PUBLIC SERVICE SECTOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING AUTHORITY (PSETA) PRESENTATION TO PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE 23 AUGUST 2005

OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION Pseta Mission Scope of Coverage Re-certification ETQA Skills Planning Learnership Implementation Way Forward Discussion

PSETA MISSION TO CO-ORDINATE AND FACILITATE DELIVERY OF APPROPRIATE LEARNING PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE TRANSVERSE SKILLS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE

SCOPE OF COVERAGE All National departments All provincial departments DTI and DFA Parastatals NEC Identified National depts – 100%, eg. DPSA and Home Affairs Other depts – Transverse skills, eg SMS and MMS Policy development; Strategic planning and management; Leadership; Client service; Administration; Project management; etc.

RE-CERTIFICATION OF THE PSETA Letter from Minister of Labour – 02 March 2005 Government. Gazette – re-establishing Setas – 3 month extension The legal status of Pseta Constitution and governance The funding mechanism Scope of coverage Incorporation of DTI and DFA from DIDTETA

APPROACH Established a close working relationship with DoL Established JIT Board and staff members from Pseta Board and staff members from DIDTETA Support from DoL Appointment of facilitator – develop a comprehensive proposal Presentation to JIT and respective Boards Adopted by Boards – presentation to MPSA and MoL

RECOMMENDATION Legal status of the PSETA Constitution and Governance Renewal of the certificate of establishment Pseta established as a legal entity – Section 9(1) of the SDA Schedule 3A Public Entity – PFMA Listed ito Section 9(2) of the PFMA Funding mechanism Constitution and Governance Own Constitution and governance structures in keeping with SDA

RECOMMENDATION Establishment of a new Board Upon issuing a certificate of establishment 20 member Board 8 Employer reps - MPSA 8 Labour Reps - GPSSBC 2 Specialists 1 Independent Chairperson 1 CEO Employer Representatives 1 DPSA 2 National Departments 3 Provincial Administrations 2 Parastatals

ETQA

Summary of Progress Where We Were Where we are 1 Obsolete Qualification 4 Qualifications 4 Unit Standards 4 qualifications in Development + 5 from DIDTETA 30 SMS Unit Standards developed No Learners enrolled against registered PSETA qualifications Majority of training based on short courses 899 learners enrolled against qualifications and unit standards Adverse SAQA Quality Audit (55 non compliances) 1 remaining non compliance (presently being addressed) – envisaged compliance January 2006 Limited ETQA policies and procedures to guide providers in the sector All policies approved by PSETA Board Flawed Accreditation of 17 out of 20 providers Increased support to National and Provincial Training Departments to meet accreditation requirements Guidance to providers to seek accreditation: With relevant ETQA Based on unit standards / qualifications 22 providers accredited 5 in process 8 letters of intent

Summary of Progress No Certification Certification commissioned – Security certificates designed 100 Assessors registered Training of additional 200 to be completed by January 2006 Non Compliant SAQA management Information System (MIS) Test Data uploaded to SAQA’s National Learners’ Records Database MIS requires enhancement

SAQA Accredited Qualifications & Unit Standards National Senior Certificate in Administration (IA) Level 4 - a legacy qualification that was not relevant (2002 – 2004) Present Scenario 4 qualifications and 4 Unit standards Title Level ID No Type Manage a voting Station to contribute to free and fair elections 5 114088 Unit standard National Certificate: Local Employment and Skills Development practices 4 23976 Qualification National Certificate: Public Administration 3 48513 Apply moral decision making and problem solving strategies  116483 Apply government communication processes and assess communication effects  12156 Develop holistic productivity improvement strategies and plans 114882 National Certificate: Conflict Management and Transformation 49257 National Certificate: Inspection and Enforcement Services 49107

New Unit standards and Qualifications lodged with SAQA for Fast Tracked Registration 4 new draft public Administration Qualifications from levels 4 to 7 5 Existing DIDTETA Qualifications in Foreign Affairs and Trade and Industry 8 Election unit standards 30 Senior Management Service (SMS) Unit standards developed against the SMS Competency Framework Plan is for each of the SMS competency based Unit Standards to be built into the above qualifications. 14 Unit Standards registered to date 16 remaining unit standards to follow upon finalisation of the above qualifications

Title of the Qualification/ Unit Standard Number of learners enrolled against PSETA Qualifications and Unit Standards No. Title of the Qualification/ Unit Standard NQF Level SAQA ID No. No. Of learners 1. National Certificate: Public Administration 4 48513 280 2. National Certificate: Inspectorate and Enforcement Services (IES) 5 49107 214 3. National Certificate: Local Employment and Skills Development Practices (LESDS) 23976 217 4. Manage a voting station to contribute to free and fair elections (Unit Standard) 114088 188 *  TOTAL * Completed   899

SKILLS PLANNING

Skills Planning 2005 – 2010 Sector skills plan developed and submitted to DoL – to be revised in keeping with new guidelines Developed a draft critical and scarce skills list – further work required in keeping with framework for the identification of scare and critical skills Further research on occupational needs required Challenge:– Pseta scope of coverage is limited to employees that do not belong to any other SETA Sector Skills Plan tries to cover the entire Public Service – a number of gaps

LEARNERSHIP IMPLEMENTATION

LEARNERSHIPS Learnerships Currently implementing 18.2 Learnerships Concluded 5 contracts Roll-out has commenced in 5 provinces, EC, NC, MP, NW and KZN Challenges:- Funding to roll-out the further learnerships – 18.2 learners Assisting depts in the implementation of 18.1 learnerships Appointing and training mentors and assessors Workplace readiness and appropriate placement

Matrix of utilization of Learnerships & qualifications from other SETAs/ETQAs L/S TITLE QUALIFICATION/UNIT STANDARD LEVEL SETA/ETQA Human resource management and support National certificate 4 SABPP Information Technology Systems Development National Certificate ISETT Generic Multi-sector Project Management Services Public Sector Accounting FASSET Secretarial/Administration

PLACEMENT PER LEARNERSHIP – 18.2 LEARNERSHIP TITLE NQF NCP ECP MP NWP KZN NAT TOT National Certificate in Public Sector Accounting 4 54 60 35 62 11 222 Public Administration Practitioner 3 145 Project Management 226 161 93 294 774 National Certificate in Information Technology: System Development 134 Secretarial/Administration 410 Human Resource Management 181 274 118 198 771 National Certificate in Local Employment and skills development practices 221 IES 5 110 220 1005 495 501 664 442 3118

WAY FORWARD In the process of appointing the new Board Together with DoL:- Appointed service provider to assist with the amalgamation process, listing as a Public Entity and the development of a strategic business plan – 1 & 5 year plan Developing a common reporting template for public sector SETAs Seeking approval for the funding of PSETA as a Public Entity – MTEF process Finalise interim arrangements, funding, accommodation, staffing, etc.

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