theta presentation to environmental affairs and tourism portfolio committee 20 february 2007
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THETA Presentation to Environmental Affairs and Tourism Portfolio Committee 20 February 2007. Presented by: Mike Tsotetsi. Background & Rational. Tourism and its links to ASGI-SA Tourism has been identified by ASG-ISA as a priority area The Importance of skills development in the sector. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Our People Skilled for a Sustainable Future
THETA Presentation to Environmental Affairs and
Tourism Portfolio Committee20 February 2007
Presented by: Mike Tsotetsi
Our People Skilled for a Sustainable Future
Background & Rational
• Tourism and its links to ASGI-SA• Tourism has been identified by ASG-ISA as a priority
area• The Importance of skills development in the sector.
• Tourism’s contribution to the economy
• Rationale for a tourism/sport skills audit• The BEE charter
• Building a skills partnership in tourism
• T
Our People Skilled for a Sustainable Future
INTRODUCTION Mission
“To facilitate the achievement of excellent standards and growth through the development and recognition of people”
• Developing and implementing a sector skills plan • Developing and administering Learnerships • Supporting the implementation of the NQF • Undertaking quality assurance • Developing and registering qualification
with SAQA • Disbursing levies collected from employers• Reporting to the Minister and to SAQA
through
Our People Skilled for a Sustainable Future
OUR LEARNING CURVE• THETA has been exposed to interesting
times from its early days in 2000
• Inherited legacy of inefficiencies that had impacted negatively on THETA
• This resulted in – negative press coverage and – qualified audit reports
Our People Skilled for a Sustainable Future
TARGETS VS ACHIEVEMENTS
Reporting Information RequiredTHETA Target for 2005/6
THETAAchievements for the Year (Accumulative)
Success Indicator No
No of SDFs Trained0 881.2
No of large firms received WSP/ATR grants for 2005/6 financial year (Attach a separate report providing company names and SDL Numbers)
134 5592.1
No of medium firms received WSP/ATR grants for 2005/6 financial year (Attach a separate report providing company names and SDL Numbers)
294 2952.1
No of small levy paying firms supported by THETA for 2005/6 financial year3472 11092.2
No of black workers 146
No of female workers 104
No of people with disabilities 2
No of young people (below 35 years)
No of workers that have registered ABET Level 4 (2005/6 NSDS II registrations)
2672.7
No of Sector Specialists Trained 51.2
2005/6
Our People Skilled for a Sustainable Future
TARGETS VS ACHIEVEMENTS
Reporting Information RequiredTHETA Target for 2005/6
THETAAchievements for the Year (Accumulative)
Success Indicator No
No of workers that have entered learning programmes1175 65392.8
No of workers that have completed learning programmes 588 32732.8
No of black workers 499 2053
No of female workers 317 761
No of people with disabilities 24 0
No of black workers 999 4109
No of female workers 635 2450
No of people with disabilities 47 5
No of young people (below 35 years)In all
categories
No of young people (below 35 years)In all
categories
2005/6
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TARGETS VS ACHIEVEMENTS
Reporting Information RequiredTHETA Target for 2005/6
THETAAchievements for the Year (Accumulative)
Success Indicator No
No of unemployed people that have entered learning programmes1175 11633.2
No of workers that have completed learning programmes 588 1314.1
No of black workers 499 129
No of female workers 317 103
No of people with disabilities 24 0
No of black unemployed people 999 1163
No of female unemployed people 635 1119
No of unemployed people with disabilities 47 630
No of young people (below 35 years)In all
categories2
No of young people (below 35 years)In all
categories
No of organisations supported by SETA’s (NGO’s CBO’s, Co-ops etc)17 1133.2
2005/6
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TARGETS VS ACHIEVEMENTS
Reporting Information RequiredTHETA Target for 2005/6
THETA Achievements for the Year (Accumulative)
Success Indicator No
No of learners assisted in workplace experience grants1500 04.2
No of young people that have entered new venture programmes 82 04.3
No of black young people 70 0
No of female young people 44 0
No of young people with disabilities 3 0
No of black learners 1275 0
No of female learners 810 0
No of learners with disabilities 60 0
No of young people (below 35 years)In all
categories
No of young people (below 35 years)In all
categories
2005/6
Our People Skilled for a Sustainable Future
TARGETS VS ACHIEVEMENTS
Reporting Information RequiredTHETA Target for 2005/6
THETAAchievements for the Year (Accumulative)
Success Indicator No
No of young people that are in operation 12 months after completion ofprogramme
57 04.3
No of Institutions assisted and type of support and linked to criteria (Attach a List of Names and Location of Institutes of Sectoral or Occupational Excellence)
2 05.1
49 0
31 0
2 0
In allcategories
2005/6
No of black young people
No of female young people
No of young people with disabilities
No of young people (below 35 years)
No of Institutions accredited to manage delivery of new venture creation Qualification. (Attach a List of Names and Location of New VentureCreation accredited Institutes
1 05.2
Our People Skilled for a Sustainable Future
CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS
CONSTRAINTS• Provider capacity – assist with accreditation
processes, develop and upgrade capacity of assessors.
