SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FACILITATORS FORUM MAY 2005

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SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FACILITATORS FORUMMAY 2005
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2005 SDF PROGRESS REPORT
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2004 SDF Workshop Report

• 2004 Identified Needs
• SDF capacity building
• SMME support
• Assessor, moderator training
• Accreditation
• Policies
• Communications
• Learnership review and development

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SDF Report Back

• SDF Capacity Building
• Gill Connellan Associates has been appointed.
• Training is against registered unit standards.
• Implementation is planned from 13 June 2005.
  Information pack will be sent to all SDFs.
• SMME Support
• Investigating possible strategies for SETA
  focused SMME support programme e.g. voucher
  systems implemented by other SETAs.
• Possible clustering of 1/more SMMEs with
  independent SDF.

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SDF Report Back

• Accreditation
• A task team is spearheading the development of
  policies and procedures.
• A roll-out plan for accreditation of new
  providers will be circulated for recently
  registered learnerships.
• Assessor Moderator Training
• Assessment College will be conducting training in
  3 regions (initially) for 250 assessors.
• Moderators will be trained from this group and
  existing assessors.
• First session scheduled for 23 - 27 May 2005 in
  all centres.

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SDF Report

• Policies
• Development and finalisation of policies
  underway.
• Communications
• Various platforms have increased the SETAs
  communication method, namely website various
  industry publications and initiatives and LEARN!
• Learnership review and development
• Chambers LETQA are currently reviewing or
  developing new qualifications, parallel to
  implementation of existing learnerships.

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Discretionary Grants

• Chambers requested applications for discretionary
  grants in November 04.
• Chamber Discretionary Grant Review Committee
  (DGRC) made project recommendations to Exco.
• Successful projects notified post 16 February.
• Second call for applications published in
  national newspaper, mail drops, website and from
  individual databases.
• Closing date Friday, 13th May!

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Discretionary Grant Criteria
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CHAMBER PROGRESS REPORT ARTS CULTURE

• Annabell Lebethe
• Chamber Coordinator

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Chamber Report Arts Culture (AC)

• Overview
• Project Status
• Qualifications and Learnerships
• Discretionary Grant Projects
• Questions

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Chamber Report (AC)Overview

• Arts and Culture Chamber falls within the current
  scope of CREATESA.
• CREATESA is NSF project of MAPPP SETA with
  special focus on the creative industries
• Craft
• Design
• Heritage
• Music
• Performing Arts
• Live Events

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Chamber Report (AC)Project Status

• 3 year project lifespan ends 2005.
• Plan to integrate project into Arts and Culture
  Chamber, including Music.
• Existing Steering Committee will be re-defined as
  the Chamber.
• 245 contracts in the system, learnerships and
  skills programmes requiring management and
  monitoring.
• Projects implementation split between urban and
  rural.

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Chamber Report (AC)Qualifications and
Learnerships
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Chamber Report (AC)Discretionary Grant Projects
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Chamber Report (AC)Discretionary Grant
Projects
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CHAMBER PROGRESS REPORT FILM ELECTRONIC MEDIA

• Annabell Lebethe
• Chamber Coordinator

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Chamber Report Film and Electronic Media (FEM)

• Overview
• Industry Participation
• Qualifications and Learnerships
• 2005 Business Plan
• Special Projects
• Questions

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Chamber Report FEMOverview

• Primary objectives
• To ensure heightened industry participation and
  representation within the SETAs governance
  structure
• To ensure implementation has industry support and
  buy-in
• To align industry skills development needs with
  SETA implementation mandate
• Approximately 18 members representing government
  (ICASA) , business (NAB), labour (BEMAWU) and
  other interest groups (MISA, SACOD)

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Chamber Report FEMIndustry Participation
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Chamber Report FEMQualifications
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Chamber Report FEM2005 Business Plan

• Aligned to NSDS Objective 1
• Project 1 Chamber communications project
• Target beneficiaries are schools, parents,
  students and industry.
• Aim to encourage employers to participate in
  skills development.
• Produce industry careers information booklet in
  partnership with NFVF, Ster-Kinekor and AFDA.

