Progress Report

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Progress Report on Learnership Implementation
to Joint Monitoring Committee On the
Improvement of Quality of Life Status of
Children, Youth Disabled Persons 01 November
2002
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Skills Development Act (Act 58 of 1998)

• Learnerships
• A SETA may establish a learnership if
• the learnership consists of a structured
  learning component
• the learnership includes practical work
  experience
• the learnership would lead to a qualification
  registered by
• SAQA and related to an occupation
• the intended learnership is registered with the
  Director General
• in the prescribed manner.
• Target group for Learnerships are People in
  employment 18(1)
• And new entrants 18(2)

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Example ? Learning to drive

• Pass your learners license which means you
• must learn the road signs rules of the road
• in theory and be tested on your theoretical
• knowledge.
• Then you drive under the supervision of a person
• who has already passed their test.
• Finally you undergo a practical test on the roads
• and pass or fail on whether you can show you
• can actually drive.

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WHERE ARE THE CONSTRAINTS?

• Learnerships not yet available in all key areas
• Employment places linked to areas of demand or
  opportunity?
• Private sector / Public sector
• Contract complexity
• Issues of provision providers with the necessary
  expertise to deliver the new learnerships to
  scale
• Employment services how are we going to inform,
  and then guide young learners into the new
  programmes?
• Current employees cooperation, selection and
  training of learners, monitoring?
• Funding questions who pays for what?
• Exit strategy for learners at the end of
  learnership?
• System management?

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SEQUENCE OF ACTIVITIES

• Ensure required qualifications registered
• Public providers engaged more directly
• Create contract intermediaries
• Employment services strategy devised
• Shared and agreed financial arrangements
• Establish agreements between employers and trade
  unions
• Plan exit strategies from learnerships
• Conduct national campaign based on --?Marketing
• ?Political leadership

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Who designs learnerships?

• SETAs complete Sector Skills Plans
• SETAs identify areas where skills are scarce or
  where
• new skills are needed.
• Apply to SAQA to establish a standards generating
  body
• Define the purpose of the qualification develop
  the
• standards
• Submit qualifications to SAQA for registration
• on the NQF
• Develop the Learnership and submit to DoL for
• registration

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As at Friday 25 October 2002 302 Learnerships
where registered Information is available
on Department of Labour Website
www.labour.gov.za
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Levels at which learnerships have been registered
NQF level
Percentage of registered learnerships
3
1
2
14
3
22
4
30
5
17
6
11
7
3
8
0
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SETAs which have registered Learnerships
NAME
No.

• FASSET 10
• BANDSETA 4
• CHIETA (Chemical Industries) 11
• CTFL (Clothing, Textiles, Footwear and
  Leather 42
• CETA (Construction) 4
• DIDTETA (Defence, Trade and Industry, Foreign
• Affairs and Intelligence
  1
• 7. ETDP SETA (Education and Training) 10
• 8. ESETA (Energy) 5
• 9. FOODBEV (Food and Beverage) 34
• 11. HWSETA (Health and Welfare) 7
• 12. ISETT (Information technology) 7
• 13. INSETA (Insurance) 15

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SETAs which have registered Learnerships
NAME
No.

• 14. LGWSETA (Local Government and Water) 3
• 15. MAPPP (Media, advertising, printing and
  packaging) 31
• 17. MERSETA (Manufacturing, engineering,
  plastics) 22
• POSLECSETA (Police, Security, Correctional
• and Legal Services 4
• 20. PAETA (Primary Agriculture) 8
• 22. SETASA (Secondary Agriculture) 6
• 23. SERVICES 18
• 25. THETA (Tourism) 21
• 26. TETA(Transport) 4
• 27. WRSETA (Wholesale and Retail) 5

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Learnership Agreements (See page 29 of Guide for
Employers
Employer
Learner
18(1)
18(2)
SETA registers
Provider
18(1) Learner worker in firm 18(2) Learner
previously unemployed
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Employment contract For 18(2) learners
Allowance for Learners
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Employment contract For 18(2) learners

• Terms and conditions cover
• Remuneration
• Hours of work
• Overtime pay
• Different types of leave
• Contract employment incl. Terminations
• Disputes

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Funding of Learnerships
20 - National Skills Fund
Provider
Firm
1 Levy
Learner allowance
80 SETA
10 Admin 60 WSPs 10 Discretionary
Learnership Grant
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Learnership Tax Incentive
AT START Employer signs Learnership
Agreement can deduct - 18(2) 100 of annual
wage for 18(2) max R25 000
- 70 of annual wage for 18(1) - max
R17 500 AT END / END OF PHASE can deduct -
100 of annual wage for both 18(1)
18(2) up to max of R25 000 BACK
DATED TO OCTOBER 2001 IN PLACE FOR 5 YEARS
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How well have we done ?

• SETAs established in March 2000
• HRD Strategy strategy target 3000
• by March 2002 ACHIEVED 3203
• By end September
• TOTAL 15 000
• 18(2)S 5 000

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Case Studies (1)

• (all the case studies are additions)
• Wholesale and Retail SETA Spar Group
  KZN-Thekwini College
• Level 2 Learnership Wholesale and Retail
  Generalist
• 24 Learners

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Case Studies (2)

• Education, Training and Development SETA
• Level 4 Learnership ABET Practitioner Learnership
• Employer Yingisani ABET Centre Letaba
• Training Provider Project Literacy
• 36 Disabled ETDP Learners

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Case Studies (3)

• Tourism, Hospitality Education and Training
  Authority Enyenyezi College
• Level 4 Learnership Professional Cookery
• Level 2 Accommodation Services
• 120 Learners
• Employers Consortium of Bed and Breakfast
  establishments
• - KZN South Coast

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Case Studies (4)

• Fasset
• Level 7 Audit Specialism 5000 learners
• Level 7 Financial Management Specialism 300
  learners
• Commercial and Financial Accounting Public
  Practice 150 learners
• Level 7 Commercial and Financial Accounting
  Commerce and Industry 5 learners
• Level 7 Charted Management Accountant 4
  learners
• Level 3 National Certificate in Business
  administration 3 learners
• Associate Accounting Technician 15 disabled
  learners Access College as Training Provider
• For all learners various employers who are FASSET
  levy payers from one person consulting
  accounting firms to large companies

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Thank you S Morotoba