Construction Industry Development Board Act, 2000 (Act No. 38 of 2000)

Notices

Best Practice Project Assessment Scheme: Standard for Contract Participation Goals for Targeting Enterprises and Labour through Construction Works Contracts

7. Community Liaison Officers
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A Community Liaison Officer (CLO) shall be appointed where contract participation goals are specified for targeted areas in terms of:

(a)one or more Metropolitan or District Municipalities;
(b)one or more Local Municipalities; or
(c)one or more Wards that are wholly or partially located within an area within a predefined radius of the construction activity.

 

Where the appointment of the Community Liaison Officer is the responsibility of the contractor, the requirements for the appointment and payment of the Community Liaison Officer shall be as specified in the contract data.

 

The Community Liaison Officer should be recommended by the Community Project Committee (CPC).

 

Note: Due cognizance must be taken of the risk of the Community Liaison Officer not being a member of the targeted community, and/or the Community Liaison Officer not being recommended by the Ward Councillor(s).

 

7.1Key Duties and Functions

 

The key duties and functions of the Community Liaison Officer should (where relevant) include:

(a)identifying labour available in the target community;
(b)identifying enterprises available in the targeted community;
(c)coordinating community activities with respect to construction works activities;
(d)arranging and attending meetings with the community;
(e)educating community with regard to the dispute resolution mechanism adopted by the Community Project Committee (CPC) and recorded in the agreement between the employer and the CPC;
(f)facilitating labour, community and contractor concerns; and
(g)providing daily feedback regarding community concerns to the contractor.

 

Further details of the key duties and functions of the Community Liaison Officer are given in Appendix D.

 

7.2Minimum Eligibility Requirements

 

Recommended minimum eligibility requirements for a Community Liaison Officer are included in Appendix D.