BEE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
WORK STREAM
BY
THAMI ZONDI
23-09-2010
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Introduction
Current Status
Methodology and Approach
Recommendations
Discussion Points
Conclusion
INTRODUCTION
• Skills Development one of the core pillars
for BEE Implementation in KZN
• All Government Departments and entities
to be represented on the Work Stream
• Focus Areas:
Training for the Youth (main focus)
Human Resource Development (HRD)
CURRENT STATUS
• Meetings held with different focus groups
(i.e. various skills projects steering
committees, KZN HRD Forum/OTP Skills
Development unit)
• Certain Departments submitted their Youth
skills development initiatives though most
of them were not youth specific (many did
not provide this information)
• Decided upon Methodology and Approach
METHODOLOGY AND
APPROACH
E.G. FOCUS AREA 1: TRAINING FOR THE YOUTH
NO.
PROJECT NAME
GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENT
DISCRIPTION
BUDGET
1.
KZN Youth Short Skills
Training Programme
DEDT
Training is mainly
technical in nature
and provides
immediate
employment, e.g.
Spray painting,
panel beating,
construction, basic
air-conditioning
R49 350 000
2.
KZN Unemployed
Graduate Assistance
Programme
DEDT
The project seeks
and providing soft
skills and industry
specific gaps
training for the
unemployed
graduates and
assist them to be
placed on
employment
R 1000 000
METHODOLOGY AND
APPROACH
E.G. FOCUS AREA 2: HRD
NO.
GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENT
HRD BUDGET (1% of
personnel budget)
TARGETED TRAINING
AREAS
1.
KZN Dept. of Public
Works
R3 681 140
Post graduates etc
2.
Office of the Premier
R1 322 350
Undergraduates etc
3.
KZN Dept. of Transport
R12 085 370
Post graduates and
undergraduates
4.
Treasury
R1 548 640
Undergraduates
RECOMMENDATIONS
• Work Stream members to submit their Youth Skills
Training projects (youth specific initiatives only)
• To engage HRD Forum to get full data on provincial HRD
• To continuously work close with the Premier’s office
Skills Development unit
• The work stream to submit a position/recommendations
paper after analyzing all the available data and the
current ongoing verification results
DISCUSSION POINTS
• Creation of a Provincial Skills Development Fund to
pursue Skills development training for the youth
• 5% of personnel budget to be targeted for skills
development (e.g. 2,5% HRD and 2,5% PSDF (in line
with 5% on NPAT for Private sector as per the codes)currently KZN government allocates 1% of personnel
budget to HRD
• Relevance of HRD targeted areas in government
departments: is it assisting personnel to grow to
management positions
• Extent of Government Dept. compliance with provision of
Skills training programme for the youth
CONCLUSION
• The BEE Skills Development Work Stream will mainly
assist the Province in quantifying it’s efforts towards
Skills development for the Youth.
• The HRD Forum will continue to quantify the Province’s
efforts towards employee development
• Thus the two bodies will work together in providing an
overall Skills Development Picture in the province from a
BEE perspective and enable further engagements for
improvement