MICT SETA

STAKEHOLDER ROADSHOW

28 January 2014

NSDS Target Target AGENDA

Agenda TIME DESCRIPTION PRESENTER

09h00 – 09h10 Welcome and Introduction

Naledi SibandzeSenior Manager: Corporate Services

09h10 -09h30 MICT SETA Overview Oupa MopakiCEO: MICT SETA

09h30 – 09h50 SSP Sekgana MakhobaSenior Manager: SSP

09h50 – 10h10 Learning Programmes Jabu SibekoSenior Manager: LPD

10h10 – 10h30 MID-MORNING TEA

NSDS Target Target AGENDA

Agenda TIME DESCRIPTION PRESENTER

10h30 – 10h50 ETQA Charlton PhilisoSenior Manager

10h50 – 11h50 Q & A All

11h50 – 12h00 CEO Wrap-up Oupa MopakiCEO: MICT SETA

12H00 – 12H45 LUNCH ALL

12h45 – 15h00 Training on the New Online Grant System

Sekgana MakhobaSenior Manager: SSP

15h00 – 15h15 MID-AFTERNOON TEA ALL

Oupa Mopaki

Chief Executive Officer

NSDS Target Target REVISED FUNDING MODEL: GAZETTE NOTICE NO 35940

THE ICT SECTOR SKILLS

DEVELOPMENT COMMITMENTS

ICT SECTOR CODE, GAZETTE NO.

35423, 6 JUNE 2012.

THE ICT SECTOR CODE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT COMMITMENTS

– Introduction and Background

– Skills Development Scorecard

– Sector Skills Development Commitments

– Principles for Measuring Skills Development

– Status of the Codes

– Definition of ICT SECTOR

– Signatories to the Codes

– The purpose of this Gazette is to quantify the Rand value committed by the ICT Sector on the training of black employees.

– In 2012, Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr. Rob Davis Gazetted the ICT Sector Codes of Good Practice (ICT Sector Codes) in terms of section 9(1) of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act (B-BBEE Act, Act no. 53 of 2003). This Gazette comes after a period of nine years (9) since the First Draft ICT Charter was released for public comment as part of the Sector’s commitments to B-BBEE.

– The ICT Sector Code is binding to all stakeholders operating in the Sector.

– Skills Development is one of the seven (7) elements of B-BBEE to promote skills development in the Sector.

INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

Oupa Mopaki

Chief Executive Officer

OVERVIEW

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLE

– The Skills Development Code defines the Sector’s financial commitment

towards skills development spend on black employees, agreed targets and

how skills development is calculated and measured.

TRAINING OF BLACK EMPLOYEES

– The Sector committed to spending at least three percent (3%) of the total

leaviable amount on training black employees in every year = R1.6 billion.

– The Sector also committed to spending another 0.3% (point three percent) on

disabled black employees R162M.

SECTOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT COMMITMENTS

LEARNERSHIPS FOR BLACK EMPLOYEES

– The sector committed to spending at least five percent (5%) of the

total leviable amount on training black employees participating in

Learnerships programmes as a percentage of total employees in

the Sector. This percentage translates to R2.8 billion spend on

training black employees if, for example the total 5% compliance

target was achieved during the 2012/13 fiscal period.

– This is based on the MICT SETA’s total 1% Skills Development

Levy income for period 2012/13 which amounts to R539M

SECTOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT COMMITMENTS

– To claim contributions towards skills development a company must;

– comply with the Skills Development Act

– be registered with MICT SETA as an employer

– have developed a Workplace Skills Plan; and implemented programmes targeted at Priority Skills in the Sector.

– Black employees is defined as Africans, Indians and Coloureds who are South African by birth of naturalised before 1996.

– Leviable amount the one percent (1%) SETA levy is derived from. The target amount is calculated by multiplying the SETA levy by the target.

– R 539 733 000 is the sector income from the MICT SETA 2012/13 Annual report

– R4.6 billion between April 2014-March 2015

SECTOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT COMMITMENTS

– In terms of the BEE BILL, state owned entities must take into account and apply any relevant code of good practice in terms of the Amended Act in – determining criteria for awarding of incentives, grants and investments schemes in support of broad-based black economic empowerment.

– The BEE BILL was submitted to the President in November 2013 to sign into law.

