WELCOME Back ISETT SETA Briefing Session to The Parliamentary Labour Portfolio Committee 10 August 2004 By Mr. Oupa Mopaki Chief Executive Officer

Presentation Content Score-Card Learnerships Education and Training Quality Assurance (ETQA) Sector Skills Planning Financial Report Welcome Contact Us

SCORE CARD ISETT SETA SCORE - CARD APRIL MARCH 2004 Back

ISETT - NSDS PERFORMANCE 2005 NSDS Objectives (SLA) SETA 2004 NSDS ObjectivesStatus on Performance Gap 1.1 By March 2005, (95%) of workers have at least a Level 1 NQF qualification By March % (209,550) Workers have NQF 1 Baseline: Target ExceededNone 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 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

ISETT - NSDS PERFORMANCE 2005 NSDSSETA 2004 ObjectivesStatus on Performance Gap % of employers with 150+ workers claiming grants By March 2004, 100% (89) Enterprises with 150+ employees were claiming grants Target ExceededNone % of employers with workers claiming grants By March 2004, 100% (116) of 116 Enterprises employing employees were claiming grants Target ExceededNone 2.3 By March 2005, Learnerships are available across the sector By March 2004, 15 Learnerships were available across the ISETT Sector Target AchievedNone Back

ISETT - NSDS PERFORMANCE 2005 NSDS (SLA) SETA 2004 Objectives Status on PerformanceGap 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 AchievedNone % of companies with employees are participating in the Skills Development Initiatives As at April 2004, 22% participated Target ExceededNone Back

ISETT - NSDS PERFORMANCE 2005 NSDS2004 ISETT NSDS Objectives Status on PerformanceGap 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 AchievedNone 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 Back

ISETT - NSDS PERFORMANCE 2005 NSDS2004 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 (100%in further study) None Back

NSF 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. Back

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WHAT 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. Back

WHY 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 Back

REGISTERED LEARNERSHIPS Each of these learnership will take a minimum of 12 months to complete Back Learnerships TitleNQF Level Systems Development4 Technical Support4 Telecommunications Practitioner4 Telecommunications Technician5 Systems Support5 Solutions Development/ Programming5 Systems Support (Desktop)5 Master of Engineering in Telecommunications7 Master of Engineering in Information7

FUNDING Learnership grant Isett Seta will pay participating stakeholders a sum of R per Learner for the duration of the Learnership Isett Seta will pay R per learner per week on a level 4 Learnership Isett Seta will pay R per learner per week on a level 5 Learnership Back

FUNDING R per learner for the duration of the training will paid as follows: Four disbursements; 30% on registration 20% on submission of 1 st quarterly report 20% on submission of 2 nd quarterly report 30% on completion Back

ISETT 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 Back

…CONT. 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 Back

ELIGIBILITY 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 Back

LEARNERSHIPS STATUS REPORT Signed learnership contracts with more than 20 companies A total number of learners are participating in our Learnerships Commitment of over a R100m to the Learnership projects Registration of 9 New Learnerships ACHIEVEMENTS Back

LEARNERSHIPS IMPLEMENTATION STATUS Started3181 Completed117 Not Yet Started675 Total Registered3 856 Back

LEARNERSHIP BENEFICIARIES GEOGRAPHIC PROFILE N = 3181 Back

ISETT SETA Education and Training Quality Assurance (ETQA) Back to home page Back to home page

ETQA FUNCTIONS Key responsibilities: 1. Accredit constituent providers 2. Monitor and audit providers 3. Register constituent assessors 4. Evaluate assessments and facilitate moderations among constituent providers 5. Quality assure Unit Standards and Qualifications 6. Take responsibility for the certifications of learners Back

ISETT ETQA STATUS REPORT Accreditation of Training Providers as at 31 st March 2004 Number of Accredited Training Providers14 Number Conditionally Accredited4 Approved Training Providers157 Approval/Accreditation applications in process 467 TOTAL642 Back

ASSESSORS/MODERATORS Assessor/ModeratorTotal Registered Assessors28 Assessor Applications in Process 40 Registered Moderators2 Moderator applications in process 6 Back

ISETT SETA REPORT ON SECTOR SKILLS PLANNING 2003/4 SECTOR SKILLS PLANNING Back to home page Back to home page

Limited employer participation Inadequate information on ICT initiatives for ISETT to link to Inadequate support from well established enterprises to partner with SMMEs CHALLENGES & CONSTRAINTS IN IMPLEMENTING THE BUSINESS PLAN Back

Company WSPs For 2003/2004 Company by Employee Size Number of paying companies2, Number WSPs approved Companies not participating2,24600 Percentage participation22%100% Back

NUMBER OF PLANNED BENEFICIARIES PER OCCUPATIONS Back

NUMBER OF PLANNED BENEFICIARIES PER GENDER Back

PLANNED BENEFICIARIES PER RACE

THE SECTOR SKILLS PLAN The SSP compiled by seta’s 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 Back

THE 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 Back

SECTOR SKILLS PLANNING DOCUMENT Joint Research in ICT with the dti and other stakeholders – to be concluded in October Will re-establish areas of skills shortage in ICT. Back

HIGHLIGHTS New WSP and ATR templates New incentives for increased participation Increased number of research projects Improved turnaround time for approvals Unqualified Audit Report( ) Back

FINANCIAL REPORT

SKILLS 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 Back

Financial Performance over 4 Years YEAR2003/2004 (R’000) 2002/2003 (R’000) 2001/2002 (R’000) 2000/2001 (R’000) Receipts200,305184,879145,20671,492 Administration(20,960)(19,369)(12,117)(7,106) Grants Paid/ Accrued (287,710)(104,267)(42,449)(69,964) Surplus from Prior Years 146,30585,062(5,578) - Surplus (37,940)(146,305)(85,062)5,578 Back

Composition of Revenue The Revenue of R 200,305 million consists of : Skills Development Levies 188,567 Penalties & Interest- NSF Revenue - Interest Income11,738 Other Income- TOTAL200,305 (R’000) Back

Grant Payments/Accruals Mandatory Grants – Current Year 143,630 Mandatory Grants – Prior Years 92,093 Discretionary Fund Payments 51,987 The Grant Payments/Accruals of R287,710 million consists of : (R’000) Back

Planned Expenses Grants Approved for Payment:R235,72 m Skill Development Projects: R 12,00 m Learnership Projects: R124,00 m ISETT SETA will apply its funds for 2003/4 as follows: Back

Conclusion 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. Back

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