• Funding – lack of funds is a huge constraint - assistance needed from DoL and DEAT ( including donor funding from private institutions and other countries)
• Shortfall to reach set of NSDS 2 Targets is in the region of R100 million over the next 5 year period
Our People Skilled for a Sustainable Future
CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS
• Explore inter-governmental coordination and collaboration
• Intensify growing income by urging all Public Entities’ to pay administrative levy to THETA
• Align courses currently provided by workplaces to the NQF
Our People Skilled for a Sustainable Future
COMMITMENTS 2006/2007
• WSP and Mandatory Grant payments to 134 large and 176 medium firms
• 3472 small organisations assisted in skills development
• 5600 workers assisted in ABET
• 5 Enterprises assisted in achieving a national standard of good practice
R37m
R11m
R10m
R1m
Our People Skilled for a Sustainable Future
COMMITMENTS 2006/2007
• 1175 employed and 1175 unemployed learners in learnerships
• 17 NGO’s or CBO’s supported in skills development
• 82 Young persons trained and mentored in new venture
• 1500 FET and HET learners assisted
R37m
R11m
R1m
R10m
Our People Skilled for a Sustainable Future
PRIORITIES FOR 2006/2007
• Research Scarce and Critical Skills in the whole sector
• Conduct a skills audit• Broad-based support to all employers re
HIV/AIDS education to workers• Streamline processes and procedures to
ensure rapid deployment of available resources
• Approval of amended constitution by the Minister
Our People Skilled for a Sustainable Future
PRIORITIES FOR 2006/2007
• Reconstitution of the THETA Board• Training Providers accredited with
THETA 5 x Providers Per Province = 45 Levy/Companies =155• To have 28 Qualifications approved by
SAQA submitted in 2005• To submit new 30 qualifications to SAQA
Our People Skilled for a Sustainable Future
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Progress Report NSDS - Learnerships
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Gauteng 711 20 25 756 37
W/Cape 414 19 35 468 23
KZN 345 21 366 18
N/West 165 165 8
Free State 5 5 0.4
Limpopo 74 74 3,6
Mpumalanga 61 61 3,0
E/Cape 147 147 7
N/Cape 18 18 0.9
Total 1940 60 60 2060 100
Rural Total Percentage
815 (42%)
21 (35%) 850 (41%)
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RegionsNo. of SMME Assisted
No. of SDAs
Responsibilities
Gauteng Jhb/Vaal, JHB south/ West rand, Pretoria, East Rand
408 4 Assist SMMEs in skills development legislative framework Compile and submit Workplace Skills Plans & Implementation Reports To serve as a contact person between THETA and the SMME Train the employees of SMME establishments – SA Host.Prepare for employers for implementation of LearnershipsFacilitate and advise on Accreditation requirements for Training providersConduct site verification visitsConducts audits Conduct site Audits to employers implementing Learnership for THETAAssist THETA employers with the accreditation application process Presentation on IIP
Limpopo All Limpopo 341 2
Mpumalanga
All Mpumalanga 165 1
KZN Durban/South Coast, Pietermaritzburg/Midlands, Eshowe/Maputaland
397 3
E/Cape East London, Port Elizabeth, Butterworth/Kokstad
393 3
Western Cape
Mossel bay, Cape Town/ West coast, Bellville/Winelands, Garden Route/Jeffries Bay
311 4
North West
Klerksdorp and Rustenburg 137 2
Total 2152 19
NB: NC & FS will be addressed in the future
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Progress Report FETs
Province No. of FET Colleges Name of FET Colleges
Western Cape 3 1. Boland College2. Northlink College3. False Bay College
Northern Cape 2 1. Northern Cape Urban FET College2. Namaquland Northern Cape FET College
North West 1 1. Taletso FET College
KZN 1 1. Thekwini College
Gauteng 2 1. Ekurhuleni East College2. Jeppe College
Mpumalanga 3 1. Ehlanzeni FET College2. Gert Sibanda College3. Nkangala College
Limpopo 2 1. Lephalele College2. Vhembe College
Free State None 1. N/A
Eastern Cape 1 1. Port Elizabeth FET College
THETA is engaging 15 FET in the Service Provider Capacity Building. Thus, assisting them with their programme approval
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Provincial Skills Development Forums
• Planned participation through commissioned skills audit with all provinces
• Working with the premier’s office on NVC about 50 learners being recruited in Limpopo and 30 in W/Cape
• Participate in Provincial Skills Development meetings, Theta supports NSF funding application for the E/Cape and Mpumalanga
• In N/Cape 24 tourist guides being trained in German and French
• In the North west Theta participate through the Premier’s office in Provincial Skills Development meetings, Strategy Formulation and Conferences/SMME Working groups
Our People Skilled for a Sustainable Future
CONCLUSION
THETA IS NOW IN A POSITION TO DELIVER MEANINGFUL WORK-RELATED TRAINING AND
EMPLOYMENT – CREATING LEARNING ON A LARGE SCALE IN
THE TOURISM SECTOR
“We must act now to develop the skills of our
people before its too late” Mr. Mdladlana , Sunday Times 2003/07/11
Our People Skilled for a Sustainable Future
THANK YOU!
www.theta.org.za(011) 803-6010