Tracking of Newly Qualified ArtisansWIL for Africa Conference 2016

20 -22 September 2016

Introduction• Graduate destination surveys (GDS) used to

track graduates into the labour market

• Evidence based planning and policy development

• Not many GDS conducted in South Africa and developing countries

Role of NADSC• Collect, collate validate and report Artisan data

from all 16 SETA’s and Indlela, for record keeping and database management

• Recording and reporting on all artisan related data to remove the first HRDC artisan development blockage

• Track and trace artisan learners from registration, certification and employment

• Matching of supply and demand of artisan learners to industry needs

• Weak admin in SETAS, lack of capacity at NADSC

SSACI support to NADSC

• Tracking the progression through their training and development programmes to determine typical rates of progress within different programmes and identify blockages, detours and loops within those programmes.

• Tracer study of newly-certified artisans, to establish their whereabouts in the labour market and typical employment trajectories.

• Analysis of data on the NADSC system to identify and explore patterns and trends in artisan development and employment.

Sample and Methodology

• Completed apprenticeship between April 2011-March 2015

• SETAs and INDLELA

• Sample of 4151

• Telephonic interviews conducted at NADSC as per script

• 1628 individuals interviewed (1023 INDLELA)

• High number of voicemail/wrong number

Biographical Information• 87% male, 13% female

• 76% black, 18% white

• 11% with disability

• 50% from Gauteng with rest from other provinces

• 84% from the top 15 trades

• Average age of 21 when they start apprenticeship

• Around 50% pass the trade test first time

Employment status

Employment status Total %

Employed by Company 1183 73%

Self-employed 102 6%

Unemployed 343 21%

Total 1628 100%

Employed by Company• 40% work at same company where they did

their apprenticeship

• Main reasons for moving- company did not offer a job; got better paying job

• How did they go about finding a job:

%

Through an employment agency 14%

Through links made where I did my apprenticeship 7%

Through personal contacts 34%

Through a job advertisement (newspapers,

magazines, online)40%

Other (please specify) 5%

Employed by Company cont.

• 76% hold a permanent contract

• Employer type:

Employer type

Government organisation 41%

Non-government organisation 5%

Private company 54%

Gross Earnings/month

0,1% 0,4% 1,5%2,8% 3,3% 4,0%

5,3%6,2%

32,5%

44,0%

0,0%

5,0%

10,0%

15,0%

20,0%

25,0%

30,0%

35,0%

40,0%

45,0%

50,0%

Unemployed

3%

12%

21%

64%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

I am waiting for my trade test certificate

Employer says I have no experience

Other (please specify)

There are no job opportunities

Self- Employed• 102 self employed; 24 interviewed further

• Why self-employment:

29%

13% 13%

17%

13%

8% 8%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

Capital Amount

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

R 0 R1 - R5 000 R5 001 - R10000

R10001 - R50000

R50 001 -R100 000

R 100 001 - R150 000

Not sure

26%

35%

4%

13%

9% 9%

4%

Difficulties of running a Business

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

Finance/Cashflow

Administartion Clients notpaying for the

job

Competition Dealing withstaff

Not havingknowledge

about business

Getting/Dealingwith clients

16%

8%

28%

4%

20%

4%

20%

No of people Employed

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

1 -5 people 6 -10 people > 10 people

71%

19%

10%

Gross Monthly Income

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

R1 000 - 10 000 R 10 001 - R50 000 R 50 001 - R100 000 R 100 001 - R200 000 R 2 400 000 No answer

38%

33%

4% 4% 4%

17%

Lessons Learnt

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%

Skills of running a business

Clients not paying

Vigilance, discipline, patience

Funding

Right equipment and tools (including skills to use it)

Customer care

21%

17%

25%

8%

13%

17%

Conclusion

• Regular GDS important in understandingemployment trends for policy makingdecisions

• Systems, capacity and funding for collection,consolidation and analysis of data is required.