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WELCOME TO THE MICT SETA STAKEHOLDER ROADSHOW 7 February 2014

WELCOME TO THE MICT SETA STAKEHOLDER ROADSHOW 7 February 2014. NSDS Target. Target. AGENDA. NSDS Target. Target. AGENDA. Charlton Philiso Senior Manager: ETQA. CONTENTS. Performance to date QCTO – qualifications review Challenges O pportunities.

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WELCOME TO THE MICT SETA STAKEHOLDER ROADSHOW 7 February 2014

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  1. WELCOME TO THE MICT SETA STAKEHOLDER ROADSHOW 7February 2014

  2. NSDS Target Target AGENDA

  3. NSDS Target Target AGENDA

  4. Charlton Philiso Senior Manager: ETQA

  5. CONTENTS • Performance to date • QCTO – qualifications review • Challenges • Opportunities

  6. ACCREDITED PROVIDERS AS AT JANUARY 2014 Total for the year: 335 Total since 2001: 2,267

  7. PERFORMANCE TO DATEASSESSORS

  8. PERFORMANCE TO DATEMODERATORS

  9. PERFORMANCE TO DATECERTIFICATES PRINTED

  10. PERFORMANCE AGAINST SCARCE AND CRITICAL SKILLS LIST

  11. Scarce Skills (Electronic Media and Film Subsector)

  12. Scarce Skills (IT and Electronics)

  13. Scarce Skills (Telecommunications)

  14. Scarce Skills (Advertising)

  15. QUALIFICATIONS REVIEW • Expiry in 2015 • New qualifications • Mapping to occupations

  16. CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

  17. QUALIFICATIONS REVIEW

  18. QUALIFICATIONS REVIEW

  19. QUALIFICATIONS REVIEW

  20. QUALIFICATIONS REVIEW

  21. QUALIFICATIONS REVIEW

  22. CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Challenges • Certification turnaround times • Monitoring • Public perception about SETA qualifications • Provision of services at no cost • Maintain the compliance and performance standards whilst improving turnaround times • Improving performance Opportunities • Improve evaluation turnaround times • Improve the image of the SETA

  23. Sekgana Makhoba Senior Manager: Sector Skills Planning

  24. CONTENTS • Performance to date • Divisional Plan • Mandatory Grants processes • Challenges and opportunities

  25. NSDS Target Target SECTOR PROFILE

  26. NSDS Target Target NUMBER OF EMPLOYERS PER SUB-SECTOR

  27. Target TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYERS vs. LEVY-PAYING AND PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS

  28. Number of Employees Per Sub-Sector Total 154123

  29. NSDS Target Target MONITORING AND EVALUATION Total: 107

  30. NSDS Target Target SSP DIVISIONAL PLAN • SMEs and SDFs Skills Development Workshops and Fora • Introduction of a new SETA Management System (SMS) and support • Compliance with SDA & SDLA requirements • ATRs and WSPs submissions (February - April) • Mandatory Grants allocations • Equity • Training Committees • Research and development of a credible SSP • Development of Career Guide and meaningful Career Guidance • Monitoring and Evaluation

  31. MANDATORY GRANTS PROCESS Annual Training Reports (ATRs) and Workplace Skills Plans (WSPs) submissions (Feb-April) Payment of skills development levies by employers to SARS (Monthly) ATRs and WSPs evaluation and approvals (March-June) Receipt of levy reports from DHET and uploading on the SETA Management System (SMS) Mandatory Grants payment report from the SMS for verification and approval purposes Mandatory Grants payments (quarterly basis)

  32. NSDS Target Target CHALLENGES • Accounting for mandatory grants expenditure • Critical and scarce skills • Training Committees • Employers and I/SDF communication gaps • Employer records and information management

  33. NSDS Target Target OPPORTUNITIES • Learning Organisations • Meaningful stakeholder participation resulting in improved relations • Effective and more accurate workplace planning and reporting (WSP/ATR) • Credible and reliable SSP • Relevant and credible MICT SETA

  34. Jabu Sibeko Senior Manager: Learning Programmes

  35. CONTENTS • Performance to date • Learning Programmes Plan • Discretionary Grants (DG) application process • Challenges and opportunities

