Skills Development Strategy
Together we are getting the SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT show on the road
National Skills Authority &
Department of Labour
Why do we need a Skill Strategy?
South Africa is still one of the most divided countries in the
world…
Those
with
formal
jobs and Sme
income 1.4 m
8 million
Of our 40 million people
14 million are economically active
…..
Unemployed
4.6 million
Supporting 14 million young and old people and 13
million others who are not economically active
Why do we need a Skill Strategy?
Poverty has a racial and gender face:
Those
with
formal
jobs and Sme
income 1.4 m Of the 4.6 million unemployed 4.2 million
8 million
are black and 58% are women
Supporting the 27 million people who are not
economically active - majority black
Why do we need a Skill Strategy?
Our population is young and thousands more
school-leavers are looking for jobs every year:
Those
with
formal
jobs and Sme
income 1.4 m
8 million
School leavers
1999 - 512 000
Unemployed
4.6 million
Supporting the 18 million young people under the age of 20
Why do we need a Skill Strategy?
Those
with
formal
jobs and
income
We need economic
growth & social
development
Sme
The unemployed
Why do we need a Skill Strategy?
We need a Skill Strategy
to support Economic and
Employment Growth and
Social Development!
Economic & employment growth and social
development?
The formal sector must grow by
becoming more productive, competitive and
overall generating more jobs.
The SME sector must grow
Development sector initiatives must
support improved subsistence as well as lay
the basis for SME and formal sector growth
Growth in the
Formal Sector?
1.
Attract new direct investment for new jobs - both South African as well as
foreign.
2.
Find and exploit new markets and new technologies for new jobs.
3.
Promote labour-intensive sectors for more jobs.
4.
Increase productivity and competitiveness across the board to secure
and expand jobs.
5.
Support innovation, research and development as a source of ideas for
new jobs.
6.
State to stimulate investment by enhancing infrastructure and supporting
entrepreneurs.
Skills for growth in the
Formal Sector?
Skills must complement
these initiatives &
sometimes they
can even
lead the way …
but skills
on their own
don’t make jobs.
Knowing HOW TO
do something doesn’t
mean you will be able
to find a job, find
clients, afford the
equipment you need,
or …
even want to!
Skills Development Strategy supports formal sector
job growth
Levy / grant system provides incentive for employers to skill workers ...
Enterprise
Via DoL : 80% to SETA
SARS
20% to NSF
NSF
SETA
Skills Development Strategy supports workplace
growth strategy
Grant
Grant is triggered by Skills
Plan
Skills Plan
Skills Plan is prepared by
SDF and SD Team
Developed by Skills
Development
Facilitator and
Workplace Skills
Team
Skills Development Strategy also supports formal sector
employment equity
Growth Plan
+
Equity
Plan
Skills Plan must support
both
Growth Plan and Equity Plan
Skills for job growth in the
SME Sector?
Skills Development initiatives must compliment
other support measures:
Micro Credit
Technology support
Business support
Marketing & exports
Skills Development
Job growth in the
Development Sector?
Development interventions are those that
•improve the quality of life of the poor
•secure basic services and infrastructure
•lay the basis for rising standards of living over time through
access to new forms of income generation
Initiatives such as:
•Integrated Rural Development Strategy
•Urban Renewal Strategy
•Local Economic Development
•Spatial Development Initiatives (linked to formal sector growth)
Including programmes such as:
•Working for water (job creation for environmental protection)
•Community-based public works
•Building of houses, access to water, upgrading schools, roads etc.
•SME initiatives linked to local opportunities
•Youth Community Service
Skills for job growth in the
Development Sector?
