ESETA Presentation to Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Minerals and Energy

Presenter: Shukumani Shakes Mapaya Chief Executive Officer: Energy Sector Education and Training Authority (ESETA) Date: 04/ 09 /2001

Content of presentation Introduction Mandate of ESETA SSP and Grants ESETA targets Learnerships ETQA Milestones

Content of presentation cont. Regional Committees Challenges Expected role(s) of Minerals and Energy Dept. Conclusion

Introduction Skill Development Act. Skills Development Levies Act. SAQA Act.

Mandate of ESETA Ensure that the sector receives quality education and training Accredit providers Develop Sector Skill Plan Register SDFs Accept/rejects WSPs Grants to constituent employers

Mandate cont. Develop and establish Learnerships Register Skills Programmes Market the NSDS Align to the Human Resources Development Strategy for South Africa

Grant payments and Sector Skills Plan (SSP) Disbursed Grants A and B to employers Developed an SSP document Annual update of the SSP To be reviewed after five years

ESETA Targets By 2005 ESETA will have:  32% of workers in the sector as having no ABET to be registered for NQF 1  Variety of learnerships for at least 50% of employees  To pay Grants to 100% of employers with < 150 employers  To pay Grants to 70% of SMMEs in the sector  Identify and develop 20 learnerships on the NQF

ESETA Targets cont. Accredited 80% of providers Implement 10 learnerships at different stages Allocate 80% of Discretionary Grants to SMMEs Implement 100% of NSF project To measure the impact of NSF (70%) Take 3200 learners through learnerships Ensure that those who have completed their learnerships (1600) are employed,in full time study or in Social Development Programes

New Funding Regulations 2001/02 Marked increase of mandatory grants Year 2001/ % for WSP 50% for Workplace Skills report Year 2002/ % for WSP 45% for Workplace skills report

New Funding Regulations cont. Mandatory grants(65% of the Levy paid) Discretionary Grants Learnership grants Skills programme grants Apprenticeship grants Implementation of SSP grants NB: Only applicable if ESETA has residual funds To be determined by ESETA

Learnership. Learnerships identified for development:  General Certificate in Electrical  FET Certificate Electrical Elementary  FET Certificate Electrical Intermediate  FET Certificate Electrical Advanced  ABET  Status of Unit Standards and Qualifications  Learnership registration

ETQA Status Accredited as an ETQA by SAQA. QMS draft developed. Investors in people are currently being incorporated into QMS. Accreditation criteria standardized amongst engineering related SETAs Assessor criteria developed. Project plan to implement QMS developed.

ETQA status Cont… Letter of intent to establish a SGB for renewable energy submitted to SAQA. Unit standard and qualifications for power plant operations developed and registered. Letter to all training providers finalized to invite accreditation applications.

Regions Process of regional committees establishment Three regional offices Decentralize Education Training and Development(ETD) Regional Committees to influence ETD Ownership of processes

Milestones Among the top ten accredited by SAQA (ETQA) SSP approved Business Plan approved Learnerships identified Stakeholder participation

Challenges SMMES Education and Training Providers Finding workplaces for learners Provincial linkages with DoL Research and Development NSDS Targets Funding of projects Payments of Levies by Minerals & Energy Dept.

ESETA and Minerals and Energy Update each other on developments Work together on identified projects e.g.Danida Capacity Building Project,Energization of rural areas Funding? Projects such as Research (skills on Gas and Renewable Energy), learnerships development and Marketing, bringing unemployed, school leavers and youth to the energy sector

Enkosi Thank you Goed Dankie Ngiyabonga