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WELCOME MICT SETA SME FORUM 05 November 2014

Join the MICT SETA SME Forum to engage with employers in the sector and gather comprehensive information on training needs and providers. Contribute to the skills development strategy for SMEs in the MICT sector.

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WELCOME MICT SETA SME FORUM 05 November 2014

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  1. WELCOMEMICT SETA SME FORUM 05 November 2014

  2. NSDS Target Target DRAFT AGENDA

  3. OVERVIEWSME Forums • Engage profoundly with an important part of the sectors employers, namely companies that are employing between 1 and 49 people • Insufficient data on the structure and the skills requirement of this very part of the sector • In order to design a sound strategy for the engagement of skills development of the sector, a great deal of strategic research has to be conducted in order to put the skills development strategy on sound footing • Gathering and dissemination of comprehensive information on training providers, training provided, and the training needs of SMEs will constitute a critical component of the strategy

  4. TERMS OF REFERENCESpecific Terms of Reference • Consult and share skills development information with MICT stakeholders, with special emphasis on SME involvement • Inform the MICT SETA Sector Skills Plan document in relation to the scarce and critical skills in the sector • Encourage cooperation between levy-payers, non-levy payers and training providers in addressing the skills gaps within the MICT sector

  5. Potential areas of support: Gauteng-SME Forum • The SME Forum should include training Providers • The SME Forum to include DoE/DHET because of the IT Labs • The public FET Colleges capacity be built and their programmes should address industry needs to ensure that they provide “decent graduate” to “plug and play”, • The MICT SETA to devise a focused public FET programme to support them to qualitative and deliver industry driven programmes • Review the numbers on employed learners • The SETA to provide statistics on FETs and SMEs (what does participation mean) • Can the SETA consider including vendor specific programmes under PIVOTAL • Include workplace experience for Universities of Technology • To find an alternative mechanisms of the whole levy system, especially for SMMEs

  6. Potential areas of support: Gauteng -SME Forum • Make resources within DG that is dedicated to SMEs, whether levy-paying or non-levy paying • Identification of the SMEs, and link them with industry and encourage industry to use them • Provision of the percentage of SMEs that are not participating, the SETA to group them to run a programme using the levies that the SME sector did not use, how do they add value • How do SME engage FET colleges • More focus on SME projects or support as they are • SETA to arrange sessions where FETs make presentations to industry on training offered to assess relevance and to provide guidance • SMEs to submit proposals on how to take the “job movement” forward • Process of funding to be reviewed to include training providers with commitment for placement

  7. Qualifications review - Update • Journalism • Film and Media • IT

  8. Thank you

  9. Sector Skills Planning Discussion

  10. Background

  11. Approach to the SSP Update Review of current SSP to identify gaps Field Research Desk Research Survey Interviews Literature review Analysis Focus Groups and Consolidation Planning, Review and Sign off

  12. Sector Profile:Sub-sector by size There are 19937 employers registered with the MICT SETA

  13. Sector Profile:Employers by Sub-sector and Size Small organisations employing less than 50 people constitute about 96% of all employers in the sector.

  14. Sector Profile:Employers by Province and Size Gauteng has the largest share of employers at 40%, followed by Western Cape and Kwazulu-Natal with 8% each.

  15. Levy Contributions by sub-sector A higher proportion of employers in a sub-sector does not necessarily imply more levy contributions in the sub-sector.

  16. Levy contribution by province Gauteng has the highest proportion of levy contributions

  17. Levy Contribution Trends by Sub-sector The number of levy payers has steadily increased since 2010/11

  18. Scarce Skills Advertising Digitisation is really big “Project directors who are able to manage integrated campaigns”

  19. Scarce Skills FEM

  20. Scarce Skills IT

  21. Scarce Skills Electronics

  22. Scarce Skills Telecommunications

  23. Critical Skills Advertising The sector is looking for “sharp thinkers” who are strong conceptually.

  24. Critical Skills FEM

  25. Critical Skills ICT

  26. SECTOR SKILLS PLAN YEAR PLANNER

  27. Thank you Email: sekgana.makhoba@mict.org.za

  28. Thank you

  29. PANEL DISCUSSION

  30. CLOSING REMARKS AND WAY FORWARD

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