19.1. Secondment means the temporary transfer of a trainee accountant to another organisation for a
defined period.
19.2. During the period of secondment, the trainee accountant must be involved in work that is relevant to
the prescribed competencies as determined by SAICA.
19.3. The trainee accountant must remain an employee of the training office and the original training contract
must remain in force.
19.4. Regulations 19.1 to 19.3 do not apply to academic trainee accountants.
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19.5. The training officer must remain responsible for the trainee accountant, regardless of whether or not
the trainee accountant reports to the training officer during the period of the secondment. The training
officer remains responsible to ensure that the trainee accountant is assessed as prescribed by SAICA.
