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1WELCOME
ISETT SETA Briefing Session to The
Parliamentary Labour Portfolio Committee 10
August 2004 By
Mr. Oupa Mopaki Chief Executive Officer
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2Presentation Content
- Score-Card
- Learnerships
- Education and Training Quality Assurance (ETQA)
- Sector Skills Planning
- Financial Report
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3SCORE CARD
- ISETT SETA SCORE - CARD
- APRIL 2003 - MARCH 2004
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4ISETT - NSDS PERFORMANCE
2005 NSDS Objectives (SLA) SETA 2004 NSDS Objectives Status on Performance Gap
1.1 By March 2005, (95) of 212 000 workers have at least a Level 1 NQF qualification By March 2004 99 (209,550) Workers have NQF 1 Baseline 212 000 Target Exceeded None
1.2 By March 2005, 30 (63 600) of workers are in structured learning programmes of whom at least 60 have completed satisfactorily By March 2004, 33 (70,306) workers have embarked on structured learning 94 (66,219) completed programmes Target Exceeded Target Exceeded None None
1.3 By March 2005, By March 2005, 20 Enterprises in the Sector have committed to Investors in People By March 2004, at 10 enterprises have committed to IIP and starting to implement Milestone reached Target not set for 2004 None
5ISETT - NSDS PERFORMANCE
2005 NSDS SETA 2004 Objectives Status on Performance Gap
2.1 95 of employers with 150 workers claiming grants By March 2004, 100 (89) Enterprises with 150 employees were claiming grants Target Exceeded None
2.2 40 of employers with 50-149 workers claiming grants By March 2004, 100 (116) of 116 Enterprises employing 50-149 employees were claiming grants Target Exceeded None
2.3 By March 2005, Learnerships are available across the sector By March 2004, 15 Learnerships were available across the ISETT Sector Target Achieved None
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6ISETT - NSDS PERFORMANCE
2005 NSDS (SLA) SETA 2004 Objectives Status on Performance Gap
2.4 By March 2005 Government Departments participate By March 2004, State IT Agency (SITA) assesses and reports on budgeted expenditure on skills development Target Achieved None
3.1 20 of companies with 1-49 employees are participating in the Skills Development Initiatives As at April 2004, 22 participated Target Exceeded None
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7ISETT - NSDS PERFORMANCE
2005 NSDS 2004 ISETT NSDS Objectives Status on Performance Gap
4.1 By March 2005, 100 of the NSF apportionment is spent on viable development projects By March 2004, 100 of the NSF apportionment is spent on viable development initiatives Target Achieved None
4.2 By March 2005, the impact of the NSF is measured by project type duration, including placement rates (at least 70) By March 2004, the impact of the NSF is measured by project type and duration, including placement rates (at least 70) Milestone reached
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8ISETT - NSDS PERFORMANCE
2005 NSDS 2004 ISETT NSDS Objectives Status on Performance Gap
5.1 By March 2005, at least 80,000 people under the age of 30 will have entered learnerships By March 2004, 2117 learners have entered learnerships Target Exceeded 3381 (learners in learnerships) None
5.2 By March 2005, at least 50 of those who have completed learnerships are, within 6 months of completion, employed, in full time study, further training or are in a social development programme By March 2004, 100 of those who have completed learnerships are employed or in full time study Target Exceeded (100in further study) None
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9NSF Project
- High-Level Skills Programmes (ISSA)
- 364 enrolled to date
- 242 Completed
- 102 Studying further
- 52 Employed/Self employed
- 63 Placed in Internship Programmes
- 16 Not successful
- 25 Unknown
- ICT High-Level Internship Programmes
- 275 B.Sc. graduates engaged and employment
guaranteed.
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10LEARNERSHIPS
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11WHAT 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.
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12WHY LEARNERSHIPS?
- To fast track the development of current
employees. - To offer current employees opportunities to
acquire a national qualification. - To serve as an entry point for young people into
the industry. - To expose the unemployed learners to better job
prospects - To offer unemployed learners much needed work
experience
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13REGISTERED LEARNERSHIPS
- Each of these learnership will take a minimum of
12 months to complete
Learnerships Title NQF Level
Systems Development 4
Technical Support 4
Telecommunications Practitioner 4
Telecommunications Technician 5
Systems Support 5
Solutions Development/ Programming 5
Systems Support (Desktop) 5
Master of Engineering in Telecommunications 7
Master of Engineering in Information 7
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14FUNDING
- Learnership grant
- Isett Seta will pay participating stakeholders a
sum of R15 000.00 per Learner for the duration of
the Learnership - Isett Seta will pay R120.00 per learner per week
on a level 4 Learnership - Isett Seta will pay R260.00 per learner per week
on a level 5 Learnership
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15FUNDING
- R15 000.00 per learner for the duration of the
training will paid as follows - Four disbursements
- 30 on registration
- 20 on submission of 1st quarterly report
- 20 on submission of 2nd quarterly report
- 30 on completion
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16ISETT SETA PROCEDURES
- Submission of letter of intent from a levy-paying
company - Signing of the Service Level Agreement (SLA) with
employer - Submission of a roll out plan (project plan)
- Completion and signing of Learnership Agreement
by the three parties - Registration of Learnership Agreement by the
SETA - Implementation of Learnership
- Monitoring of progress by the SETA ( site visits)
- Reporting on progress by the training provider
and employer
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17CONT.
