TETA SDF ROADSHOWS February 2014
Agenda Time Description Presenters 9:30-10:00 Registration All 10:00-10:30 Welcome & Introduction 10:30-11:00 Overview of the new developments Practitioner: Compliance, Ms. Mantlwane Kgobe Acting SD & LP Manager, Avukile Dlanga 11:00-11:30 Tea Break All 11:30-12:30 Training of online system 12:30-13:00 Q & A All Deloitte & Touché, Mrs. Valaine Nel
Presentation Outline TETA 14/15 Strategic Goals TETA 14/15 Interventions & Targets Skills Development Levies Breakdown TETA Scope of Authority Pivotal Programmes Mandatory Grants Quarterly Payments SBDS Challenges and Opportunities Conclusion
TETA 14/15 Strategic Goals Strategic Goal 1: Establish a credible institutional mechanism for skills planning and build and sustain Research capacity on labour markets within TETA Strategic Goal 2: Increase access to occupationally directed programmes Strategic Goal 3: Strengthening the quality assurance system Strategic Goal 4: A post-school strategy for youth for further access and work experience to increase employability. Strategic Goal 5: Promoting career and vocational guidance in the transport related fields Strategic Goal 6: Small Enterprise, Cooperative, NGOs, CBOs and SMME initiatives support and sustainability Strategic goal 7: Improve organisational, administration and management capability
TETA 14/15 Interventions & Targets Intervention Targets Bursaries (employed) 50 Bursaries (unemployed) 100 Learnerships (employed) 1500 Learnerships (unemployed) 2500 Work Experience 400 Internships 400 Artisans (Employed) 600 Artisans (Unemployed) 150 Skills programmes (employed) 1000 Skills programmes (unemployed) 500 TVET Graduate Placement 200 RPL 200 ABET 500 SBDS 150
Allocation of levy income Previous Grant Regulations New Levy 100 Levy 100 NSF (20) NSF (20) SETA Revenue 80 SETA Revenue 80 MG (50%) 50 MG (20%) 20 DG (20%) 20 DG (49.5%) 49.5 Admin (10%) 10 Admin 10 QTCO 0.5 NB Pivotal 80% of DG( 0.8*49.5%)= 39.6% Other DG 20% of DG(0.2*49.5%)= 9.9% Admin Projects 7.5%
TETA Scope of Authority SIC Code Description Chamber 73000 Air transport Aerospace Chamber 73001 Civil aviation Aerospace Chamber 74100 Air transport support and Aerospace Chamber auxillary activities 74134 Operation of airports, Aerospace Chamber aerodromes and air navigation facilities 71232 Freight forwarding and Forwarding & Clearing clearing 74110 Cargo handling Freight Handling 73000 Air transport Aerospace Chamber 73001 Civil aviation Aerospace Chamber 74120 Storage and warehousing Freight Handling 13100 Ocean and coastal fishing Maritime Chamber 72000 Water transport Maritime Chamber
TETA Scope of Authority Cont.. SIC Code Description Chamber 72111 Coastal shipping Maritime Chamber 72112 Ocean shipping Maritime Chamber 72200 Inland water transport Maritime Chamber 74132 71112 71230 Salvaging of distressed Maritime Chamber vessels Railway commuter Rail Chamber services Freight transport by road Road Freight Chamber 71300 Transport via pipelines Freight Handling Chamber 94004 Waste management Road Freight Chamber 71200 Other land transport Road Passenger Chamber 71211 Urban, suburban and inter-urban Road Passenger Chamber bus and coach passenger lines 71212 School buses Road Passenger Chamber
Pivotal Programmes PIVOTAL PROGRAMMES: An acronym which means: PI Professional VO Vocational T Technical AL- Academic Learning Programmes that result in qualification or part qualification on the National Qualification Framework. For example, professional placements, work integrated learning, apprenticeships, learnerships, internships, skills programmes, and work experience placements.
Mandatory Grants TETA registered companies who do not participate in the Mandatory Grant by the end of the year under review, will forfeit such grant. Unclaimed grants will automatically be transferred to the Discretionary Grant fund by 15 October each year. Payments of Mandatory Grants are processed quarterly. ATR Reporting: SDF s are to capture details of the training on or before 30 April and also upload a list of learners on an excel template provided by TETA.
Quarterly Payments On approval of mandatory grant TETA will make quarterly payments provided the Mandatory Grants submission meet all TETA criteria. Payment dates are as follows: Q1 June 2014 Q2 September 2014 Q3 December 2014 Q4 March 2015
Discretionary Grants It is important to emphasize again that the discretionary grants are just that discretionary from a SETA The purpose of discretionary grants is for the SETA to use them in to implement their SSP & APP as per grant regulations. In order to access DG funding, a PIVOTAL training plan has to be submitted, but this is not a prerequisite approval process. Companies employing less than 50 employees are not required to submit PIVOTAL plan.
Discretionary Grants Cont Any legal person, trade unions, NGO, CBO, CO-OPS, public education institution, employer within jurisdiction of the SETA including employer not required to pay skills development levy may apply to the SETA for Discretionary Grants.
SBDS Strategy The Small Business Development Strategy is designed to target NLPE, CBO, NGO and CBC. 1 st Priority would be to strengthen the company as an entity by training internal staff to prepare them on TETA processes. Small Business Development Strategy / SBDS budget has been increased to R50 000.00 per company per year. Applications quarterly (June / Oct / Dec / Feb) via chambers
SARS- Tax Rebates: Learnerships Employed Learners maximum of R50 000.00: 50% payable on commencement and the rest on completion Unemployed Learners: maximum of R60 000.00: 50% payable on commencement and the rest on completion Disabled learners maximum R100 000.00: 50% on commencement and the rest on completion. Form IT180 as per sec 12H Income Tax Act Source: www.sars.gov.za
Challenges & Opportunities Challenges Opportunities Credibility of information on the WSP Scarce & Critical skills list MG payments vs. Workplace training Functionality of workplace training committee Non participating LPE Equity & transformational Imperatives Credible & reliable SSP Partnerships & collaborations between universities, FET colleges and employers Partnership with National, Provincial & Local Government for skills development Relevant response to the industry needs Increase employer participation in skills development resulting in skilled labour force in the transport industry
Conclusion Q & A