Organizational Structure

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Introduction
Predicting the future is always risky, but not
thinking about it is even more dangerous..!!!
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Organizational Structure
DEPARTMENTS
Corporate Services
Community Facilitation Marketing
Sustainable Development Planning
City Engineer
Community Services Health
Parks, Sport Recreation
City Electrical Engineer
City Treasurer
Management Services
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• 1772 Permanent employees
• Temporary employees
• SERVICE DELIVERY
  AREAS
• Richards Bay
• Esikhawini
• Nseleni
• Vulindlela
• Empangeni
• Ngwelezane

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CONTEXT OF TRAINING STRATEGY
SDA LEGISLATION SDLA SAQA
Act ASGISA B/C Statement POLICY
STATEMENT JIPSA Bargaining Council
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POLICIES

• TRAINING POLICY
• Objectives
• Mandates
• Roles responsibilities
• BURSARY POLICY (EMPLOYEES DEPENDENTS)
• Scope
• Conditions of bursary
• Repayment
• SECTION 28 TRAINING (RPL)
• Scope
• Responsibility
• Implementation
• ABET Policy
• Scope
• Responsibility
• Implementation

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FUNDING

• SOURCES OF FUNDING
• Training Fund (R2 500 000)
• Council contribution
• Bursaries (R1 000 000)
• LGSETA
• Mandatory Funding
• Discretionary Grants

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WORKPLACE SKILLS PLAN - PROCESS
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
Review Skills Questionnaire
Arrange with shop stewards to assist
with completion
Set up roster for prioritization
Develop training matrix based on sups input
Populate Payday
Arrange for signing of WSP by unions Management
Make changes where necessary
Populate LGSETA template
Book Supervisors to attend prioritization meetin
g
Sign off and submit to LG SETA
Liase with all Departments to submit on due
date
Arrange TC meeting for final prioritization
Copy questionnaire for every employee
Populate Payday and develop matrix
Distribute to all employees
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WSP IMPLEMENTATION SOURCING AND APPOINTING
TRAINING PROVIDERS
Identify training interventions required in WSP
Identify sector SETA
Source training provider from SETA ETQA
More than R10000
YES
NO
Requisition to Stores
Request quotation for Training provider
Sign Terms of Reference and send appointment
letter
Get name of approved Training provider
Make logistical arrangements and effect payment
Make logistical arrangements submit documents
after completion to effect payment
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WSP LOGISTICAL ARRANGEMENTS
Training course identified
Open file
NO
YES
In-house
Confirm date
Confirm date
Send training request forms to learners for
completion and authority from supervisors
Send training request forms to learners for
completion authority from supervisors
Arrange venue, attendance registers course
evaluation forms
Confirm registration with training provider
Receive and distribute course results
and certificates
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COMPETENCY OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT STAFF
OUTCOMES of the WSP 9 qualified ODETD
Practitioners in various departments STAFF IN
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT SECTION 3 OD ETD
Practitioners 1 BA Administration Of the 4 staff
members, 2 are qualified, registered Skills
Development Facilitators
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SCARCE SKILLS
SECTION 28 TRAINING

• Lack of mentoring coaching programmes?
• Keep 90 of technical work in-house to
  capacitate internal staff and restrict
  opportunities for skilled staff to leave Local
  Government and return as contractors and/or
  consultants

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Challenges

• Support from management
• Support from employees
• Support from Unions
• Budget constraints
• DEALING WITH CHALLENGES
• Support from stakeholders unions and
  councillors
• Functioning Training Committee
• COMMITTED STAFF MEMBERS IN TRAINING SECTION!

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Conclusion

• A little push in the right direction can make a
  big difference.