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Welcome to the ISETT SETA
Business Development
Skills Development Projects
Learnerships
Education and Training Quality Assurance (ETQA)
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Business Development
Wynand Van der MerweSenior Manager: Business Development
27th March 2003Cape Town
• Sector Skills Planning (SSP) & Research• Marketing & Communication
• Approximately 8000 companies in the ISETT sector
• Approximately 4000 are currently paying Skills Levies
Business Development
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SSP Statistics
• Total No of WSP's Received: 883• No. of WSP's Approved: 677• No. of Pending WSP's: 206• Total no. of Registered SDF's: 415• No. of SDF's employed by companies: 344• No. of ISDF's: 28 • No of companies represented by ISDF's: 493
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The Sector Skills Plan
• The SSP compiled by SETA’s must address 4 key aspects:– The environment in which the SETA operates,
which includes National Policies, International Trends, and Research into opportunities for growth.
– The sector in which it operates, e.g. number of employers, profile of employees, skills shortages, SMME opportunities, etc.
– Demand for skills on all levels.– Current supply of skills.
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The Sector Skills Plan (Cont.)
• The SSP document is backed by:
– Co-operative and independent research projects, both Nationally and Internationally.
– Workplace Skills Plans prepared and submitted by employers.
– Training Implementation Reports from employers.
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Highlights
• New WSP and ATR Templates
• New incentives for Increased Participation
• Increased number of Research Projects
• Improved turnaround time for Approvals
• Higher Visibility and Responsiveness
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Skills Development Projects
Teboho Mokoena
Manager: Special Projects
Skills Programmes
• ISETT SETA is currently funding 32 Skills Programmes impacting on a total number of 5830 learners, nationwide.
• To date an amount of R38,10 million has been committed to support these initiatives.
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Skills Programmes (Cont.)
Provinces Total Percentages
Eastern Cape 1 4%
Free State 2 8%
Gauteng 7 27%
KwaZulu Natal 2 8%
Limpopo 1 4%
Nationally 9 35%
Western Cape 2 8%
Western Cape/Gauteng 1 4%
Western Cape/KwaZulu Natal
1 4%
•Projects Geographical:
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Skills Programmes (cont.)
• These are programmes addressing the following SSP/NSDS targets:
SSP Requirements /NSDS targets Number Percentages
High level Technological Skill 10 14.1%
Computer Literacy 10 14.1%
Job Creation 14 19.7%
Management Skills 6 8.5%
SME Training & Support 5 7.0%
Rural/semi-urban 5 7.0%
Career Pathing 16 22.5%
Maths & Science 7 9.8%
ABET 1 1.4%
Customer Service 1 1.4%
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Skills Programmes (cont.)
Projects Future Plans:• Develop and align current skills programmes into
Units Standards to progress into Learnerships – Structured Learning
• Continue to develop skills programme addressing skills gaps within ISETT Sector
• For transparency and operational purposes, skills programmes will be treated within legal and skill development framework, i.e. ISETT SETA Procurement Procedures and PFMA
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Lihle Dlamini
Manager: Learnership and ETQA
Learnerships
What is a Learnership?• Work based education and training programme.
• A route to a qualification registered on the NQF.
– A minimum of 120 credits.– Comprises of fundamental, core and elective
components.
• Relates to an occupation.
• Combines theory and workplace experience.
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Why Learnership?
• To fast track the development of current employees.
• To offer current employees opportunities to acquire a qualification.
• To serve as an entry point for young people into the industry.
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Benefits of Learnership
• Learner– Provides learner with a nationally recognised
qualification
– Recognizes and formalizes current employee`s experience and knowledge gained through many years of experience.
– Provides a route to employment or self-employment.
– Provides learners with theoretical/institutional and practical/on-the-job experience.
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Benefits of Learnership
• Employer
– Provides qualified learners who have relevant work experience by the end of the Learnership.
– Is a good way of acknowledging and affirming skills of existing employees.
