1. SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
CONSULTATIVE FORUM
2017

2. AGENDA SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FORUMS 2017
Time
Description
Presenter
08:00 – 08:45
Arrivals and Registration
All
09:00 – 09:05
Opening and Welcome
Xabiso Matshikiza
09:05 – 09:15
Overview
Charlton Philiso
09:15 – 09:50
Priority Skills
Sekgana Makhoba
09:50 – 10:30
Application for Funding
Charlton Philiso
TEA BREAK 10: :00
11:00 – 11:10
Relationship between Employer and Training Provider
11:10 – 12:00
Implementation of Learning Programmes
12:00 – 12:30
Quality Assurance
Terms and Conditions of Accreditation
Verification Requirements
Mapping of Vendor Specific Programmes
12:30 – 12:45
Wrapping Up and Closing
Oupa Mopaki
12:45 – 12:50
Announcements
LUNCH 12:50

3. OVERVIEW
Consult and share skills development information with MICT stakeholders
Inform the MICT SETA Sector Skills Plan document in relation to the scarce and critical skills in the sector
Encourage cooperation between levy-payers, non-levy payers and training providers in addressing the skills gaps within the MICT sector

4. OVERVIEW MICT SETA levy payers MICT SETA non-levy payers NGOs and CBOs
Unions
Training Providers (Public and Private)
Universities
Government departments operating in the MICT Space

5. PRIORITY SKILLS

6. KEY SKILLS ISSUES

7. DRIVERS OF CHANGE
The table below explores factors influencing the demand for skills, it provides the six major drivers of change brought about by the technological convergence (industry point of view).

8. TOP TEN PIVOTAL SKILLS LIST
OCCUPATION CODE
OCCUPATION
ICT Security Specialist
Advertising Specialist
Computer Network and Systems Engineer
Developer Programmer
Multimedia Specialist
Software developer
Telecommunications Technical Officer or Technologist
Computer Network Technician
ICT Business Development Manager
ICT Systems Analyst

9. WE HAVE A PROBLEM
Dept. of Home Affairs uses PIVOTAL list to approve VISA applications from skilled foreigners. This list confirms that there are not enough South Africans qualified in the occupations listed herein above.
Therefore foreigners are allowed to come in and work in occupations listed herein above.
Since 2000 SETAs and Universities have produced enough skilled people in occupations listed herein.

10. Thank You
Discussions and
Q&A

11. APPLICATION FOR DISCRETIONARY GRANTS

12. Thank you Discussions and Q & A

13. TEA BREAK

14. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMPLOYER AND TRAINING PROVIDER
Contractual issues
Non-payment of Training Providers by lead employers
Employer grading (Red, Yellow, Green)
Reporting
Core business

15. IMPLEMENTATION OF LEARNING PROGRAMMES

16. LEARNING PROGRAMMES IMPLEMENTATION
Induction
Role Players
Lead Employer
Training Provider
Learners
Appointment of LRC

17. GRANT DISBURSEMENT SCHEDULE
Disbursements
Disbursement Split
Required Items
First
15%
Learner Agreements, Fixed Term Employment Contracts, highest qualifications and ID Copies
Programme Roll-Out Plan with Activities Schedule
Uploading learners details on MICT SETA MIS
1st Invoice, with cancelled organisational blank cheque
List and details of learners and induction report
Second
Proof of payment of learners and Training Provider
Third
20%
1st Quarterly Progress Report, based on approved roll-out plan, as per clause 7
Proof of payment of learners
Site Visit report by MICT SETA
Fourth
2nd Quarterly Progress Report, based on approved roll-out plan, as per clause 7.
Site Visit report by MICT SETA .
Fifth
30%
3rd Quarterly Progress Report, based on approved roll-out plan, as per clause 7.
Completion Report
Final Report

18. Centralisation of incoming invoices
Invoices to be submitted to
Invoices to be paid within seven working days (provided all the deliverables are submitted as per the grant disbursement schedule)
To automate submission in near future

19. COMPLIANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT
Internal Audit
External Audit ( Auditor General)

20. Non-payment of learner stipend Non-payment of training provider
CHALLENGES
Non-payment of learner stipend
Non-payment of training provider
Learning programmes treated as wage subsidy scheme
Recycling of learners

21. Staggering programme implementation
CHALLENGES
Staggering programme implementation
Programme implementation in rural areas
Programme monitoring

22. Thank you Discussions and Q & A

23. QUALITY ASSURANCE
Flag TPs to move to the ETDP SETA

24. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ACCREDITATION
To exercise control and regulate the operations of all MICT SETA accredited Training Providers
Failure to comply with the terms and conditions outlined will result in the MICT SETA withdrawing the accreditation status

25. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ACCREDITATION
Submit reports to the MICT SETA
Conduct assessments
Must not misrepresent accreditation status

26. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ACCREDITATION
Use of the MICT SETA logo (criminal act)
Update the MICT SETA of any changes
Amend learning programme as and when required
Registration with DHET

27. VERIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
Assessor and Moderator report
Learner list
Learners to be uploaded and linked to qualifications and assessments
PoEs to be available
PoE challenges
Learners to be available

28. MAPPING OF VENDOR SPECIFIC COURSES

29. NSDS Target Target MAPPING BACKGROUND
The participating vendor identifies courses that will be mapped to the MICT SETA quality assured qualifications;
MICT SETA goes through the mapping documents submitted by the vendor and signs a MoU with the vendor;

30. MAPPING BACKGROUND
Specific Outcomes / Assessment Criteria (as required by Unit Standard) will be covered by the Vendor Exam, in instances where it is not, the provider must see to it that the learner provides additional evidence of competence (from the workplace), for those particular outstanding outcomes. The additional evidence of competency will have to be verified by the MICT SETA verifier

31. ROLE OF TRAINING PROVIDER
Participating providers have a responsibility of:
uploading learner achievements to the MICT SETA management system
submitting moderator reports
explaining the mapping of Vendor Courses to registered Unit Standards to the learners

32. Provider completes assessment and moderation reports
CERTIFICATION PROCESS
Provider completes assessment and moderation reports
Provider submits moderation reports to MICT SETA
MICT SETA conducts
verification
MICT SETA endorses
learner achievement
Populate MIS
Unit Standards
Qualification
Provider issues certificate
MICT SETA
issues
qualification
Qualification? 12

33. Thank you Discussions and Q & A

34. Wrap up by Oupa Mopaki Chief Executive Officer

35. B-BBEE ICT SECTOR CODES (SKILLS DEVELOPMENT)

36. 2.1
Skills Development Elements Scorecards
Category
Skills Development Element
Weighting points
Compliance Target
2.1.1
Skills Development Expenditure on any program specified in the Learning Programmes Matrix for Black People as a percentage of the Leviable Amount:
Skills Development Expenditure on Learning Programmes specified in the Learning Programmes Matrix for Black People as a percentage of Leviable Amount 8 6%
Skills Development Expenditure on Learning Programmes specified in the Learning Programmes Matrix for Black People with disabilities as a percentage of Leviable Amount 4
0.3%
2.1.2
Learnerships, Apprenticeships and Internships
Number of Black People participating in Learnerships, Apprenticeship and Internships as a percentage of total employees.
2.5%
Number of Black Unemployed People participating in training specified in the Learning Programme Matrix as a percentage of number of employees
2.1.3
Bonus points:
Number of Black People absorbed by the Measured Entity or in the economy at the end of the Learnerships, Apprenticeship, Internships and Graduate programmes 5
100%

37. APPROVED B-BBEE ICT SECTOR CODES
About R3.6 Billion of funds available to Training Providers from Employers. Employers must use empowered Training Providers to achieve a better B-BBEE score
2.5% achievement on Skills Code as a minimum to access MICT SETA funding
Exempted entities

38. Learnership TAX INCENTIVES
Section 12I of the Income Tax Act No. 58 of 1962 – Amended 1 January 2016

39. Thank you Discussions and Q & A

40. Announcements

41. CONTACT DETAILS
Sekgana Makhoba , Charlton Philiso , Jabu Sibeko , Ernest Nemugavhini ,