BREAKFAST BRIEFING SESSION WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS Presented by: THE ACTING CEO, AYESHA ITZKIN 07 AUGUST 2012

Outline of Slides Brief Overview of the CHIETA CHIETA, The Catalyst for Enhanced Skills, Economic Growth and Employability Outline of Slides Brief Overview of the CHIETA Expectations of/from the CHIETA Vision World-class Education & Training for the Chemical Industries Sector. Mission The CHIETA contributes to sustainable development through facilitating the provision of the skills for growth in the Chemical Industries Sector.

WHAT ARE SECTOR EDUCATION & TRAINING AUTHORITIES (SETAs)? CHIETA, The Catalyst for Enhanced Skills, Economic Growth and Employability WHAT ARE SECTOR EDUCATION & TRAINING AUTHORITIES (SETAs)? SETAs were set up replace Industry Training Boards Legislated in the Skills Development Act of 1998 as a SETA, and the SAQA Act of 1995 as an ETQA, (Education Training Quality Assurance Body) Functions include promoting skills development using levy grant funding received from Employers, issue certificates to competent learnes after due diligence quality assurance processes, register assessors, capacitate the sector to understand its role, incentivise training through Discretionary and Mandatory Grants, inform companies about the tax breaks they can obtain through skills training

Implications of NSDS: SSP CHIETA, The Catalyst for Enhanced Skills, Economic Growth and Employability Implications of NSDS: SSP Planning and Programmatic Strategy for HRDSA - (Levers) INSTITUTIONAL SETA LEGISLATIVE SDA INSTRUMENTAL SSP Better planning basis for skills development-There is a more detailed in-depth planning and forecasting ‘Quality’ – as opposed to focussing on numbers and quantity Performance based reporting SSP: need to consider Economic sectors sector growth and development (inclusion of sectoral cluster approaches) Employment trends National Government strategies National and provincial growth trajectories, and Provincial development strategies. HRD Planning Challenge of taking sectoral and provincial aspects into account, but has the benefit of linkages with HRD-SA Sign-off requirements – NB for engaging to ensure collaborative interventions 4

The SSP in the NSDS 3 Environment CHIETA, The Catalyst for Enhanced Skills, Economic Growth and Employability The SSP in the NSDS 3 Environment NSDS 3 is informed and guided by overarching government programs The Human Resources Development Strategy for South Africa The New Growth Path The Industrial Policy Action Plan The Rural Development Strategy The Environment Strategy Reducing Poverty and Inequalities through Targeted Interventions Creating Synergies with our Formal Education System, focus on Post School Education and Training

Credible Mechanism for Skills Planning & CHIETA, The Catalyst for Enhanced Skills, Economic Growth and Employability 8 GOALS OF NSDS 3 Credible Mechanism for Skills Planning & Access to occupationally directed programs What have we done to date? On line source data WSP & data analysis linking with the SSP OFO linking and Job Profiling Skills audit and skills gap analysis 3. Promoting Growth – Public FET College system Expanding capacity of training provision within public FET’s Identify relevant programs within industry and offer vocational courses and work experience Possible exchange programs 4. Youth and Adult Language and Numeracy Our Industry has a smaller need than other industries

5. Workplace based skills development CHIETA, The Catalyst for Enhanced Skills, Economic Growth and Employability 5. Workplace based skills development Allocated Discretionary Grants Forming partnerships with workplaces 6. Support to SMME’s, Co-ops, NGO’s and CBO’s Form collaborative partnership with institutions such as SEDA, the DTI and industry associations 7. Career and Vocational Guidance Comprehensive career guide for chemical industry occupations Mapping of occupational learning pathways Vocational guidance for youth Careers mapped to qualifications – greater mobility and progression

FORM REAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH INDUSTRY CHIETA, The Catalyst for Enhanced Skills, Economic Growth and Employability 8. Increasingly Public Sector Capacity in a Developmental State. Cooperate with PSETA Promote use of underutilized public training centres Cooperate on artisan training Promote skills development in unison Enhance the levels of service delivery through skills and training. Still to come…. Tracking, Tracing and monitoring of learners, internships, workplace experience Impact analysis and ROI On line platform accessible to industry, learners, FETCs, Providers and HEI’s FORM REAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH INDUSTRY We need your subject matter experts and your labour market research

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