Construction Education and Training Authority [CETA]

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• Construction Education and Training Authority
  CETA
• Briefing
• To the Labour Portfolio Committee in Parliament
• By
• Themba Dlamini
• Chief Executive Officer/Accounting Officer
• 10th August 2004
• Good Hope Chamber, Parliament
• CAPE TOWN

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• Purpose of Presentation
• To brief members of the LABOUR PORTFOLIO
  COMMITTEE of the CETAOF THE activities in terms
  of Section of the SKILLS DEVELOPMENT ACT
• To highlight critical areas of the CETA in terms
  of
• SKILLS PLANNING
• NSDS
• GRANT DISBURSEMENT
• QA ASSURANCE
• GOVERNANCE

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• Skills Planning Sector Profile
• Of the 35000 enterprises, about 62.5 are
  registered with SARS and only 30.6 are paying
  levies
• Of the levy paying employers
• - approximately 96 are SMMEs
• - 863 Workplace Skills Plans received out of
  10746 levy paying companies. That is 8 of levy
  paying companies are participating in the Skills
  Development Strategy

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• Skills Planning-Challenges/Constraints facing
  CETA Delivery Processes
• Inadequate research to identify sector training
  needs in order to provide appropriate
  intervention
• Availability of appropriate legislation to
  encourage employer organisations to submit WSPs
  and Annual Training Reports (ARTs)
• Impact of HIV/AIDS in the workplace and the
  ability to anticipate the impact to address
  skills gaps resulting from this pandemic
• Duration of contracts versus intake of learners
  on learnerships programme

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• Skills Planning Sector Profile
• The scope of the CETA coverage as specified in
  the list of the National Economic Sectors
  determined by the Minister of Labour in terms of
  Section 9 (2) of the Act includes
• SUBSECTOR NO. OF ENTERPRISES NO. OF EMPLOYEES
• Contractors 20 300
  201 720
• Professionals 9 450 81
  000
• Materials Manufacturing 3 850
  33 900
• Other 1 400 13 500
• TOTAL 35 000 330
  120

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• Skills Planning Challenges/Constrains facing
  CETA delivery processes
• Accreditation of emerging SMME training providers
• Brain drain due to globalisation and economic
  status of sector constituents
• Design development appropriate curriculum
• Lack of infrastructure to absorb the unemployed
• Inadequate processes/strategy to address skills
  development needs in the SMME, non levy paying
  and exempt levy sub-sector
• Inadequate communication channels with affiliated
  government departments

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NSDS Objective 1 Developing a culture of high
qualify life-long learning
The benchmark NSDS targets have been adjusted by
CETA to realistic scenario in the industry
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NSDS Objective 2 Fostering skills development
in the formal economy for
productivity and employment growth
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NSDS Objective 3 Stimulating and supporting
skills development in small businesses
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NSDS Objective 4 Promoting skills development
for employability and sustainable
livelihoods through social
development initiatives
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NSDS Objective 5 Assisting new entrants into
employment
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2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04
Disbursable Levy Income R22,5 m R67,2m R93,5m R115m
No. Levy Payers 7129 7524 9074 11082
Grant Recipients/Levy Payers 3 6 6 10
No. of Grant Recipients 228 467 576 1032
Grants Paid or Accrued R10m R20,5m R25,5m R71.7m
Projects Funded 485,776 R8,7m R12,2m R14.8m
Total Disbursed R10,5m R29,3m R37,8m R86.5m
Disbursements 47 44 40 75
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CETA ACCREDITED TRAINING PROVIDERS

• NOF ACCREDITED SIXTY THREE (63)
• PER PROVINCE
• GAUTENG 34
• MPUMALANGA 2
• LIMPOPO 5
• NOTH-WEST 2
• EASTERN CAPE 5
• WESTERN CAPE 2
• FREE STATE 2
• NORTHERN CAPE 2
• KWAZULU NATAL 9
• FOURTEEN OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED ACTIVELY
  INVOLVED IN ROLLOUT OF CETA LEARNERSHIPS
• ALSO OPERATING OVER MORE THAN ONE PROVINCE
• AND IN RURAL AREAS

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• Governance
• The CETA board is composed of representation from
  the
• following
• National Governtment (2)
• Organised Business (10)
• Organised Labour(10)
• Professional Council(1)
• Decision Making Process
• EXCO
• Council

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• Conclusion
• The CETA board has endorsed the Skills
  Development Strategy and has introduced the
  intervention programmes to address some of the
  challenges.
• CETA Reserved or unclaimed levies have
  re-directed into to fund the following
  initiatives
• - HIV/AIDS
• - ABET
• - Skills Programmes
• - Learnerships
• - Employment Skills Development Agency (ESDA)
• - Standard Generating Bodies
• - Bursary Scheme
• - Research and Development and others

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Thank You For more information contact Themba
Dlamini ceo_at_ceta.co.za Tel[phone] Fax
011-265-5927