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Chamber Report FEM2005 Business Plan

• Aligned to NSDS Objective 2
• Project 2 Create and maintain industry resource
  bank with relevant sub-sector information.
• Will be informed by national audit on training,
  sector donor funding and skills gaps.

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Chamber Report FEM2005 Business Plan

• Aligned to NSDS Objective 4
• Project 3 Learnership implementation for
  registered learnerships, coupled with curriculum
  and materials development across all FEM
  sub-sectors.

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Chamber Report FEM2005 Business Plan

• Aligned to NSDS Objective 5
• Project 4 Review existing qualifications and
  determine need for new qualifications.
• Once qualifications are registered, develop
  requisite materials.
• Identified learnerships in 2D animation and
  community media.

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Chamber Report FEMSpecial Projects

• National Community Radio Forum
• E-readiness project to assist community media
  establishments prepare for the digital migration.
  Project entails an audit of the state-
  of-readiness of stations to operate on new
  platforms and training that will provide the
  necessary skills for operation new systems.
• Addresses a sector-wide need.

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Chamber Report FEMSpecial Projects

• CAJ
• The research project will train sector-specific
  researchers and prepare them for future sector
  skills planning.
• The need was identified at Chamber level and
  addresses soft skills.

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Chamber Report FEMSpecial Projects

• Monash University
• Training production accountants for the
  audio-visual sector and business development
  skills.
• The aim is that these interventions will lead to
  the development of new qualifications aimed at
  the middle and professional levels to support
  on-going development.

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Chamber Report FEMSpecial Projects

• Film Resource Unit
• Critical shortage within the sector of
  understanding the importance of distribution,
  marketing, sales and audience development.
• Project will be implemented alongside the MPCC
  and train emerging and existing proprietors of
  audio-visual products.
• Objective is to use this project as a catalyst
  for the development of qualification(s).

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Chamber Report FEMSpecial Projects

• Audio Visual Entrepreneurs of Africa (AVEA)
• Producers programme aims to assist with the
  development of a generation of professional film
  and TV producers with developing their projects,
  refining their business strategies, targeting
  markets nationally and internationally and
  establishing a global understanding of production
  processes.

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CHAMBER PROGRESS REPORT PRINT MEDIA PUBLISHING

• Margie Masipa
• Chamber Coordinator

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Chamber Priorities

• Development of learnerships
• Implementation of registered learnership
• Research and development
• Funding through discretionary fund projects that
  support training and development of employees

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Development of learnerships

• In Print Media two new learnerships were
  identified namely
• Media Management _at_ NQF level 6
• Community Media Management _at_ NQF level 3 or 4.
• Journalism SBG will meet to take process forward.
• Intention is to have both learnerships registered
  by year-end.

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Publishing learnership

• A learnership on the marketing of books _at_ NQF
  level 4 is on the card.
• The SGB is meeting next week to kick start the
  process.

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Implementation of registered learnership

• A learnership in Journalism has been registered
  with DoL.
• The learnership design has been completed.
• Eleven skills programmes were identified
• The learnership will be ready for national roll
  out
• 1st July 2005.
• There will be national workshops to prepare
  potential workplace providers and training
  providers.

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Materials development...

• The material toolkit will have the following
• Learner guide
• Employer guide
• Training provider guide
• Assesment guide

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Discretionary Grant Projects

• Publishing Projects
• Three projects were approved with a total value
  of R3 million.
• The projects are
• PASA internship project
• Community newspaper supported by MISA-SA
• The writers support through the Writers Network

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Discretionary Grant Projects

• Print Media Projects
• Eight companies with a total of 111 internship
  learners were paid a total of R2 million.
• The second call for the funding has been made and
  new projects, other than interns, will be funded.

