MANDATE BEYOND THE INITIAL FIVE YEAR PERIOD

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MANDATE BEYOND THE INITIAL FIVE YEAR PERIOD

• Presented by Mike Tsotetsi

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INTRODUCTION

• First cycle ended March 2005
• Re-establishment meant re-apply to The Department
  of Labour
• Past performance of the SETAs were a key
  determining factor for re-establishment
• THETA was re-established on 1 April 2005

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OUR LEARNING CURVE

• THETA has been exposed to interesting times from
  its early days in 2000
• Inherited legacy of inefficiencies had impacted
  negatively on THETA
• This resulted in
• negative press coverage and
• qualified audit reports

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NSDS

• SETAs operate within NSDS
• National priorities outlined
• Prioritise critical skills
• Stimulate quality training in the workplace
• Promote employability and sustainable livelihoods
  through skills development
• Assist new entrants into the labour market and
  self employment
• Improve quality and relevance of provision

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ACHIEVEMENTS

• Effective learning environment
• Comprehensive corporate governance structure and
  systems
• Effective monitoring of achievement of
  obligations and plans
• Organisational culture that is conducive to
  service delivery

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THE FIRST 5 YEAR CYCLE

• Embarked on transformation programme for
  employees and other stake holders
• Established good corporate governance systems
• Expanded operations and administration activities
  to fast track training intervention
• Laid provided solid foundation for Skills
  Revolution to thrive soar to new heights

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THE FIRST 5 YEAR CYCLE

• Partnered with industry to deliver projects e.g.
  TLP, SATI, INTAC
• In excess of R36m on discretionary grants
• Disbursed R80m on mandatory grants
• and projects
• Scoped projects to the value of R 114m

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DOES THETA ADD VALUE?

• Independent sector hence a collaborated approach
  to address growth requirements
• Training interventions implemented to the fullest
  extent
• Governments aims of creating jobs and
  eradicating poverty requires THETAs involvement

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DOES THETA ADD VALUE?

• Future of education, training and skills
  development cannot be over emphasised
• Higher occupancy rates increase in training,
  education and skills development
• Leverage required by private sector to attain
  goal of education, training and developing skills
  of the workforce
• THETA well positioned to provide support

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A LOOK AT OUR SECTOR
TOURISM

• Fastest growing industry in the world
• Accounts for 10.75 of the worlds GDP
• Employs 260 million people
• Generates revenues of 500 billion per year
• Current growth estimated at 7
• South Africa on par with this world trend

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A LOOK AT OUR SECTOR
TOURISM

• The global tourism industry suffered a 1.2
  decline last year
• SA recorded a 5.3 increase in foreign tourists
• 71 of tourists would like their travel plans to
  benefit people at destination (World Tourism
  Organisation Figures August 2005)

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A LOOK AT OUR SECTOR
GAMING

• Relative newcomer to the industry
• Previous conservative legislation restricted
  operation of casinos
• Substantial change in legislation
• Legal casinos have become accepted part of
  tourism industry
• Licenses for different levels granted within
  provinces

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A LOOK AT OUR SECTOR
GAMING

• Has opened new avenue for employment, wealth
  creation and education
• Sector is hungry for knowledge via THETAs
  interventions
• No longer perceived as leisure but also as
  business opportunity that ensures a meaningful
  economic participation

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A LOOK AT OUR SECTOR
HOSPITALITY

• SA had the best hotel occupancy rate
• Improvement on our hospitality services necessary
  through education and training that THETA
  facilitates
• Also opened new avenue for employment, wealth
  creation and education

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A LOOK AT OUR SECTOR
SPORTS

• South Africa has hosted and taken part in a
  variety of major international sporting events
• Presents opportunity to grow other sectors
  especially tourism and hospitality both of which
  fall within the ambit of THETA purpose.

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A LOOK AT OUR SECTOR
SPORTS

• South Africans no longer perceive sporting as a
  school activity
• A vehicle to support social development
• Youth encouraged to see Sport as a career

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THETA ACHIEVEMENTS

• 97 000 workers on NQF 1
• 54 of target
• 75 000 Black,
• 31 000 Women,
• 82 with disabilities
• 140 000 completed structured learning
• 161 of target
• 89 000 Black
• 24 000 Women
• 109 with disabilities

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THETA ACHIEVEMENTS

• 24 Enterprises in IIP - achieved 120
• 2403 SMMEs supported in skills development
  Initiatives - achieved 173
• 6919 in un-employed learnerships registered -
  achieved 46
• 3890 Black
• 398 Women
• Rating 61 to 80

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THETA TARGETS 2005-2009

• Mandatory grants payments to 60 large, 92 medium
  and 468 small firms
• 20 Firms on National Standard of Goods Practice
• BEE not yet established
• 28000 learners on ABET level 4
• 5112 unemployed and 5112 employed learners on
  Learnerships