STATUS OF THE CODES ON STATE OWNED ENTITIES

The “Information & Communications Technologies Sector” shall mean the sector in which employers and employees are associated for the carrying on of any one or more of the following activities:

Marketing, manufacturing, assembling, servicing, installing, maintaining and/or repairing systems, software, equipment, machines, devices and apparatus, whether utilising manual, photographic, optical mechanical, electrical, electrostatic or electronic principles or any combination of such principles, that are primarily intended for the recording and/or processing and/or monitoring and/or transmission of voice and /or data and/or image and/or text or any combination thereof for use in any one or more of the following activities:

– accounting, calculating, data processing, data transmission, duplicating, text processing, document reproduction, document transmission, record keeping and record retrieval, broadcasting or transmission for entertainment or information purposes of voice and/or image and/or text or any combination thereof and/or; the provision of services relating to the above.

DEFINITION OF ICT SECTOR

Black IT Forum (BITF); Communications Cabling Association of South Africa (CCASA); Computer Society of South Africa(CSSA); Electronic Industry Federation (EIF); Independent Communications Authority (ICASA); Information Industry South Africa (IISA); Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA); Information Technology Association ( ITA); ISETT SETA; MAPPP SETA; National Association of Broadcasters (NAB); National Community Radio Forum ( NCRF); National Independent Telecommunications Organisations of S.A (NITOSA); NEDLAC- Community; NEDLAC – Labour; South African Communications Forum (SACF); South African Contact Centre Community (SACCCOM); South African SMME Forum (SMME Forum); South African VANS Associations (SAVA); Business Unity SA (BUSA).

SIGNATORIES TO THE ICT SECTOR CODE

Sekgana Makhoba

Senior Manager: Sector Skills Planning

CONTENTS

Sector Skills Plan (SSP)– Performance to date

– Divisional Plan

– Mandatory Grants processes

– Challenges and opportunities

NSDS Target Target SECTOR PROFILE

SubsectorSub sector per size Number of employers Levy paying Submitted WSPs

Telecoms 7% 1228 425 146

FEM 12% 2151 306 77

Advertising 13% 2303 453 121

Electronics 14% 2469 554 196

IT 54% 9398 2128 656

NSDS Target Target NUMBER OF EMPLOYERS PER SUB-SECTOR

Tel

ecom

s,

1228

FEM; 2151

Advertising; 2303

Electronics, 2469

IT; 9398

NSDS Target TargetSIZE OF EMPLOYERS PER

SUB-SECTOR

Tel

ecom

s,7

% FEM; 12%

Advertising, 13%

Electronics, 14%

IT; 54%

Sub sector per size

Target

Telecoms FEM Advertising Electronics IT0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

9000

10000

Number of employersLevy paying Submitted WSPs

TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYERS vs. LEVY-PAYING AND PARTICIPATING

EMPLOYERS

NSDS Target Target MONITORING AND EVALUATION

Media 16

ICT 84

Advertising 7

Total: 107

NSDS Target Target SSP DIVISIONAL PLAN

– SDFs engagement through Skills Development Workshops and Fora

– Ensure compliance with SDA & SDLA requirements

– Introduction of a new SETA Management System (SMS) and support

– Research to ensure a credible SSP

– Career Guidance

– Monitoring and Evaluation

– ATRs and WSPs submissions (February - April)

– WSPs and ATRs approvals (April - June)

– Research (March - July)

– Production of the SSP (July to August)

– Development and submission of Strategic Plan (August to November)

– Production and distribution of Career Guide (September to October)

– Mandatory Grants Approvals (Quarterly)

…CONTINUED

MANDATORY GRANTS PROCESS

Annual Training Reports (ATRs) and Workplace Skills Plans

(WSPs) submissions

ATRs and WSPs evaluation and approvals

Receipt of Dept. of Higher Education and Training levy reports and upload

on the MICT SETA Management System

Mandatory Grants payment report from the SMS for verification

and approval purposes

Mandatory Grants payment on a quarterly basis

Payment of skills development levies by employers to SARS

NSDS Target Target CHALLENGES

– Accounting for mandatory grants expenditure

– Critical and scarce skills

– Training Committees

– Employers and I/SDF communication

– WSP/ATR alignment

– Records and information management

NSDS Target Target OPPORTUNITIES

– Learning Organisations

– Effective and more accurate workplace planning and reporting

(WSP/ATR)

