ISETT-ISSA Learnership Development Project

1. ISETT-ISSA Learnership Development Project Presentation to the ISETT SETA Board10th May 2002 Presented by Neville Nicholas ISETT SETA Project Manager

2. Agenda • Background on ISSA • Project Objective • Specific Outcomes • Summary Project Overview • Project Stakeholders & Role-players • Overview of the Project Plan

3. The Project In a Nutshell • Three year duration • Transforming 4 ISSA programmes to learnerships • Managed by ISETT SETA - the Executing Agency • Funded the the NSF

4. Background on ISSA • Institute for Satellite and Software Applications • ISSA is situated in the space facilities built near Grabouw in the 1980s, at Houwteq in the Western Cape area • The facility was built to house systems for the design, programme management, integration and testing of small satellites and launch vehicles • ISSA started operating as a training institute from 1998, created and operated by (DoC)

5. Project Objective • To produce human resource capabilities for the SA ICT Sector, through the transferable means of learnerships, • Addressing the needs of PDIs. • To be achieved through transforming existing programmes at ISSA into learnerships. • Additional indirect contributions to the ICT Sector and the learnership development process, for example development of unit standards, some of which can be employed in other learnerships.

6. Specific Outcomes • The development of four learnerships • To have all (530) graduates placed into SMME or Workplace Provider establishments over the three-year course of the project • To achieve at least an 80% satisfaction rating from the establishments in which learners are placed • To achieve at least a 50% learner sponsorship (while the learner is undergoing the Training Provider component) from the ICT Sector by the end of this project

7. Specific Outcomes (cont.) • To gain the interest of at least two other universities in South Africa to adopt these learnerships • To strive for 10% of graduates entering into the R&D/SMME environment • To establish a graduate tracking process

8. Project Stakeholders & Role-players DoCInitiator DoL/NSFFunder Project Consultative Committee Reference Group ISSATraining Provider/ Implementor ISETT SETAExecuting Agency Learnership Development Industry (SGBs)Skills/Learnership Definition R&D Support ProvidersBandwidth BarnInnovation Hub Industry (IISA)Skills Demand SectorWorkplace Providers CHEFinal accrediting body Other GovtDACST, DTI

9. Overview of Project Plan Stage 1Project Initiation & Operation Stage 2Generic Learnership Processes & Systems Stage 3Learnership Development & Implementation Stage 4Project Management • Develop Project Plan & Proposal • Project Office Set-up & Operational Design • Development & Execution of Communications Plan • Formation of Project Consultative Committee (PCC) • Planning • Finance • Reporting • Quality Management System

10. Overview of Project Plan • Stage 2: Generic Learnership Processes & Systems • General Administration • Develop Assessment Policies • Develop Agreements • Learnership Databases • Learnership Management & Reporting Processes • Learner Placement Processes & Systems • Learner Tracking Processes & Systems • Develop ISSA Practices, Policies, & Procedures (as a training provider)

11. Overview of Project Plan • Stage 3: Learnership Development & Implementation • Learnership Scoping Document • Learnership Stakeholder Participation • Learnership Definition • Learnership Unit Standard Development • Learnership Registration • Assess Demand for the Learnership • Set Up for & monitor Training Provider • Set Up for & monitor SMMEs • Set Up for & monitor Lecturers • Set Up for & monitor Learners • Set Up for & monitor Workplace Providers

12. Many thanks for your time and interest