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CHAMBER PROGRESS REPORT ADVERTISING

• Dikeledi Mosalo
• Chamber Coordinator

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Order of Presentation

• Industry engagement
• Chamber priorities
• Progress update

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Industry Engagement

• Various company visits done.
• Held talks with influential people within the
  sector.

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Chamber Priorities

• Identify agencies that do not claim in order to
  increase the number of WSPs and ATRs received.
• Visit agencies to find out about their training
  needs.
• Visit advertising schools (including universities
  and technikons) with an aim of addressing
  training needs.

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Chamber Priorities cont.

• Look at bridging course for new entrants that
  need it to encourage more people from
  disadvantaged communities to enter the industry.
• Focus on recruiting from rural areas.

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Chamber Priorities cont.

• Develop new learnerships and qualifications.
• Conduct a research on skills needs.

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Progress to Date

• DISCRETIONARY GRANTS
• During November last year applications for
  discretionary grants were invited and 5 companies
  applied. 4 were recommended and one was declined.
  
• 99 learnership students and 11 interns.
• Total amount of R2,7m to be paid out.
• Another round of applications is expected.

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Progress to Date cont.

• NEEDS IDENTIFICATION
• Need for a bridging course.
• Talks with Red and Yellow School.
• Put together a learnership to address the need.
• Working group to develop unit standards.
• Revive the SGB.

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CHAMBER PROGRESS REPORT PRINTING PACKAGING

• Linda Mngadi
• Chamber Coordinator

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Order of Presentation

• Chamber Priorities
• 2005-2006 Business Plan
• Discretionary Grants
• Update

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Chamber Priorities

• Review and development of learnerships /
  qualifications.
• Audit and develop providers (institutional)
• Career mapping.
• Increase WSP and ATR quality and submission.
• Capacity building for chamber members and
  workplace training commitees.
• Liaison with regional stakeholders.

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Chamber Activities

• Qualifications / learnerships review is underway.
• Audit of institutional providers - a call for
  submission from service providers will be
  announced.
• Printing and Packaging SGB establishment is in
  progress.
• The process is likely to be finished by the end
  of the year.
• Capacity building workshops are scheduled for
  mid-July to September
• Liaison with regional stakeholders will take
  place from mid-July 2005.

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Discretionary Grants

• All in all, 15 projects have been approved to the
  tune of R10.5m.
• Second call of discretionary grant applications
  has been made.

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2005-2010 National Skills Development Strategy
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NSDS 2005-2010 Five Objectives

• The five objectives are underpinned by five
  principles
• Support for economic growth
• Promote productive citizenship
• Accelerate BBBEE and EE
• Support, monitor and evaluate the delivery of
  Quality education and Training
• Advance the culture of excellence in Skills
  development and life long learning

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NSDS 2 Objective 1

• Promoting and communicating critical skills
  through research and development
• SETA to conduct research and disseminate
  information on critical skills

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NSDS 2 Objective 2

• Promote and accelerate quality training in the
  workplace
• WSPs of Large and medium-sized companies will be
  evaluated against THREE criteria
• Meeting targets
• Timeframe
• Stakeholder sign-off
• For SMMEs, SETA will develop simplified form

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NSDS 2 Objective 3

• Promote employability and sustainable livelihood
  through Skills development
• SETA will facilitate the intake of unemployed
  learners on ABET programmes.

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NSDS 2 Objective 4

• Assist designated groups to participate in
  accredited work-based training and to acquire
  critical skills.
• Unemployed learners will be assisted to enter and
  complete learnerships.

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NSDS 2 Objective 5

• Improve the quality and relevance of provision of
  education and training

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Draft Grant RegulationsDraft WSP Regulations

• Presented by Margie Masipa

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Types of Grants

• There are two(2) types of grants
• Mandatory
• Discretionary

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Mandatory Grants

• Mandatory grants are payable to ALL levy paying
  companies.
• Companies with 50 workers must submit a WSP
  and/or an ATR to claim.
• Companies with -50 workers have to submit the
  application on a simplified form (SETA will
  develop form).
• ALL companies must claim within the prescribed
  timeframes.
• 2004/05 30 September 2005
• Subsequent years 30 June
• Newly established companies must submit a claim
  within six(6) months of establishment.