– Meaningful stakeholder participation, ownership and improved relations

– Credible and reliable SSP

– Productivity and competitiveness

– Credibility of the MICT Seta

Jabu Sibeko

Senior Manager: Learning Programmes

CONTENTS

– Performance to date

– Learning Programmes Plan

– Discretionary Grants application process

– Challenges and opportunities

PERFORMANCE TO DATE

Learning programme 2013/14 Impact

Internships 1260

Skills programmes 317

MCSE 400

Bursaries – Universities & FETs 600

Learnerships 2871

LEARNING PROGRAMMES PLAN

– Engage MICT stakeholders through focused group meetings/workshops

– Establish effective collaborative partnerships with Universities and public

FET Colleges

– Align completion of learning programmes with graduations/issuing of

Certificates

– Market public FET graduates to MICT employers

– Advance planning of graduations in partnership with the MICT SETA

LEARNING PROGRAMMES PLAN

Learning Programme 2014/15

PIVOTAL Programmes (80% of discretionary grant budget)

Internships 680

Skills Programmes and Short Courses 4377

Bursaries – FET 150

Bursaries – Universities 206

FET Graduate Workplace 1000

Learnerships 2521

Total 8934

DISCRETIONARY GRANTS APPLICATION PROCESS

Submission of Letter of Intent (LoI)

Desktop verification of Levy Contribution by SSP

Desktop confirmation of accreditation of the training

provider by ETQA (L/ship &Skills)

Desktop approval of vetting process by Snr Manager - LPD

DISCRETIONARY GRANTS APPLICATION PROCESS

Site Vetting of Employer by LPD

Advisor

DG Committee recommend to CEO for

approval

Approval/Disapproval of recommendation by

CEO

Notification of application outcome.

Budget allocation, drafting and signing of Service Level

Agreement (SLA)

DISCRETIONARY GRANT PAYMENT PROCESS FLOW

1st Disbursement: Submission of Roll out

plan; Agreements; Uploading of learners on

the MIS.

2nd Disbursement:Submission of progress

report; Uploading of assessments; Site visit

report.

3rd Disbursement: Submission of progress

report; Uploading of assessments; Site visit

report.

5th Disbursement: Submission of Moderation Report;

Verification site visit by ETQA.

4th Disbursement: Submission of progress report;

Uploading of assessments; Site visit report.

CHALLENGES

– Budgetary constraint

– Few MICT companies in rural areas

– Companies paying levies but not participating (WSP submissions)

– Placement/jobs

– Participating companies not submitting claims and reports

OPPORTUNITIES

– Increased number of companies participating in learning programmes

– Levy paying companies serve as a platform to create employment for

unemployed youth

– Partnerships between Universities and Employers

– Partnerships with Public FET Colleges to provide learning programmes

in rural/township areas

– Partnerships with Provincial and Local Municipalities to implement

programmes in rural/township areas

Charlton Philiso

Senior Manager: ETQA

CONTENTS

– Performance to date

– QCTO – qualifications review

– Challenges

– Opportunities

ACCREDITED PROVIDERS

AS AT JANUARY 2014

EC, 28 FS, 8

GP, 186

KZN, 23

LIMP, 34

MP, 22

NW, 14WC, 20

PERFORMANCE TO DATE

ASSESSORS

EC, 29 FS, 14

GP, 163

KZN, 60

LIM, 36

MP, 9NW, 11

NC, 7 WC, 50

PERFORMANCE TO DATE

MODERATORS

EC, 11

FS, 8

GP, 58

Kwazulu Natal; 19

LIMP, 8

MP, 2NW, 2NC, 3

WC, 31

PERFORMANCE TO DATECERTIFICATES PRINTED

End User Computing Technical Support 1211 1388

   System Support System Development

870 1335   

Film and Television Journalism117 24

   Advertising Database Administration

181 121

    

Broadcasting Engineering Database Development 45 50

   Design Foundation

39 

Total 5 381

QUALIFICATIONS REVIEW

• Expiry in 2015• New qualifications• Mapping to occupations

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

OFO Occupation OFO Occupation

Advertising Specialist Multimedia Specialist

Analyst Newspaper or Periodical EditorBroadcast Transmitter Operator PhotographerCamera Operator (Film, Television or Video) Photographer's AssistantCasting Director Photographic Developer and Printer

