TRAINING IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN FORESTRY INDUSTRY

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TRAINING IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN FORESTRY INDUSTRY

• KERRY DAVIES
• Training Development Manager Forest
  Operations
• 29 October 2008

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FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN FORESTRY INDUSTRY TRAINING
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Standards Generating Body (SGB)
TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
BURSARIES SPONSORSHIPS
FIETA
NQF / SAQA
ACCREDITED TRAINING PROVIDERS
SKILLS TRAINING MATRIX
FOREST CHARTER - SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
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HISTORICAL CONTEXT

• 1980s GOVERNMENT COMMERCIAL
• Bureaucratic
• Emergence of large growers
• 1990s OUTSOURCING
• Entrepreneurial Skills
• New legislation particularly constitutional
  HR legislation
• Environmental Safety
• Late 1990s Early 2000s ENVIRONMENTAL / SOCIAL
• Safety Environmental requirement
• All legislation constitutional, HR, Safety
  Environmental
• Land Restitution

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NQF / SAQA
NATIONAL QUALIFICATION FRAMEWORK (NQF) SOUTH
AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY (SAQA)

• Outcomes Based Education
• Set of principles and guidelines by which
  records of learner achievement are registered to
  enable national recognition of acquired skills
  knowledge, thereby ensuring an integrated system
  that encourages life-long learning.

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OBJECTIVES OF THE NQF

• Create an integrated NATIONAL framework for all
  learning achievements
• Facilitate ACCESS, MOBILITY PROGRESSION
• Enhance QUALITY of all Education Training
• Accelerate the REDRESS of past discrimination
  in Education Training

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FOREST INDUSTRY EDUCATION TRAINING AUTHORITY
(FIETA)
FIETA

• 78 of Forest Industry (wider then Forestry
  sub-sector) is either Semi or Unskilled
• Critical shortages in Employee Categories Craft
  Skilled Workers Technicians and
  Professionals
• Encourage all employers in industry to register
  with FIETA
• FIETA Forestry Chamber and Board representatives
  are Jaap Steenkamp and Roger Godsmark
• Forestry, Pulp Paper Chamber has approved money
  for bursaries propose another R2mill in this
  financial year

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Statutory Skills Development Levy (1)
Paid Against SDL
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• Business Can Claim if
• Register with FIETA
• Submit WSP ATR
• Appoint SDF
• Additional Funding Application
• DISCRETIONARY GRANTS
• (Scarce Critical Skills)
• Learnerships
• Structured Skills Programmes
• DEADLINE DATE 30 JUNE

FIETA
SARS
1 Skills Levy (Wage bill)
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NSF
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STANDARD GENERATING BODY (SGB)

• Registered formal body responsible for
• Generating Unit Standards Qualification in
  Forestry sub-field
• Update renew Unit Standards Qualifications
  (Valid for 3 years)
• Recommend criteria for registration of Assessors
  Moderator or Moderating Bodies
• The former Forest SGB was disbanded at the end of
  2007
• SAQA and the FIETA (ETQA) are managing the
  process urgently require L4 General Forestry
  qualification to be registered

FOREST SGB
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TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS OFFERING FORESTRY
UNIVERSITY VENDA BSc Forestry
UNIVERSITY KZN BSc Agr (For Majors)
UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH BSc Forestry
NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY (NMMU) ND
Forestry, B Tech
FORT COX COLLEGE Dip Soc Fors
OWEN SITHOLE COLLEGE Dip Agr (Plant Prod)
CEDARA COLLEGE Dip Agr (Fors Major)
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Bursaries Sponsorships

• Reduction in bursaries at Higher Institutions
• Outsourcing - large growers have reduced number
  of bursaries this is picking up again
• Contractors have not picked up the gap
• Government bursaries reduced and are picking up
  again
• Need for bridging finance for school leavers
• Risky, could be attracting unsuitable learners
• How much? To whom? Which regions / schools
  should be targeted?
• Practical Traineeships
• Good source of potential with reduced risks
• Sourcing suitable Learners
• With Maths, Science /or Biology
• Competing with high profile professions
• Use Protec as a source
• Section 21 company
• Saturday enrichment Maths, Science, English
  World of Work

