension, profit margins. In doing so, Omnia aims to increase the performance of customers while reducing their risk, and at the same time focusing on health, safety and a lower environmental impact.

About The Bursary

Educating our next generation is vital to achieving Omnia’s purpose: Innovating to enhance life, together creating a greener future.

The Group remains focused on critical issues such as securing a healthy and adequate food supply for a growing population, effecting a lower impact on the environment and ensuring safer operations for Omnia’s employees and customers. 

To enhance Omnia's Employee-Benefit programmes, the Omnia Future Fund was established to help the children/dependents of their employees to benefit from more affordable access to quality education.

The initiative aims to support financially needy students at universities, thereby contributing to the development of higher education graduates who are confident and proud of their African identity and heritage, academically and socially adept, and equipped with the skills and competencies enabling them to become professionals in their fields. 

  1. The Bursary benefit is capped at R20K, per child/dependent. (may be higher for applicants with recognized disabilities)
    • The bursary only pays for costs that show up on the school invoice (or fee statement) for the year 2024. 
    • The bursary would also cover any outstanding historical debt from previous years (owed to the school at the time of the awarding of the bursary), as long as the total is below the per-child cap. 
  2. All successful candidates will be required to provide final 2024 academic results to the sponsor, via the Mila system that will be provided by their service provider. 
  3. Funding is only for the 2024 year

 

Who Can Apply

  • The applicants are the student (not their parents) 

    A) PARENTS/GUARDIANS MUST BE: 

    1. Permanent Employees of Omnia (or a related/subsidiary company)
    2. Awards will only be for a max of 2 dependents per employee. 
    3. A parent with more than 1 child, will have to complete an application for each child. Each application requires a unique email, you may use your personal and work email (or a trusted spouse/family member’s email address). 
    4. Employees of all income levels may apply, but preference will be given to low-income employees (less than R600K per annum) 
    5. Employees of all races may apply, but preference will be given to BBBEE demographics. 

     

    B) APPLICANTS MUST: 

    1. Be legal dependents of an Omnia (or a related/subsidiary company) Employee
      • As evidenced on an Unabriged birth certificate showing employee as parent/guardian OR, A court letter/order proving employee as guardian, OR a certified copy of child passport page that shows employee as parent/guardian 
    2. Be pursuing a FULL-TIME qualification IN 2024 (Grade 1-12)
    3. NOT be repeating a grade/subject that was paid for by Omnia FutureFund in the previous year. 
    4. NOT be studying any level after matric (see the Omnia Tertiary Bursary instead) 

     

    C) OTHER NOTES ON REQUIREMENTS:

    1. No limitations on citizenship of parent or child 
    2. No age restriction on employees 
    3. Awards will only be for a max of 2 dependents per employee. 
    4. The bursary will be allocated to students at Omnia's sole discretion. 
    5. All successful candidates will be required to provide official end-year 2024 academic results to the sponsor, via the Mila system that will be provided by their service provider (Excel@Uni). Failure to do this may result in employees being required to refund the full bursary award to Omnia.  

     

Please read these notes and instructions carefully before completing the form. Be sure to read every section and ensure that the information you provide is accurate.

  • Applications that are incomplete and that include misrepresentations will immediately be disregarded.
  • Please ensure that you attach ALL of the Required Documents
  • Applications are currently closed.

  • It is your responsibility to apply for entrance for your intended grade and school and to ensure that you are able to meet the entrance requirements stipulated for your grade.
  • Please ensure that you complete all the sections of this application form.
  • Please select the correct funding opportunity when completing your application.
  • You will receive a confirmation e-mail once we have received your application.
  • You will be advised if your application is unsuccessful. Only shortlisted applicants will be invited to interviews.
  • Good Luck! 
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Required Documents

Please prepare the following documents:

    All Applicants

    1. Employee-Parent's certified copy of national ID/Passport (even non-SA) 
    2. Certified copy of proof of Applicant's identity (birth certificate, National ID, or Passport)
    3. Certified Proof of Gaurdianship over Applicant: 
      1. Unabridged birth certificate showing employee as parent/guardian OR, 
      2. A court letter/order proving employee as guardian, OR 
      3. A certified copy of child passport page that shows employee as parent/guardian 
    4. 2023 end-of year Official Final Academic results (official school report) [or police affidavit stating why student wasn't schooling]
    5. 2024 latest (June, etc) Official Academic Results (official school report) [or police affidavit stating why student wasn't schooling]
    6. 2024 Fee statement for the child which shows a statement date more recent than 1 July 2024 
    7. Latest copy of the school’s bank letter  to confirm their bank account (less than 3 months old)
    8. Proof of child’s registration at their educational institution/school (for 2024) – on school letterhead
    9. Latest copy of Performance Contract with employer (not applicable to bargaining unit employees). 
    10. If Parent or Applicant is disabled? Submit Dept. of Labour Employment Equity Act (EEA1) Form AND a Doctors’ Letter * 

     

    Important Note About Documents:

    • All certified documents must be less than 3 months old. 

    • *Where you have multiple documents for 1 submission, please combine/scan them into 1 file that you can upload.

    For applicants under the age of 18, to comply with POPI regulations a signed consent form completed by your parent/legal guardian along with a certified copy of their proof of identity is required.

    You can download the guardian consent form by clicking HERE.

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