Meet Our Team

Adrian Bezuidenhout joined our team as Training Manager at Bergzicht Training in January 2018. While he has always had an interest in youth development, Adrian started off his career path working as an apprentice and later qualifying as an artisan in the printing industry at Nasionale Tydskrifte. A few years later, he  moved from that position to the music industry where he concentrated on royalty collection and distribution for the Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) based in Cape Town. In 2007 he took up the position of Sales Representative in the telecommunications sector, and thereafter, started his own sign writing business. In 2009, his career took a turn and finally brought him into contact with young people as a Student Recruiter and later a Job Placement Officer for False Bay College. In July 2016, Adrian moved over to Northlink College, where once again he was involved in job placement and the project management and administration of various projects funded by various Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETA’s).

Nathalie Skippers joined Bergzicht Training in February 2018 and is responsible for Student Support at our organisation. Nathalie is a registered social worker with more than 12 years’ experience working as a social worker and probation officer for the Department of Social Development as well as in the non-profit sector. Her dedication to the field of social work is apparent from the various awards she received from the Department of Social Development over the years – from the Newcomer Showing the Greatest Potential Award in 2003 to the Merit Award for Excellent Social Work Services in 2013. Nathalie has also worked as a Co-Coordinator for the Johann Rupert Bursary Fund of the Johann & Gaynor Rupert Foundation where she also offered career guidance and mentoring to learners.  In her private capacity, she works with Kingdom Kids and Prospering Parents, a private organisation  capacity An experienced project manager and facilitator, Nathalie works closely with the private organisation, Kingdom Kids and Prospering Parents, on community outreach programmes. She has also been  responsible for conceptualising youth development programmes, and offering career guidance and mentoring to learners through the organisation.

Our office would not run smoothly without the front office support offered by the very organised Abigail Barnard who joined our team as Bergzicht Training’s receptionist in 2017. Focused on her future, Abigail equipped herself with the necessary skills after completing high school in 2006 that would aid her in fulfilling various organisational and operational positions in future. These courses included, amongst others, a computer literacy and bookkeeping, a managing files and folder, and a range of Microsoft courses which she completed at the National Computer College in Oudtshoorn. In between her studies, she worked at the local Spar in Oudtshoorn, where after she enrolled for a N4: Management Assistant course. A few months later Abigail started working as a Receptionist/Administrator at NICRO (2009-2011) in Oudtshoorn where some of her duties included the management of organisational assets and resources, client and public interaction and financial management of petty cash. She has also built up years of data capturing and organisational experience working as a Filing Clerk at Koegelenberg Attorneys (2011-2013) and as a Data Administrator at COMPUSCAN (2013-2016) before joining our team this year.