FEEDBACK ON WORKPLACE
SKILLS PLAN REPORT
Why WSP Analysis/Report
• Skills gaps/imbalances in the supply and
demand for skilled labour are identified
• Strategic basis for training and
implementing the development of the
workforce and organisation
• Identify critical areas where leanerships
could be implemented
• National Strategy for Human Resources
Development to be developed and reviewed
The Sample
• 234 Workplace Skills Plans received
• The WSPs that represent more than one
company
• 63% - Information Technology
• 20% - Electronics
• 17% - Telecommunications
• Sample represent only 5% of the total
companies in the ISETT sector
Geography of Sample
3%
2%
7%
Gauteng
Western Cape
Kwa-Zulu Natal
Other
88%
SDF Status
SDF Status:
50
40
44
43
30
20
13
Percent
10
0
Employee
Contractor
No response
Is your SDF an employee or an independent contractor?
Training Committee
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Yes (34%)
No (15%)
No response (51%)
SETA would like to see more training
committees from Co.'s with more than 50
employees
Reported Skills Shortages
• Engineering: Systems, Electronic, Laser,
Optical, Radio planning and optimisation,
Switch
• Other technicians: Informix support,
SAP/GIS/GSM specialists, GIS
programmers, Software developers (C++,
GIS), Computer scientists, IT architectures
Reported Skills Shortages
Cont...
• Management: Business development,
Project, Test, Sales and Marketing, Finance,
HR and Training.
• Other skills: Functional support advisor,
Service controller, Contracts clerk, Sales
executives
Reasons for skills shortages
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Scarce skills in South Africa
Lack of suitable candidates
Lack of combination of skills required
Technical nature of positions
Brain drain resulting from persons
commanding very high salaries
Training Planned
• Males (72%) > Females (28%)
• White males > other males in other races
• White females > other females of other
races
• Whites trained in the following
occupational groups: Senior officials and
managers, Professionals, Technicians and
associate professionals
Training Planned Cont...
• African, Asian/Indian, Coloured to benefit
from training in the following occupational
groups: Clerical and accounting personnel,
Service workers and other workers
• Only 196 (0.4% of 47987 beneficiaries)
persons with disability to benefit from
training (which training?)
Recommendations
• Specific training programmes for African,
Indian/Asian and Coloured females (e.g.
technical training)
• Management programs for designated
groups
• Expedience and correct implementation of
leanerships in the identified areas
Recommendations Cont...
• Beneficiaries of training should be able to
link training with workplace acquired
experience
Initiatives to Increase
Participation
• Breakfast Seminars
• Road shows to provinces
• Invite independent SDFs to link them to
potential companies
• Link into SAGDAs database - identify SDF
candidates
• Invite potential companies through media
THANK YOU
Tebogo.Makgatho@isett.org.za