• Qualifies for a tax rebate calculated as follows: 18.1 Learner = R 42 500.00
18.2 Learner = R 50 000.00
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Registered Learnership
• Each of these Learnership will take a minimum of 12 months to complete
Learnership Title NQF Level
Registration Number Credits
Certificate IT Technician 4 12Q000001101204 120 Certificate Electronic and Computing System
4 12Q000002071204 120
Diploma Electronic and Computing System
5 12Q000003071205 120
Advanced Diploma Electronic and Computing System
5 12Q000004071205 120
Certificate Computer Programming
4 12Q000005091204 120
Certificate Programming 4 12Q000006081204 120 Diploma Programming 5 12Q000007081205 120 Advanced Diploma 5 12Q000008081205 120
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Parties to the Learnership Agreement
Learner
Training ProviderEmployer
ISETT SETA
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Learnership Agreement
• PART A: Terms and Conditions of Agreement
• Declaration of the Parties• Rights of Learners,
Employer, registered Training providers
• Duties of Learners , Employers , registered Training providers
• Conditions for Terminating the Agreement
• Handling Dispute
• PART B: Details of parties to the Agreement
• Learnership details• Learner details
– Parents or Guardian details
– Training provider details
– Terms and conditions of Employment (pre- and unemployed Learners)
– Signatures
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ISETT SETA Procedures
• Submission of letter of intent
• Completion and signing of Learnership Agreement
• Registration of Learnership Agreement
• Implementation of Learnership
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ISETT SETA Procedures(Cont.)
• Unemployed and Pre-employed
– An allowance is paid to the learner by the employer
– A contract of employment must be entered into with learner
– Conditions of service as spelled out in the Learnership Determination Regulations apply
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Eligibility for Participation
• The following conditions apply for organisations to be able to participate in Learnership
– Organisation will be registered levy paying constituent of ISETT SETA
– The 18.2 learners entering the programme, preference to be given to the previously disadvantaged as reflected by NSDS
– Willingness to provide workplace/experiential learning
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Guide to Implementing a Learnership
Manage, Supportand Administer the
Learnership
Prepare theOrganization
Develop animplementation Plan
Implement the Learnership
Evaluate the Programme
Establish the need
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Process for registration of Agreement
The SETA decide whether or not to register a Learnership
agreement within two weeks of receiving the Learnership
agreement
Employer, Learner and Provider completes
Agreement
Employer sends a copy of agreement to
ISETT SETA
ISETT SETA Verifies information, records and
registers each Agreement(Signed and dated)
ISETT SETA sends one copy of each registered Agreement to Employer
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ISETT SETAEducation and Training
Quality Assurance (ETQA)
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ETQA Functions
Key responsibilities:
1. Accredit constituent providers
2. Monitor and audit providers
3. Register constituent assessors
4. Evaluate assessments and facilitate moderations among constituent providers
5. Quality assure US and Qualifications
6. Take responsibility for the certifications of learners
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Accreditation of Training Providers
D e live ry A sse ssm e nt P ro v id er
P ro v id er M o d e l
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Accreditation Requirements
PlatformPlatform
ProgrammeProgrammePractitionerPractitioner
Learner Learner SupportSupport
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Platform: Organization
• Learning Programme
• Learning Environment
• Quality Management System
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Programme Requirements
P ro g ra m m eS tra te gy
C u rricu lu m /G u id es
A sse ssm e ntG u ide
A p p ro va l
•Unit Standard Alignment
•Learner Support
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ETD Staff
T e ch n ica l
A sse ssor
A sse sso rs
A sse ssor
M o d era to r
M o d era to rs
C o a ch
M e n to r
F a c ilita to r
O th er
E T D S ta ff
T e ch n ica l
A sse ssor
A sse sso rs
A sse ssor
M o d era to r
M o d era to rs
C o a ch
M e n to r
F a c ilita to r
O th er
E T D S ta ff
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ETQA Process Flow
Submit application/
Intention to get accredited
Complete self Assessment
Questionnaire
Work on your Policies,
Procedures, Systems and
Processes
ISETT SETA to conduct a site
visitSubmit Final
Documentation
ISETT SETA to notify of
Accreditation Status
Accreditation and Listing on
the ISETT SETA’s Website
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