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Bursaries Sponsorships

• Many students are studying in their 2nd language
• May need extra English lessons (NMMU has
  programme in place)
• Coach Life Skills for success!
• Trainees need to have their own bank account and
  learn basic money skills (budgeting, saving etc.)
• Students often fail because they lack confidence
  and not because they lack the ability.
• Foresters need to have a drivers license
• Mondi Standard no student can go on practical
  without a drivers license.
• Advanced driving course required before given a
  Mondi vehicle
• Mentors Life Coaches
• Soft skills are hard to do but essential
• Internal locus of control
• New Land Owner Communities
• Capacitating future professionals to support the
  trusts Holistic approach

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SKILLS TRAINING PROVIDERS LEVELS 1-4
ACCREDITED TRAINING PROVIDERS

• All training should be done against registered
  Unit Standards (concentrating on Scarce
  Critical Skills)
• Support only Accredited Training Providers
  FIETA Quality assured
• Train enough Assessors, Moderators and Verifiers
• CONTRACTORS source training funding and get
  skills uplifted especially 1st Line Supervisors
• Employers REGISTER SKILLS PROGRAMMES
• Employers offer LEARNERSHIPS
• ABET Need an Industry wide initiative

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Training Matrix

• Main aim improve productivity safety better
  control over the skills development spend
• The Matrix lists all jobs in-field
• Mondi and Sappi have jointly approved the Matrix
  (latest version)
• Mondi have gone a step further
• All contractor skills development rates will be
  based on Matrix
• From 1 Jan 2009 these amount will be paid into
  FCPI account
• Training Fund will be administrated central
• Training Provider will be further quality assured
  Mondi Sappi
• In house training for lower skills i.e. bark
  stripping (Train the trainer)

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SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FOREST CHARTER

• As part of the scorecard
• Large enterprises will be expect to spend 3
  (over and above the 1 statutory skills levy)
• Enterprises with R5mill turnover will be
  expected to spend 2 (over and above the 1
  statutory skills levy)
• Smaller enterprises will be exempt
• Monitoring and reporting will be cascaded in due
  course
• Accommodation travel costs can be counted as
  long as is does not exceed the actual training
  costs

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FORWARD - LOOKING STATEMENTS It should be
noted that certain statements herein which are
not historical facts, including, without
limitation those regarding expectations of market
growth and developments expectations of growth
and profitability and statements preceded by
believes, expects, anticipates, foresees,
may or similar expressions, are forward-looking
statements. Since these statements are based on
current knowledge, plans, estimates and
projections, they involve risks and uncertainties
which may cause actual results to materially
differ from those expressed in such
forward-looking statements. Various factors could
cause actual future results, performance or
events to differ materially from those described
in these statements. Such factors include in
particular but without any limitation (1)
operating factors such as continued success of
manufacturing activities and the achievement of
efficiencies therein, continued success of
product development plans and targets, changes in
the degree of protection created by Groups
patents and other intellectual property rights,
the availability of capital on acceptable terms
(2) industry conditions, such as strength of
product demand, intensity of competition,
prevailing and future global market prices for
the Groups products and raw materials and the
pricing pressures thereto, financial condition of
the customers, suppliers and the competitors of
the Group, potential introduction of competing
products and technologies by competitors and (3)
general economic conditions, such as rates of
economic growth in the Groups principal
geographical markets or fluctuations of exchange
rates and interest rates. Mondi does not a)
assume any warranty or liability as to accuracy
or completeness of the information provided
herein b) undertake to review or confirm
analysts expectations or estimates or to update
any forward-looking statements to reflect events
that occur or circumstances that arise after the
date of making any forward-looking statements.