Access to National Skills Fund by submission of
Project Skills Plan
administered by Provincial DoL: ESDS officers
Project Skills
Plan for
development
project
Development Project
Competent
people
implement
development
project
Skills for access to the LM by the
young
18(2) Learnerships
depend on learners being able to access
relevant work experience
Targets will be set, incentives designed and national campaigns conducted to
persuade employers
be they large or small, public or private –
to provide work experience so
that young people can be assisted
to enter productive employment
National Skills Fund
Funding envelopes:
a. Development of learnerships & skills programmes
b. Learnerships
c. Skills programmes
d. Industry support for new investment
e. NSF services
Total projected income: R500 million
R100 m
Fiscus
R160 m
Levy income
R 15 m
European Union
Other (Poverty Relief etc)
Skills development supports quality
lifelong learning
ALL Skills Plans
progressively
•Expressed as standards and qualifications
•Quality assured by SETAs and other ETQAs
•Provide learners with nationally accredited
certificates, which are industry recognized
•Provide the basis for further career pathing and
lifelong learning
SETA functions
Develop a sector skills plan
Implement its sector skills plan by
1.
2.
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Promote learnerships by
3.
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4.
5.
6.
Establishing learnerships
Approving workplace skills plans
Allocating grants
Monitoring education and training in its sector
Identify workplaces for practical work experience
Support the development of learning materials
Improve the facilitation of learning
Assist in learnership agreements / register agreements.
Apply to be accredited as ETQA with SAQA
Liaise with the NSA and employment services
Report to the Director General of Labour
Sector Skills Plan
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Competitiveness analysis (drivers of change e.g. globalisation,
new processes, new products, new markets)
Service improvements for public service in sector
Equity and social issues (e.g. existing inequalities, legislation,
government policy)
Current skills profile and skills supply structure
Desired future industry strategy and objectives
Sector Plan actions – individuals, companies, SETA, education
and training providers
• Manpower
Training Act
• Skills
Development Act
• Guidance and
Placement Act
• Skills
Development
Levies Act
• Infrastructure and systems
• Institutions
• Capacity building (HRD)
LMSDP: EXPECTED OUTCOMES
Project 1:
Capacity of DoL developed (PMU).
Project 2:
Information systems for strategic planning
developed and operationalised.
Project 3:
National learnership and skills programmes designed and
implemented
Project 4:
National in-service training system developed and
implemented.
Project 5:
Institutional capacity development for stakeholders
established.
Project 6: National funding system established.
Project 7:
Education and Training Quality Assurers (ETQA) supported.
Project 8 : Provincial Implementation.
(Youth, SDIs and Social Plan).
Project 9:
Effective Public/Private Partnerships established for the
effective delivery of ESDS through a regulatory framework.
Project 10: SDS Capacity building framework and programme
established
Project 11: Designated Groups
Project 12: Restructuring of Indlela
The Minister of Labour
The National Skills
Authority
The National Skills
Strategy Steering
Committee
The National Skills
Strategy Executive
Committee
The PMU
1
2
Project
Steering
Committee
Project
Steering
Committee
Capacity
of
DoL
Strategic
Info
System
3
Project
Steering
Committee
Learner
-ships &
Skills
Programme
s
4
Project
Steering
Committee
In-service
training
5
6
Project
Steering
Committee
Project
Steering
Committee
Institutional
capacity
Funding
systems
7
Project
Steering
Committee
ETQAs
8
9
Project
Steering
Committee
Project
Steering
Committee
Provincial
implementation
Public/
Private
Partnerships
established
10
11
Project
Steering
Committee
Project
Steering
Committee
SDS
Capacity
Building
Designated
Groups
EU Team
Leader
SA Project
Manager
EU Assistant
Team Leader
Project
Co-ordinator
Financial
Controller
EU LT
Consultants
PSC
Secretary
EU ST
Consultants
SA Project
Manager
EU Team
Project
Leader
Steering
NSA
Committees
representatives
Other NSA
approved
representative
Project
Co-ordinator
SETA
representatives
PSC
Secretary
EU
GTZ
DANIDA
Netherlands
Irish Aid
Australia
US Aid
Swiss
Norway
Skills Strategy for the NATION
National Skills
Development Strategy
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Sector Skills Plan
Provincial Skills Plan
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Workplace Skills Plan
Project Skills Plan
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