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THETA TARGETS 2005-2009

• 82 non paying levy firms assisted in skills
  development
• 7500 learners in critical skills (FET/HET)
• 409 young persons to form new ventures
• 10 institutions supported to develop people in
  critical skills
• 1 institute supported to manage new venture
  creation qualification

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SECTORS LEVIES
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DEMAND FOR SKILLS

• Management and leadership development in sector
• Target groups unemployed graduates, teacher
  training to produce against industry needs
• Assessor and moderator training
• HIV/Aids training

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DEMAND FOR SKILLS

• ABET
• IT computer literacy
• Financial management skills
• Link between training instructions and industry
  regarding qualifications needed

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SUPPLY OF SKILLS

• Standard Setting and Qualifications Generating
• Review and development 2005 - 2007

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QUALIFICATIONS REGISTERED

• HOSPITALITY - 10
• GAMING - 04
• GUIDING - 02
• NATURE CONSERVATION - 09
• SPORT, RECREATION AND FITNESS - 05
• TRAVEL, TOURISM AND EVENTS - 12
• TOTAL - 42
• UNIT STANDARDS REGISTERED
• 510 UNIT STANDARDS

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EDUCATION DOES NOT MEET CHILDRENS NEEDS

• A response to an education experienced as too
  distant from the needs of adolescence and youth,
  which secondly , is far from guaranteeing
  employment in the fastest growing sectors of both
  the global economy and local economies
• UNESCO CONFERENCE

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THE REALITY

• EDUCATION
• A discipline-based system
• - How much of a subject is relevant?
• - How does it articulate with other subjects?
• - Why in year chunks?
• REAL LIFE
• A trans-disciplinary, interactive environment
• - Highly changeable
• - New areas

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THE SOLUTION

• A National Qualifications Framework that
• integrates all elements of the education and
• training system to enable learner progress
• from any starting point

NQF
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IF ITS SO OBVIOUS, WHATS WRONG?

• There is no parity of esteem
• Trans-disciplinary environment has not sought
  supporting theories
• We do not believe in the intellectual equivalence
  

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THETAS RESPONSE

• Operationalizing the South African HRDS NSDS
• Ensuring implementation of the NQF by
• Creating Occupationally-Directed Qualification
  Frameworks
• Developing Providers to deliver it

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THE DILEMMA

• Skills shortage and a crisis of scarce skills
• Association of Unemployed Graduates
• What is at the root of the problem?

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THETAs PROVIDER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

• To Develop the Capacity to
• Deliver on all THETA Qualifications
  Learnerships
• Across all 7 sub-sectors
• Across all Provinces

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THETAs CHALLENGE TO ALL COMPANIES

• Enter the Programme to become an Accredited
  Provider
• Develop your entire workforce with NQF-aligned
  qualifications
• Take on unemployed learners
• Demonstrate how the workplace can become a site
  of learning

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STRATEGY GOING FORWARD

• In- House training mandatory grants, NQF
  aligned training, learnerships, skills programs
• HIV training discretionary grants, HIV/AIDS
  toolkit
• Specialised IT training bursaries NSF and
  THETA, learnerships, mandatory grants, skills
  programs

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STRATEGY GOING FORWARD

• Management training for new entrants
  Learnerships, Tour Guides, Hospitality, Sport
• ABET discretionary grants NSF / Donor funding
  for ABET initiatives
• Management skills upgrading - Learnerships,
  mandatory grants
• SMME development initiatives and projects
• Black management development initiatives

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STRATEGY GOING FORWARD

• CONSTRAINTS
• Provider capacity assist with accreditation
  processes, develop and upgrade capacity of
  assessors.
• Funding lack of funds is a huge constraint -
  assistance needed from DoL and DEAT ( including
  donor funding from private institutions and other
  countries)

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STRATEGY GOING FORWARD

• CONSTRAINTS
• Qualifications framework current to be
  reviewed, new ones developed
• Collaboration between stakeholders one driver,
  analyse over-lapping
• SMME lack of finance, lack of Tourism,
  marketing and business knowledge

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CONCLUSION

• THETA IS NOW IN A POSITION TO DELIVER
• MEANINGFUL WORK-RELATED AND EMPLOYMENT
• CREATING LEARNING ON A LARGE SCALE IN
• THE TOURISM SECTOR
• We must act now to develop the skills of our
• people before its too late Mr. Mdladlana ,
• Sunday Times 2003/07/11

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THANK YOU!ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE STASTICS
PRESENTATION?
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Provincial Profile
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Employment Profile
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Employment Equity Profile
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Employers
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Employees
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Theta Registered SDFs
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Theta Female SDFs
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Theta SDF Race and Sex distribution
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Theta SDF Demographics
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THETA PROVIDERS
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THETA PROVIDERS
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THETA ASSESSORS
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THET MODERATORS
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CERTIFICATION
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