PRESENTATION TO SELECT COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS

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PRESENTATION TO SELECT COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AND
FOREIGN AFFAIRS 17 October 2007
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MQA MANDATE

• Ensures that appropriate standards are registered
  for the Mining and Minerals Industry ito the Mine
  Health and Safety Act of 1996
• A Sector Education and Training Authority ito of
  the Skills Development Act of 1998
• An Education, Training and Quality Assurance
  (ETQA) in terms of the SAQA Act of 1995
• The Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development
  Act (Act 28 of 2002) requires the Minerals and
  Mining Development Board to in consultation with
  the MQA ensure the promotion of human resources
  development in the Sector

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MQA MANDATE

• Collect levies and pay mandatory and
  discretionary grants in terms of the Skills
  Development Levies Act, Act No 9 of 1999 as
  amended
• Manage our funds in terms of the Public Finance
  Management Act, Act No 1 of 1999
• Deliver in terms of the Department of Labour
  National Skills Development Strategy II
• Transform in terms of the Minerals and Petroleum
  Resources Development Act, Act 28 of 2002 -
  Mining Charter Support Strategy

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MQA Governance Structure

• Tripartite Board Structure
• Five (5) DME, Five (5) Labour and Five (5)
  Employer Representatives
• Board has the following Standing Committees
• SGB Committee
• Learnerships
• Sector Skills Planning
• ETQA Committee
• SDL/Finance Committee
• Audit Committee

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EMPLOYMENT IN THE SUBSECTOR
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GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYEES

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OCCUPATIONS OF WOMEN IN THE SECTOR
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QUALIFICATIONS DISTRIBUTION
67
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EMPLOYMENT TRENDS PER SUBSECTOR
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SIX SECTORAL STRATEGIES

• Supporting the transformation of the Sector
• Health and safety training and development
• Development of the current workforce
• Development of new entrants to the labour market
  
• Stimulation of new enterprise development
• Facilitation of the transition from employment
• to unemployment

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SKILLS PLANNING

• Facilitate the research and planning skills
  development initiatives in the Sector
• Facilitate skills development support for Small
  Scale Miners
• Support SMMEs with minerals beneficiaries skills
  development
• To support SMME participation in the Levy/Grant
  system
• To facilitate access for women entrepreneurs in
  the Sector
• To promote ABET provision in the Sector

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MINING CHARTER SUPPORT
Skills Audit and Sector Skills Strategy Career Paths Literacy and Numeracy Generic Skills for Miners Maths and Science at Schools Learnerships Employment Equity (Management) Employment Equity (Women) Entrepreneurial Training Mentoring of Empowerment Groups Exchange Opportunities for HDSAs Beneficiation Mine Community and Rural Development
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FINANCE

• Income in terms of SDL Act
• - 1 collated by SARS
• - SETA gets 80 of levies
• - NSF gets 20 of levies
• - SETA admin costs is 10
• - Mandatory grants comprise of 50
• Income increased by R32 million from R346 in
  2005/06 to R378 million in 2006/07, despite a
  decline in gold mining industry
• 10 is applicable to administration expenses
  which decreased from R39 million in 2005/06 to
  R34 million in 2006/07
• Mandatory Grants represents 50 of our income in
  terms of legislation must be paid back to the
  upon submission of WSP/ATR

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FINANCE

• Discretionary grants approved by Board valued at
  R154 million
• 4 months reserves to be kept at all times
• Investments only with 4 major banks
• Clean audit from Auditor General
• Internal Auditors satisfied that controls are
  efficient and effective
• MQA complies with the principles of being a
  financially viable going concern

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PROJECTS
MQA Flagship courses are ABET - 12 MILLION LEARNERSHIPS 43 MILLION BURSARY SCHEME AND PRACTICAL TRAINING 37 MILLION GRADUATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 7 MILLION LEARNERSHIPS 7 MILLION Smaller projects such as training of Ex mineworkers, New Venture Creation, Universities Employment Equity Programme, Executive Preparation Programme, Support to FET colleges, Moderator and Assessor grants and ABET Practitioner grants (21 MILLION)