- Unemployed and Pre-employed
- An allowance is paid to the learner by the
employer/Isett Seta - A contract of employment must be entered into
with the learner - Conditions of service as spelled out in the
Learnership Determination Regulations apply
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18ELIGIBILITY 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 - 18.2 learners entering the programme, preference
to be given to the previously disadvantaged as
reflected by NSDS - Willingness to provide workplace/experiential
learning - Organisational skills gaps established
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19LEARNERSHIPS STATUS REPORT
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Signed learnership contracts with more than 20
companies - A total number of 3 856 learners are
participating in our Learnerships - Commitment of over a R100m to the Learnership
projects - Registration of 9 New Learnerships
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20LEARNERSHIPS IMPLEMENTATION STATUS
Started 3181
Completed 117
Not Yet Started 675
Total Registered 3 856
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21LEARNERSHIP BENEFICIARIES GEOGRAPHIC PROFILE
N 3181
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22ISETT SETAEducation and Training Quality
Assurance (ETQA)
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23ETQA FUNCTIONS
- Key responsibilities
- Accredit constituent providers
- Monitor and audit providers
- Register constituent assessors
- Evaluate assessments and facilitate moderations
among constituent providers - Quality assure Unit Standards and Qualifications
- Take responsibility for the certifications of
learners
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24ISETT ETQA STATUS REPORT
- Accreditation of Training Providers as at
- 31st March 2004
Number of Accredited Training Providers 14
Number Conditionally Accredited 4
Approved Training Providers 157
Approval/Accreditation applications in process 467
TOTAL 642
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25ASSESSORS/MODERATORS
Assessor/Moderator Total
Registered Assessors 28
Assessor Applications in Process 40
Registered Moderators 2
Moderator applications in process 6
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26SECTOR SKILLS PLANNING
ISETT SETA REPORT ON SECTOR SKILLS PLANNING
2003/4
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27 CHALLENGES CONSTRAINTS IN IMPLEMENTING THE
BUSINESS PLAN
- Limited employer participation
- Inadequate information on ICT initiatives for
ISETT to link to - Inadequate support from well established
enterprises to partner with SMMEs
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28Company WSPs For 2003/2004
Company by Employee Size 1-49 50-149 150
Number of paying companies 2,882 116 89
Number WSPs approved 636 116 89
Companies not participating 2,246 0 0
Percentage participation 22 100 100
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29NUMBER OF PLANNED BENEFICIARIES PER OCCUPATIONS
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30NUMBER OF PLANNED BENEFICIARIES PER GENDER
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31PLANNED BENEFICIARIES PER RACE
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32THE SECTOR SKILLS PLAN
- The SSP compiled by setas 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
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33THE 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
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34SECTOR SKILLS PLANNING DOCUMENT
- Joint Research in ICT with the dti and other
stakeholders to be concluded - in October 2004.
- Will re-establish areas of skills shortage in
ICT.
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35HIGHLIGHTS
- New WSP and ATR templates
- New incentives for increased participation
- Increased number of research projects
- Improved turnaround time for approvals
- Unqualified Audit Report(2003-2004)
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36FINANCIAL REPORT
37SKILLS FUNDING
- SARS pays 100 to DoL
- DoL retains 20 for National Skills Fund
- 80 paid to ISETT
- Administration Costs 10
- WSP Grants 15
- ATR Grants 45
- Discretionary Grants 10
- Levies paid to SARS
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38Financial Performance over 4 Years
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39Composition of Revenue
The Revenue of R 200,305 million consists of
(R000)
Skills Development Levies 188,567
Penalties Interest -
NSF Revenue -
Interest Income 11,738
Other Income -
TOTAL 200,305
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40Grant Payments/Accruals
The Grant Payments/Accruals of R287,710 million
consists of
(R000)
Mandatory Grants Current Year 143,630
Mandatory Grants Prior Years 92,093
Discretionary Fund Payments 51,987
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41Planned Expenses
ISETT SETA will apply its funds for 2003/4 as
follows
- Grants Approved for Payment R235,72 m
- Skill Development Projects R 12,00 m
- Learnership Projects R124,00 m
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42Conclusion
- We will continue to appreciate harsh but sincere
criticism from many of our stakeholders whose
main objective is to assist and guide us to
achieve even greater heights than we have
achieved today.
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43CONTACT DETAILS
- Telephone number (011)207-2600
- Fax number (011) 805 6833
Please visit our website http//www.isett.org.za
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