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INSETA Internships Policy. Internships & Work-based Experience Grant Policy. Speaker: Aubrey Maseko – Learnerships Manager. Definitions. Definitions. Work-based Experience grants:
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INSETA Internships Policy Internships & Work-based Experience Grant Policy Speaker: Aubrey Maseko – Learnerships Manager
Definitions Definitions • Work-based Experience grants: • A program for learners who require work experience in order to complete a diploma or degree (e.g. “technikon” or technical college type courses) that require the person to have a certain amount of work experience in order to achieve the qualification. • Internships: • A program for learners who require work experience in order to gain occupational or professional registration (i.e. engineer, lawyer, chartered accountant) that require a person to have a certain amount of work exposure in order to register with a professional or occupational body.
Eligibility Criteria Eligibility Criteria • Companies can apply for grants for learners who: • have completed the Standard / FSC Learnership Programme • could open their own new venture in Brokering, after the year’s internship programme • have achieved the theoretical Accounting qualification • need to comply with the theoretical Information Technology qualification
Eligibility Criteria (cont) Eligibility Criteria (cont.) • Must be a resident of South Africa. • Comply with selection criteria which include ability and potential, academic merit and the likelihood that the candidate will successfully complete their programme. • Are prepared to undergo an interview by INSETA.
Payment Matrix Payment Matrix
Application Dates Application Dates • No Closing date will apply to Internships / WBE grants applications • Funding allocations will be subject to availability of funding. • Application forms available on the INSETA website www.inseta.org.za
Contract Attachments Submission after Provisional Approval • An employment/Internship contract for the duration of the programme signed by all parties. • Have written endorsement of completion of the theoretical component of their qualification from their academic institution • Certified copies of Interns Identity Document. • A full programme layout.
Non-performance Criteria Non-Performance Criteria • For a Learner • In the event of an internship / work-based experience grant recipient not completing their programme, through absconding from the programme, the lead employer will be required to refund INSETA the internship / work-based experience grants or funds, based on a pro-rata amount. • The lead employer will be responsible to recover the amount from the learner
Non-performance Criteria (cont.) Non-performance Criteria (cont) • For the Lead Employer • Should work-based activities cease for any reason whatsoever, INSETA will require a pro-rata based amount from the lead employer refunded into the Internship / Work-based Experience account. • The declaration signed at application stage by lead employer will contain such specifications.