1. PUBLIC SERVICE SECTOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING AUTHORITY (PSETA)
PRESENTATION TO PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE
23 AUGUST 2005

2. OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION
Pseta Mission
Scope of Coverage
Re-certification
ETQA
Skills Planning
Learnership Implementation
Way Forward
Discussion

3. PSETA MISSION
TO CO-ORDINATE AND FACILITATE DELIVERY OF APPROPRIATE LEARNING PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE TRANSVERSE SKILLS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE

4. SCOPE OF COVERAGE All National departments All provincial departments
DTI and DFA
Parastatals NEC
Identified National depts – 100%, eg. DPSA and Home Affairs
Other depts – Transverse skills, eg SMS and MMS
Policy development; Strategic planning and management; Leadership; Client service; Administration; Project management; etc.

5. RE-CERTIFICATION OF THE PSETA
Letter from Minister of Labour – 02 March 2005
Government. Gazette – re-establishing Setas – 3 month extension
The legal status of Pseta
Constitution and governance
The funding mechanism
Scope of coverage
Incorporation of DTI and DFA from DIDTETA

6. APPROACH Established a close working relationship with DoL
Established JIT
Board and staff members from Pseta
Board and staff members from DIDTETA
Support from DoL
Appointment of facilitator – develop a comprehensive proposal
Presentation to JIT and respective Boards
Adopted by Boards – presentation to MPSA and MoL

7. RECOMMENDATION Legal status of the PSETA Constitution and Governance
Renewal of the certificate of establishment
Pseta established as a legal entity – Section 9(1) of the SDA
Schedule 3A Public Entity – PFMA
Listed ito Section 9(2) of the PFMA
Funding mechanism
Constitution and Governance
Own Constitution and governance structures in keeping with SDA

8. RECOMMENDATION Establishment of a new Board
Upon issuing a certificate of establishment
20 member Board
8 Employer reps - MPSA
8 Labour Reps - GPSSBC
2 Specialists
1 Independent Chairperson
1 CEO
Employer Representatives
1 DPSA
2 National Departments
3 Provincial Administrations
2 Parastatals

9. ETQA

10. Summary of Progress Where We Were Where we are
1 Obsolete Qualification
4 Qualifications
4 Unit Standards
4 qualifications in Development + 5 from DIDTETA
30 SMS Unit Standards developed
No Learners enrolled against registered
PSETA qualifications
Majority of training based on short courses
899 learners enrolled against qualifications and unit standards
Adverse SAQA Quality Audit (55 non compliances)
1 remaining non compliance (presently being addressed) – envisaged compliance January 2006
Limited ETQA policies and procedures to guide providers in the sector
All policies approved by PSETA Board
Flawed Accreditation of 17 out of 20 providers
Increased support to National and Provincial Training Departments to meet accreditation requirements
Guidance to providers to seek accreditation:
With relevant ETQA
Based on unit standards / qualifications
22 providers accredited
5 in process
8 letters of intent

11. Summary of Progress No Certification
Certification commissioned – Security certificates designed
100 Assessors registered
Training of additional 200 to be completed by January 2006
Non Compliant SAQA management Information System (MIS)
Test Data uploaded to SAQA’s National Learners’ Records Database
MIS requires enhancement

12. SAQA Accredited Qualifications & Unit Standards
National Senior Certificate in Administration (IA) Level 4 - a legacy qualification that was not relevant (2002 – 2004)
Present Scenario
4 qualifications and 4 Unit standards
Title
Level
ID No
Type
Manage a voting Station to contribute to free and fair elections 5
114088
Unit standard
National Certificate: Local Employment and Skills Development practices 4
23976
Qualification
National Certificate: Public Administration 3
48513
Apply moral decision making and problem solving strategies 
116483
Apply government communication processes and assess communication effects 
12156
Develop holistic productivity improvement strategies and plans
114882
National Certificate: Conflict Management and Transformation
49257
National Certificate: Inspection and Enforcement Services
49107

13. New Unit standards and Qualifications lodged with SAQA for Fast Tracked Registration
4 new draft public Administration Qualifications from levels 4 to 7
5 Existing DIDTETA Qualifications in Foreign Affairs and Trade and Industry
8 Election unit standards
30 Senior Management Service (SMS) Unit standards developed
against the SMS Competency Framework
Plan is for each of the SMS competency based Unit Standards to be
built into the above qualifications.
14 Unit Standards registered to date
16 remaining unit standards to follow upon finalisation of the above
qualifications

14. Title of the Qualification/ Unit Standard
Number of learners enrolled against PSETA Qualifications and Unit Standards
No.
Title of the Qualification/ Unit Standard
NQF Level
SAQA ID No.
No. Of learners 1.
National Certificate: Public Administration 4
48513
280 2.
National Certificate: Inspectorate and Enforcement Services (IES) 5
49107
214 3.
National Certificate: Local Employment and Skills Development Practices (LESDS)
23976
217 4.
Manage a voting station to contribute to free and fair elections (Unit Standard)
114088
188 *
 TOTAL
* Completed
899

15. SKILLS PLANNING

16. Skills Planning
2005 – 2010 Sector skills plan developed and submitted to DoL – to be revised in keeping with new guidelines
Developed a draft critical and scarce skills list – further work required in keeping with framework for the identification of scare and critical skills
Further research on occupational needs required
Challenge:–
Pseta scope of coverage is limited to employees that do not belong to any other SETA
Sector Skills Plan tries to cover the entire Public Service – a number of gaps

17. LEARNERSHIP IMPLEMENTATION

18. LEARNERSHIPS Learnerships Currently implementing 18.2 Learnerships
Concluded 5 contracts
Roll-out has commenced in 5 provinces, EC, NC, MP, NW and KZN
Challenges:-
Funding to roll-out the further learnerships – 18.2 learners
Assisting depts in the implementation of 18.1 learnerships
Appointing and training mentors and assessors
Workplace readiness and appropriate placement

19. Matrix of utilization of Learnerships & qualifications from other SETAs/ETQAs
L/S TITLE
QUALIFICATION/UNIT STANDARD
LEVEL
SETA/ETQA
Human resource management and support
National certificate 4
SABPP
Information Technology Systems Development
National Certificate
ISETT
Generic Multi-sector Project Management
Services
Public Sector Accounting
FASSET
Secretarial/Administration

20. PLACEMENT PER LEARNERSHIP – 18.2
LEARNERSHIP TITLE
NQF
NCP
ECP MP
NWP
KZN
NAT
TOT
National Certificate in Public Sector Accounting 4 54 60 35 62 11
222
Public Administration Practitioner 3
145
Project Management
226
161 93
294
774
National Certificate in Information Technology: System Development
134
Secretarial/Administration
410
Human Resource Management
181
274
118
198
771
National Certificate in Local Employment and skills development practices
221
IES 5
110
220
1005
495
501
664
442
3118

21. WAY FORWARD In the process of appointing the new Board
Together with DoL:-
Appointed service provider to assist with the amalgamation process, listing as a Public Entity and the development of a strategic business plan – 1 & 5 year plan
Developing a common reporting template for public sector SETAs
Seeking approval for the funding of PSETA as a Public Entity – MTEF process
Finalise interim arrangements, funding, accommodation, staffing, etc.

22. THANK YOU
DISCUSSION