THETA Presentation to Environmental Affairs and Tourism Portfolio Committee 20 February 2007

1. THETA Presentation to Environmental Affairs and Tourism Portfolio Committee20 February 2007 Presented by: Mike Tsotetsi

2. 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

3. INTRODUCTION Mission “To facilitate the achievement of excellent standards and growth through the development and recognition of people” through • 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

4. 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

5. 2005/6 Success Indicator No Reporting Information Required THETA Target for 2005/6 THETA Achievements for the Year (Accumulative) 1.2 No of SDFs Trained 0 88 1.2 No of Sector Specialists Trained 5 2.1 No of large firms received WSP/ATR grants for 2005/6 financial year (Attach a separate report providing company names and SDL Numbers) 134 559 2.1 No of medium firms received WSP/ATR grants for 2005/6 financial year (Attach a separate report providing company names and SDL Numbers) 294 295 2.2 No of small levy paying firms supported by THETA for 2005/6 financial year 3472 1109 2.7 No of workers that have registered ABET Level 4 (2005/6 NSDS II registrations) 267 146 No of black workers 104 No of female workers 2 No of people with disabilities No of young people (below 35 years) TARGETS VS ACHIEVEMENTS

6. 2005/6 Success Indicator No Reporting Information Required THETA Target for 2005/6 THETA Achievements for the Year (Accumulative) 2.8 No of workers that have entered learning programmes 1175 6539 999 4109 No of black workers 635 2450 No of female workers 47 5 No of people with disabilities In all categories No of young people (below 35 years) 2.8 No of workers that have completed learning programmes 588 3273 499 2053 No of black workers 317 761 No of female workers 24 0 No of people with disabilities In all categories No of young people (below 35 years) TARGETS VS ACHIEVEMENTS

7. 2005/6 Success Indicator No Reporting Information Required THETA Target for 2005/6 THETA Achievements for the Year (Accumulative) 3.2 No of organisations supported by SETA’s (NGO’s CBO’s, Co-ops etc) 17 113 3.2 No of unemployed people that have entered learning programmes 1175 1163 999 1163 No of black unemployed people 635 1119 No of female unemployed people 47 630 No of unemployed people with disabilities In all categories 2 No of young people (below 35 years) 4.1 No of workers that have completed learning programmes 588 131 499 129 No of black workers 317 103 No of female workers 24 0 No of people with disabilities In all categories No of young people (below 35 years) TARGETS VS ACHIEVEMENTS

8. 2005/6 Success Indicator No Reporting Information Required THETA Target for 2005/6 THETA Achievements for the Year (Accumulative) 4.2 No of learners assisted in workplace experience grants 1500 0 1275 0 No of black learners 810 0 No of female learners 60 0 No of learners with disabilities In all categories No of young people (below 35 years) 4.3 No of young people that have entered new venture programmes 82 0 70 0 No of black young people 44 0 No of female young people 3 0 No of young people with disabilities In all categories No of young people (below 35 years) TARGETS VS ACHIEVEMENTS

9. 2005/6 Success Indicator No Reporting Information Required THETA Target for 2005/6 THETA Achievements for the Year (Accumulative) 4.3 No of young people that are in operation 12 months after completion of programme 57 0 No of black young people 49 0 No of female young people 31 0 No of young people with disabilities 2 0 No of young people (below 35 years) In all categories 5.1 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 0 5.2 No of Institutions accredited to manage delivery of new venture creation Qualification. (Attach a List of Names and Location of New Venture Creation accredited Institutes 1 0 TARGETS VS ACHIEVEMENTS

10. 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

11. 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

12. COMMITMENTS 2006/2007 R37m • 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 R11m R10m R1m

13. COMMITMENTS 2006/2007 R37m • 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 R11m R10m R1m

14. 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

15. 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

16. SETA Logo Labour Progress Report NSDS - Learnerships

17. SETA Logo Labour Progress Report NSDS

18. Labour Progress Report FETs THETA is engaging 15 FET in the Service Provider Capacity Building. Thus, assisting them with their programme approval

19. SETA Logo Labour Progress Report Provinces

20. 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

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