Classified Advertising Clerk

Copywriter Production Assistant (Film, Television or Radio)Data and Telecommunications Cabler Program Director (Television or Radio)Data Entry Operator Radio JournalistDatabase Designer and Administrator Radio or Television Programme OrganiserDesigner Radio PresenterDirector (Film, Television, Radio or Stage) Radio Station OperatorDirector of Photography Sound TechnicianElectronics and Telecommunications Trades Assistant Special Effects PersonElectronics Engineer Stage ManagerElectronics Engineering Technologist Technical Director

Film and Television Production Manager Telecommunications Cable Jointer

Film and Video Editor Telecommunications Engineering TechnologistFilm Technician Telecommunications Field EngineerGraphic Designer Telecommunications Line MechanicICT Systems Telecommunications Network EngineerIllustrator Telecommunications Technical Officer or Technologist

Light Technician

Location Manager (Film or Television) Telecommunications TechnicianMedia Monitor Television Equipment OperatorMedia Producer Television JournalistMicrophone Boom Operator Video ProducerMultimedia Web Designer

Web Developer

Web Technician

Word Processing Operator

QUALIFICATIONS REVIEW

Qualification Uptake analysis63769: National Certificate: Business Analysis Support Practice: NQF Level 5

No, learners reflected on NLRD.

62069: National Certificate: Radio Production: NQF Level 5

Yes 49122: National Certificate: Radio Station Management: NQF Level 5

58978: National Certificate: Journalism: NQF Level 5 Yes

58820:National Certificate: Advertising

No uptake of learners

  50479:Further Education and Training Certificate: Advertising: NQF Level 4 

49121: National Certificate: Interactive Media: NQF Level 5

 49138: National Diploma: Copywriting: NQF Level 549127: Further Education and Training Certificate: Design Foundation: NQF Level 4

Yes, high learner uptake

 

49121: National Certificate: Interactive Media: NQF Level 5

 

60509: National Certificate: Design Techniques: NQF Level 5

QUALIFICATIONS REVIEW

Qualification Uptake analysis

57611:National Certificate: 2D Animation: NQF Level 5

Yes

 

57607:National Certificate: 3D Animation and Visual Effects: NQF Level 5

 

49121: National Certificate: Interactive Media: NQF Level 5

 

60509: National Certificate: Design Techniques: NQF Level 5

Provider-based qualifications

No uptake of learners

 

73390:Further Education and Training Certificate: Graphic Web Design and Multimedia: NQF Level 4

 

73391: Further Education and Training Certificate: Website Development: NQF Level 461450:Further Education and Training Certificate: Film and Television Production Operations: NQF Level 4

No uptake of learners only for the :73298: Further Education

and Training Certificate: Photography: NQF Level 4

 

58394: National Certificate: Film and Television Production NQF Level 5

 

73298: Further Education and Training Certificate: Photography: NQF Level 4

 

 

48792:Certificate: Broadcast Engineering Yes

65876: Certificate:

Yes

Telecommunications Systems: NQF Level 5

 

 

65874: Further Education and Training Certificate:

Telecommunication Systems: NQF Level 4

 

 

59057:

Further Education and Training Certificate: Telecommunication Network Operations: NQF Level 4

 

 

21797:Certificate:

Telecommunications for Customer Premises Equipment: NQF Level 4

 

 

21799:Certificate :

Telecommunications for Customer Premises Equipment: NQF Level 3

 

21799: Certificate :Telecommunications for Customer Premises Equipment: NQF Level 3

 

 78963: Certificate: Telecommunications for Customer Premises Equipment: NQF Level 2

 

Provider-based qualifications:

Yes

 

71850: Certificate: Technology: Database Development: NQF Level 6

 

71869 Certificate:Information Technology: Database Administration: NQF Level 649077: National Certificate: End User Computing: NQF Level 3 Yes

ICT Qualifcations Yes

QUALIFICATIONS REVIEW

• Expiry in 2015• New qualifications

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Challenges– Certification turnaround times– Monitoring– Public perception about SETA qualifications– Provision of services at no cost– Maintain the compliance and performance standards whilst

improving turnaround times– Increasing performance as opposed to compliance

Opportunities– Improve the image of the ETQA and SETA– Improve evaluation turnaround times

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