  36. PERFORMANCE TO DATE

  37. LEARNING PROGRAMMES PLAN • Engage MICT stakeholders through focused group meetings/workshops • Establish effective collaborative partnerships with Universities and public FET Colleges • Align completion of learning programmes with graduations/issuing of Certificates • Market public FET graduates to MICT employers • Advance planning of graduations in partnership with the MICT SETA

  38. LEARNING PROGRAMMES PLAN

  39. DISCRETIONARY GRANTS APPLICATION PROCESS Receipt of Letter of Intent (LoI) Day 1 Confirmation of accreditation status of the training provider by ETQA (L/ships & Skills Programmes)Day 2 Desktop verification of Levy Contribution by SSP Day 1 Approval to conduct site vetting by Snr Manager – LPD Day 3

  40. DISCRETIONARY GRANTS APPLICATION PROCESS Site Vetting of Employer by LPD Advisor. Day 4 - 7 DG Committee evaluates the application, allocates budget and recommends to the CEO for approval Day 8 Verification of Service Level Agreement (SLA) details Day 9 - 13 Drafting and signing of the SLA Day 13 - 15

  41. DISCRETIONARY GRANT PAYMENT PROCESS FLOW 1st Disbursement: Submission of roll-out plan; Agreements; Uploading of learners on the database. 3rd Disbursement: Submission of progress report; Uploading of assessments; Site visit report. 2nd Disbursement: Submission of progress report; Uploading of assessments; Site visit report. 4th Disbursement: Submission of progress report; Uploading of assessments; Site visit report. 5th Disbursement: Submission of Moderation Report; Verification site visit by ETQA. Issuing of Certificates by ETQA (L/ships) Issuing of Statement of Results (Skills Programmes) Verification of Placement by LPD

  42. SARS Tax Rebates • Employers can apply for Tax rebates to SARS for hosting learners on Learnerships • SARS Tax rebates for Learnerships • 18.1 learners up to R 50 000(R 25 000 commencement and completion allowances) • 18.2 learners up to R 60 000(R 30 000 commencement and completion allowances) • Disabled learners up to R 100 000(R 50 000 commencement and completion allowances) • Form IT 180 as per Section 12H of the Income Tax Act • www.sars.gov.za

  43. CHALLENGES • Budgetary constraints • Few MICT companies in rural areas • Companies paying levies but not participating (WSP submissions) • Placement/jobs • Participating companies not submitting claims and reports • Equity: 85% Black, 15% White, 54% women, 4% disability

  44. OPPORTUNITIES • Increased number of participating companies resulting in more learners being trained and employed • Partnerships (NSDS III) between FET colleges, universities and employers for integrated learning • Partnerships with Provincial and Local Municipalities to implement programmes in rural/township areas

  45. Oupa Mopaki Chief Executive Officer

  46. NSDS Target Target REVISED FUNDING MODEL: GAZETTE NOTICE NO 35940

  47. The ICT Sector Skills Development commitmentsICT Sector Code, gazette no. 35423, 6 June 2012.

  48. THE ICT SECTOR CODE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT COMMITMENTS • Introduction and Background • Skills Development Scorecard • Sector Skills Development Commitments • Principles for Measuring Skills Development • Status of the Codes • Definition of ICT SECTOR • Signatories to the Codes

  49. Introduction and background • To claim contributions towards skills development a company must; • comply with the Skills Development Act • be registered with MICT SETA as an employer • have developed a Workplace Skills Plan and implemented programmes targeted at Priority Skills in the Sector.

  50. Introduction and background • The purpose of this Gazette is to quantify the Rand value committed by the ICT Sector on the training of black employees. • In 2012, Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr. Rob Davis Gazettedthe ICT Sector Codes of Good Practice (ICT Sector Codes) in terms of section 9(1) of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act (B-BBEE Act, Act no. 53 of 2003). • This Gazette comes after a period of nine years (9) since the First Draft ICT Charter was released for public comment as part of the Sector’s commitments to B-BBEE. • The ICT Sector Code is binding to all stakeholders operating in the Sector. • Skills Development is one of the seven (7) elements of B-BBEE to promote skills development in the Sector.

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