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Mandatory Grants cont.

• SETA will pay an equivalent of 50 of the total
  levy paid by the company.
• SETA will pay the levy back to the company on a
  Quarterly basis.
• Failure to submit claim within the specified
  timeframe will result in forfeiture of the
  mandatory grant.
• Application form for mandatory grant is Annexure
  2 of the SETA Grant Regulation (pp910).

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Mandatory Grants Recovery

• Paid only to SARS registered companies.
• Employers must be up-to-date with payments at
  time of application.
• All companies must claim within the prescribed
  timeframes to avoid loosing out.
• Companies to claim using the correct WSP/form,
  otherwise they loose out.
• From 2006/07, ATR must be submitted against
  previous years WSP.

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Discretionary Grants

• Discretionary Grants are payable to the
  following
• Employers - levy and non-levy paying
• Employer Organisation/Assocciation
• Education and Training Providers
• Institute of sectoral/occupational excellence
• SETA constituents

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Discretionary Grants cont.

• Discretionary Grants are payable for the
  following projects
• Research to identify sectoral critical skills
• ABET
• Scare skills
• Work experience
• SDF training
• Development of sectoral training guides
• Training and mentoring for new ventures
• Learnerships registered under a different SETA
• Applications must be supported by the relevant
  stakeholders

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Draft WSP Why Change?

• Need to align the WSP to the National Skills
  Development Strategy 2005-2010
• Need to align our Workplace Skills Plan to the
  Grant Regulations (Draft)

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Draft WSP What does it mean?

• The Seta will do a quality check/audit and
  approve the WSP before payment is made.
• The 50 will only be paid if the company has
  complied with all the requirements.
• THEREFORE New WSP Format

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Draft WSP Major changes

• Training need to be aligned to the Seta skills
  priorities listed on page 9 of draft WSP.
• Closing date for final submission is the 30 Sept
  2005.
• The WSP and ATR must be aligned to new Draft
  Regulations (pp9-16).
• WSP and ATR must be signed by the training
  committee.
• 25 of training conducted must be done by
  accredited training providers.

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Draft WSP Training Plan

• People to be trained in various occupational
  groups should include
• Current employees at that occupational level.
• Accelerated development for potential promotees.
• Recruitment can include unemployed (18.2)
  learners.

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Draft WSP Eligibility

• A company must be registered with and pay tax
  through SARS.
• At the time of claiming, the company must be up
  to date with levy payments - both to SARS and to
  the SETA.
• A company that fails to meet the criteria shall
  forfeit the grant.

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Procedure

• SETA will develop and circulate to ALL eligible
  applicants the following
• criteria and guidelines,
• application form,
• Schedules/dates for application submissions

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Way Forward

• Comments from the 3 regions on the draft WSP will
  be incorporated and circulated to all SDFs and
  placed on the website.
• The SETA will make available a year planner with
  critical dates available to SDFs and on the
  website.
• SDFs to be informed timeously of SETA activities.
• A flowchart of MAPPP staff, areas of
  responsibilities and contacts will be placed on
  the website.
• Chamber critical skills areas and priorities will
  be placed on the website. This will assist in
  completing WSP.
• Chamber business plans to be placed on website.

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Way Forward

• BBBEE and EE targets in the NSDS will not have
  any impact on the payment of mandatory grants.
• SETA will provide submission dates for WSP, ATR
  and discretionary grant applications.
• Enquiry into the payment of quarterly claims.
• SAQA bands and levels will be placed on the
  website.
• Once payment for claim is made, company/SDF will
  be informed.
• SETA will push for the installation of MIS as
  matter of urgency.
• Action plan for all matters raised will be
  circulated and made available on the website.