1. ISETT-ISSA Learnership Development Project Presented by Neville Nicholas ISETT SETA Project Manager Presentation to the ISETT SETA Board 10th May 2002

2. Agenda Background on ISSA Project Objective Specific Outcomes Summary Project Overview Project Stakeholders & Role-players Overview of the Project Plan

3. The Project In a Nutshell Three year duration Transforming 4 ISSA programmes to learnerships Managed by ISETT SETA - the Executing Agency Funded the the NSF

4. Background on ISSA Institute for Satellite and Software Applications ISSA is situated in the space facilities built near Grabouw in the 1980s, at Houwteq in the Western Cape area The facility was built to house systems for the design, programme management, integration and testing of small satellites and launch vehicles ISSA started operating as a training institute from 1998, created and operated by (DoC)

5. Project Objective To produce human resource capabilities for the SA ICT Sector, through the transferable means of learnerships, Addressing the needs of PDIs. To be achieved through transforming existing programmes at ISSA into learnerships. Additional indirect contributions to the ICT Sector and the learnership development process, for example development of unit standards, some of which can be employed in other learnerships.

6. Specific Outcomes The development of four learnerships To have all (530) graduates placed into SMME or Workplace Provider establishments over the three-year course of the project To achieve at least an 80% satisfaction rating from the establishments in which learners are placed To achieve at least a 50% learner sponsorship (while the learner is undergoing the Training Provider component) from the ICT Sector by the end of this project

7. Specific Outcomes (cont.) To gain the interest of at least two other universities in South Africa to adopt these learnerships To strive for 10% of graduates entering into the R&D/SMME environment To establish a graduate tracking process

8. Project Stakeholders & Role-players DoL/NSF Funder DoC Initiator ISSA Training Provider/ Implementor ISETT SETA Executing Agency Industry (IISA) Skills Demand Sector Workplace Providers Industry (SGBs) Skills/Learnership Definition R&D Support Providers Bandwidth Barn Innovation Hub Other Govt DACST, DTI CHE Final accrediting body Project Consultative Committee Reference Group

9. Overview of Project Plan Stage 1 Project Initiation & Operation Stage 2 Generic Learnership Processes & Systems Stage 3 Learnership Development & Implementation Stage 4 Project Management  Develop Project Plan & Proposal  Project Office Set-up & Operational Design  Development & Execution of Communications Plan  Formation of Project Consultative Committee (PCC)  Planning  Finance  Reporting  Quality Management System

10. Overview of Project Plan Stage 2: Generic Learnership Processes & Systems –General Administration –Develop Assessment Policies –Develop Agreements –Learnership Databases –Learnership Management & Reporting Processes –Learner Placement Processes & Systems –Learner Tracking Processes & Systems –Develop ISSA Practices, Policies, & Procedures (as a training provider)

11. Overview of Project Plan Stage 3: Learnership Development & Implementation –Learnership Scoping Document –Learnership Stakeholder Participation –Learnership Definition –Learnership Unit Standard Development –Learnership Registration –Assess Demand for the Learnership –Set Up for & monitor Training Provider –Set Up for & monitor SMMEs –Set Up for & monitor Lecturers –Set Up for & monitor Learners –Set Up for & monitor Workplace Providers

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