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Sector Skills Planning. Tebogo Makgatho Gallagher Estates August 2002. THE FACTS…. ISETT covers IT,Telecoms and Electronics Approximately 6800 companies in the ISETT sector Approximately 3500 are registered with SARS and pay the levy. Grant Participation F/Y 1, 2 and 3.
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Sector Skills Planning Tebogo Makgatho Gallagher Estates August 2002
THEFACTS… • ISETT covers IT,Telecoms and Electronics • Approximately 6800 companies in the ISETT sector • Approximately 3500 are registered with SARS and pay the levy
Unallocated funds F/Y 2001/2 • Unclaimed funds from all grants • 27 Projects awarded to the value of R33m • Projects addressing a number of objectives • Computer literacy • Rural • Women • High-end skills (CISCO, S/W Programming ) • Telecommunications skills • AIDS awareness • Maths and Science etc
Skills development projects • Both unallocated funds & Management initiatives
Sector skills projects • Projects worth R42m ( social responsibility and unallocated funds) • Impact on more than 62000 people – 70% youth • Countrywide • Largely address concept of additionality • Most will lead to job creation – either short term or long term • Aim to bridge the digital divide • Across spectrum – to address both NSDS objectives and SSP
Future sector needs – New Sector Skills planning • Sectoral strategy document that will map efforts w.r.t. skills development in the sector • Input data • Various research reports • International benchmarking study • WSP aggregated report • SMME needs analysis • Career guidance report • Skills audit/ collection of labour market stats • Workshops/ Focus groups • Desktop research • SSP Committee / Stakeholder Board
Key Findings ICT Labour market statistics / Skills audit Key input to the updated SSP
Total employees & ICT users by chamber – ISETT Sector • 212,000 employees and 186,400 ICT users • IT chamber makes up 63% of ISETT Sector employees • The electronics chamber has the lowest % of ICT users
ICT Users by SOC and Gender • More males than females in most categories except Admin support and • low level technology users • Large emphasis should be on training for females
ICT Users by SOC and Race • Manager/supervisor has large % of white males • Admin support has large % of white females • EE not being implemented
Way Forward • Workshops / Focus groups to discuss recommendations/strategy • 19,21,22 August 2002 • Briefing session on the findings • 27 August 2002 • Complete SSP by November 2002
Thank You tebogo.makgatho@isett.org.za Visit our website www.isett.org.za