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ANNUAL REPORTING 2002-03. Parliamentary Committee: Minerals and Energy. Dr. Menzi Mthwecu, CEO. 10/09/2003. PRESENTATION Outline. MQA SYSTEMS Established SECTOR SKILLS Targets QUALIFICATIONS Designed LEARNERSHIPS Registered TRAINING PROVIDERS Accredited STRATEGIC PROJECTS Implemented
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ANNUAL REPORTING 2002-03 Parliamentary Committee: Minerals and Energy Dr. Menzi Mthwecu, CEO 10/09/2003
PRESENTATION Outline MQA SYSTEMS Established SECTOR SKILLS Targets QUALIFICATIONS Designed LEARNERSHIPS Registered TRAINING PROVIDERS Accredited STRATEGIC PROJECTS Implemented Challenges and New Developments SETA REVIEW
MQA SYSTEMS Established • Stakeholder Board and Committees in place (being reviewed ito King 2) • HR and Performance Management Systems (being amended) • Information Management System maintained • Communication Strategy being reviewed SETA REVIEW
SECTOR SKILLS Targets • ABET provision of 50% by March 2005 • Learnerships (employed and unemployed) 15% intake and 50% completion and in employment by March 2005 • Company participation (large 75%, small 40%) • National Skills Fund utilization measured • Departmental participation NOT APPLICABLE SETA REVIEW
SKILLS PLANS AND REPORTS Approved • 266 SDFs registered and trained • 150 Company Skills Plans • 144 Annual Training Reports • WSP & ATR Analysis Report published SKILLS PLANNING
QUALIFICATIONS Designed • 21 Qualifications registered on NQF • 622 Unit Standards registered on NQF • Attendance Grant disbursed to employers • Industry Qualifications Framework adopted by SGB QUALIFICATIONS DESIGN
LEARNERSHIPS Registered • 35 Learnerships DoL Registered • MQA Learnership Grant R10 000 approved plus tax deductibles (unemployed R50 000, employed R42 500) • MQA Skills Programmes grant R250 approved • 10 Fall of Ground Skills Programmes MQA Registered • 1623 Apprenticeships administration continued • Learning Materials developed in ABET and Fall of Ground learning areas • Database of Learners maintained LEARNERSHIPS
TRAINING PROVIDERS Accredited • 15 Providers accredited • 340 Assessors registered by MQA • Moderation policy adopted by MQA Board • ISO 9001:2000 Certification for MQA Office ETQA
STRATEGIC PROJECTS Implemented • 135 Bursars at technikons and universities • ABET Projects: learning materials commissioned, ABET Practitioner Training planned, ABET grants approved • Ex-Mineworker training planned in rural labour sending areas • Jewellery research undertaken with HSRC-GTZ • Small-scale miner training projects: unit standards, skills programmes, HSRC research STRATEGIC PROJECTS
Challenges facing MQA • Staff retention and capacity building • Build HDSA component amongst stakeholders • Meet GDS in learnerships targets • Respond to Mine Health and Safety Act – changes to regulations SETA REVIEW
New Developments • Mining Charter targets & role of the SETA • Review of NQF/SAQA Act • Growth and Development Summit Targets • Amendments to Skills Development Act and new national skills targets SETA OVERVIEW
SKILLS GRANTS Disbursed • CONTENTS • Income Statement • Balance Sheet • SDL Levy Allocation % • Contributing Employers Info • Allocation of Surplus Funds • Milestones at 31 August 2003 • Estimated Levies • Grant Payments Schedule • Top 50 Employers SKILLS GRANTS
INCOME STATEMENT Y/E 31 MARCH 2003
SDL LEVY ALLOCATION % 20% is transferred directly to NSF for strategic national projects SETAs are allowed 10% for admin and operational costs 70% is available for grants to employers
SDL LEVY ALLOCATION % (continued) 70% available to employers for grants on approval of: Workplace Skills Plan (15%) Annual Training Report (45%) Discretionary Grant (10%) Skills Programs grant & Learnerships grant
CONTRIBUTING EMPLOYERS INFORMATION • This information is based on the Levy numbers downloaded from DoL each month • Registered employers = 3445 • Levy Paying = 2106 • Claiming grants = 244 organisations • Top 50 Levy paying companies contribute 74% of the total levy received from the sector
MILESTONES ACHIEVED as at August 2003 • Mandatory Grants • WSP Year 2(2001/2002) = R43,883,601 • ATR Year 2(2001/2002) = R105,230,605.42 • WSP Year 3(2002/2003) = R27,981,547.28
MILESTONES ACHIEVED as at Aug 2003 (cont) • Discretionary Grants • Blasting and App Grant Year 2 = R30,351,426.88 • SGG Grant = R686,553 • QMS Grant = R2,909,088 • App Grant Year 3 = R14,606,555.04 • Blasting Cert Grant Year 3 = R11,976,774.04
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