aim to inspire the industry to move from talking to doing by reducing the hurdles which seem too...
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Shift the current Paradigm with INSETA’s help! General Concerns –Which learnership for which job family –There is no time to run learnerships –Management of learnerships is paper intensive –Waiting for clarification on issues –Learners are not mentally prepared –Lack of available manpower in Learning & Development dept’s –What about learners in remote areas & learners in SMME co’s –Learnership syllabi are too restrictiveTRANSCRIPT
AIMTo inspire the Industry to move from talking to doing
by reducing the hurdles which seem too high !
Issue 1 Engage in learnerships –make them work for you
Issue 2 Shift the current paradigm with INSETA’s help
Issue 3 Use the learnership funding to your advantage!
Issue 4 Use learnerships to build scarce skills
Issue 5 Obtain buy-in from line managers by marketing the business benefits of learnerships!
Engage in Learnerships …Make them work for you!
• Network with other companies
• Participate as a stakeholder in process
• Assist INSETA to give us what we need!
No of Employees per Sector
95 000
No of Learnership Applications 1 096
% 1,15 %
Shift the current Paradigm with INSETA’s help!
• General Concerns– Which learnership for which job family– There is no time to run learnerships– Management of learnerships is paper intensive– Waiting for clarification on issues – Learners are not mentally prepared– Lack of available manpower in Learning & Development dept’s – What about learners in remote areas & learners in SMME co’s – Learnership syllabi are too restrictive
Learnership FundingUse it to your advantage!
• INSETA provides funding for start-up costs– OBE Courses– Assessor Training– Moderator Training– Industry project team designed learning material– Grants to employers– Tax discounts to employers
Learnerships = cost effective route to achieve the Charter target of 1,5 %
Salary Related Expenses 0Publication to Launch Programme
5,000
Assessment Tests 36,000Travel (Flights & Petrol) 239,594Accommodation 44,850Refreshments 11,520Graduation Ceremony 27,650Training & Continuous Assessment
198,270
Final Assessment 33,116TOTAL EXPENSES 650,000
Costs ?Implementation vs INSETA Funding
Grants from INSETA 270 000
Tax Saving 573,750TOTAL INCOME 843,750
Example based on 45 employed learners
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Process managed by Line Managers
Learnerships Build Scarce Skills !
• Identify Skills Shortages– Eg underwriting, claims,
product developers– Grow your own !
• Implement non-core learnerships– Eg Leadership development,
Diversity Management.– Why not an IT learnership ?
Obtain buy-in from Line Managers !• Market the benefits of Learnerships
– Need skills to be first world competitors– Grow your own scarce skills– Lots of people but limited skill ……… Grow the Skill Pool !
Conclusion
Share where we have to …..
Fight where we have to …..
Compete where we have to …..
Learnerships are about sharing!
DIGIVOTEIssue 1 Engage in learnerships –make them work for you
Issue 2 Shift the current paradigm with INSETA’s help
Issue 3 Use the learnership funding to your advantage!
Issue 4 Use learnerships to build scarce skills
Issue 5 Obtain buy-in from line managers by marketing the business benefits of learnerships!