Welcome to the ISETT SETA

1. Welcome to the ISETT SETA Business Development Skills Development Projects Learnerships Education and Training Quality Assurance (ETQA) Welcome CEO Finances

2. Business Development Wynand Van der Merwe Senior Manager: Business Development 06th April 2003 Gauteng

3. Business Development Division • Sector Skills Planning (SSP) & Research • Evaluate, analyse, and approve WSP’s, ATR’s and Discretionary Grant submissions • Conduct Research Projects • Compile the Sector Skills Plan • Marketing & Communication • Media Liaison • Promote Learnerships • Communicate with Stakeholders Back

4. Stakeholder Statistics • Approximately 8000 companies in the ISETT sector • Approximately 4000 are currently paying Skills Levies • More than 80% SMME’s

5. SSP Statistics • Total No of WSP's Received: 905 • No. of WSP's Approved: 702 • No. of Pending WSP's:203 • No. of beneficiaries indicated in WSP’s: 97322 • No. of companies involved in structured learning programmes: 905 • Total no. of Registered SDF's:415 • No. of SDF's employed by companies:344 • No. of ISDF's:28 • No of companies represented by ISDF's:493 Back

6. The Sector Skills Plan • The SSP compiled by SETA’s must address 4 key aspects: • The environment in which the SETA operates, which includes National Policies, International Trends, and Research into opportunities for growth • The sector in which it operates, e.g. number of employers, profile of employees, skills shortages, SMME opportunities, etc. • Demand for skills on all levels • Current supply of skills Back

7. The Sector Skills Plan (Cont.) • The SSP document is backed by: • Co-operative and independent research projects, both Nationally and Internationally • Workplace Skills Plans prepared and submitted by employers • Training Implementation Reports from employers Back

8. Grant Participation F/Y 1, 2 and 3 Back

9. Highlights • New WSP and ATR Templates • New incentives for Increased Participation • Increased number of Research Projects • Improved turnaround time for Approvals • Higher Visibility and Responsiveness Back

10. Skills Programmes • ISETT SETA is currently funding 34 Skills Programmes impacting on a total number of 5830 learners, nationwide • 600 learners have completed their training, of which: • 60 learners are studying further • 140 learners are employed • 130 learners are self-employed • 170 learners are unemployed • 1500 learners have completed Maths & Science Programmes • 4000 learners will complete skills programmes by 30th March 2004 • To date an amount of R38,10 million has been committed to support these initiatives Back

11. Projects Geographical Spread Back

12. Skills Programmes Matrix

13. Future Plans • Develop and align current skills programmes into Units Standards to progress into Learnerships – Structured Learning Back

14. THANK YOU!! Email Address: wynand.vdm@isett.org.za Back to home page

15. Learnerships Lihle Dlamini Manager: Learnership and ETQA

16. What is a Learnership? • Work based education and training programme • A route to a qualification registered on the NQF • A minimum of 120 credits • Comprises of fundamental, core and elective components • Relates to an occupation • Combines theory and workplace experience Back

17. Why Learnerships? To fast track the development of current employees • To offer current employees opportunities to acquire a qualification • To serve as an entry point for young people into the industry Back

18. Benefits of Learnerships • Learner • Provides learner with a nationally recognised qualification • Recognizes and formalizes current employee`s experience and knowledge gained through many years of experience • Provides a route to employment or self-employment • Provides learners with theoretical/institutional and practical/on-the-job experience Back

19. Benefits of Learnerships • Employer • Provides qualified learners who have relevant work experience by the end of the Learnership • Is a good way of acknowledging and affirming skills of existing employees • Qualifies for a tax rebate calculated as follows: 18.1 Learner = R 42 500.00 18.2 Learner = R 50 000.00 Back

20. Registered Learnerships • Each of these Learnership will take a minimum of 12 months to complete • ISETT SETA will pay R25 000.00 per learner for the training • National Certificate Information Technology: Systems Development – Level 4 • National Certificate Information Technology: Systems Development – Level 5 • National Certificate Information Technology: Systems Support – Level 4 • National Certificate in Systems Support – Level 5 • National Certificate in Systems Support Engineering– Level 5 Back

21. Parties to the Learnership Agreement Learner ISETT SETA Training Provider Employer Back

22. PART A: Terms and Conditions of Agreement Declaration of the Parties Rights of Learners, Employer, registered Training providers Duties of Learners , Employers , registered Training providers Conditions for Terminating the Agreement Handling Dispute PART B: Details of parties to the Agreement Learnership details Learner details Parents or Guardian details Training provider details Terms and conditions of Employment (pre- and unemployed Learners) Signatures Learnership Agreement Back

23. ISETT SETA Procedures • Submission of letter of intent • Completion and signing of Learnership Agreement • Registration of Learnership Agreement • Implementation of Learnership Back

24. ISETT SETA Procedures(Cont.) • Unemployed and Pre-employed • An allowance is paid to the learner by the employer • A contract of employment must be entered into with learner • Conditions of service as spelled out in the Learnership Determination Regulations apply Back

25. Eligibility for Participation • The following conditions apply for organisations to be able to participate in Learnership • Organisation will be registered levy paying constituent of ISETT SETA • The 18.2 learners entering the programme, preference to be given to the previously disadvantaged as reflected by NSDS • Willingness to provide workplace/experiential learning Back

26. Guide to Implementing a Learnership Establish the need Prepare the Organization Manage, Support and Administer the Learnership Evaluate the Programme Develop an implementation Plan Implement the Learnership Back

27. Process for registration of Agreement Employer, Learner and Provider completes Agreement Employer sends a copy of agreement to ISETT SETA The SETA decide whether or not to register a Learnership agreement within two weeks of receiving the Learnership agreement ISETT SETA Verifies information, records and registers each Agreement (Signed and dated) ISETT SETA sends one copy of each registered Agreement to Employer END Back

28. ISETT SETAEducation and Training Quality Assurance (ETQA) Back to home page

29. ETQA Functions Key responsibilities: Accredit constituent providers Monitor and audit providers Register constituent assessors Evaluate assessments and facilitate moderations among constituent providers Quality assure US and Qualifications Take responsibility for the certifications of learners Back

30. Accreditation of Training Providers Provider Model Delivery Assessment Provider Back

31. Accreditation Requirements Platform Learner Support Programme Practitioner Back

32. Platform: Organisation • Learning Programme • Learning Environment • Quality Management System Back

33. Programme Requirements Approval Programme Strategy Curriculum Guide Assessment Guide • Unit Standard Alignment • Learner Support Back

34. ETD Staff ETD Staff Facilitator Assessors Moderators Other Technical Assessor Coach Assessor Moderator Mentor Back

35. ETQA Process Flow Submit application/ Intention to get accredited Complete self Assessment Questionnaire Accreditation and Listing on the ISETT SETA’s Website Work on your Policies, Procedures, Systems and Processes ISETT SETA to notify of Accreditation Status ISETT SETA to conduct a site visit Submit Final Documentation Back

36. Year 2003/4 Targets • Implement all three learnerships • A minimum of 1000 learners to complete learnerships • Finalize MOUs with other SETAs • Register Skills Programmes • Accredit currently Approved Training Providers

37. THANK YOU!! Email Address: lihle.dlamini@isett.org.za Please visit our website: http://www.isett.org.za/ Back to home page

38. WELCOME ISETT SETA GAUTENG OUTREACH BREAKFAST SESSION 06th May 2003 Midrand Back