June 2012 Blog Posts (45)

The Association for Private Providers of Education, Training and Development (APPETD) initiated the following committees each with a clearly defined goal of being an effective instrument of change and to address the needs of the private providers.

APPETD as a not-for-profit employer’s association prioritised some of the immediate issues that concern the…

Below are the requirements:

« Coordinate and organize every aspect of all training requirements for staff, including assessment of training providers, scheduling and training tools

« Compile monthly reports on training progress and evaluation

« Align training interventions in line with the Tsogo Academy and Company Strategic Goals

« Assist the HR Manager in compiling and administering the annual training budget

« Complete the Workplace Skills Plan (WSP)…

The Department of Labour has announced a wage increase for employees in the taxi and the hospitality industries with effect from July 1.

 According to the department, the current minimum wages for hospitality sector employers with more than 10 employees is currently at R2 323.87 per month, while the minimum wage for employers with less than 10 employees is R2 084.52.

Morgan Mokwana, an assistant director at the department’s Limpopo office, said the increments will see employers…

When handing in a workplace skills plan, does it have to be handed in complete with quotes? Do the various setas have different rules concerning this?

MCC Economic & Skills Development Is an AgriSeta Skills training provider.

We have a training center with two classrooms that can seat 20 learners a peice.

Cost for a classroom is R1000.00 per day excluding catering. A fully functional bakery kitchen will cater for lunch time meals.

The setting is quite farm seting and away from the traffic hustle and busttle.

For enquieries please email eddie@mangercare.co

Tell 011 7478700

I will send you the…

The Services SETA has asked us to give publicity to their request for Services SETA stakeholders to provide nominations to the ETQA Committee. 

As skills-universe members often complain about SETAs, this is a chance for at least the Services SETA stakeholders to nominate persons to make a difference.

The details of the nominations required and the nomination form for completion and submission are attached below:…

I am saddened to read this!

I will be conducting an Assessor training course in late July in Johannesburg Ease Rand.

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The Great Training Robbery

By

Peter Gilbert CEO HR Chally SA

 Dave Stein, CEO of ES Research, reports that in the USA the annual spend on sales training is around $7 billion. This figure is likely to increase, and the University Sales Education Foundation reports that over 50% of all university students currently…

I have been reading and listening to the racial anger that is being shouted out from all manner of leaders in our country.

Although South Africa was praised for the Truth and Reconciliation process - many people felt that we did not go far enough. It was felt that there should have been apologies for many of the historical events that led up to our freedom in 1994.…

One of the key imperatives of the Chartered Institute for the Management of Assessment Practice (CIMAP) is the urgent review and representation to address inconsistent ETQA standards of applications.  Assessments and moderation standards of practice must be consistently applied at a national level. In addressing these issues, CIMAP also strives to eliminate the discrepancies of quality systems between ETQAs.

During a recent dialogue with SAQA two burning issues were addressed:  RPL…

In the late 1980’s I worked in Olifants Camp in the Kruger National Park as a junior tourist officer for two six-month stints before and after doing my national military service. I was manning the reception desk on a scorching afternoon when one of the apartheid-government cabinet ministers and his considerable entourage arrived to book into the camp’s luxury guest house.…

Ikhaya Fundisa Techniskills Academy (Pty) Ltd (IFTA), the black-owned artisan training company, has announced it is to spend R3 million to establish a training course for the rigging and instrumentation trades – adding to its existing offers that include fitters and turners, tool jig and dye makers, electricians, millwrights, welders, boilermakers, sheet metal workers, petrol and diesel mechanics, tractor mechanics, forklift mechanics, auto electricians and earth moving equipment…

South Africa has grown substantially since 1994 and while progress has been made to reduce poverty and inequality, the country still has its shortcomings. Millions of South Africans remain unemployed and unskilled, and as a result many households still live close to the poverty line.

The Statistics SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey recently revealed that during the first quarter of 2012, the number of unemployed individuals rose by 282 000, reaching 4.5 million and accounting for 25.3%…

Fasset's seminar on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) will be held countrywide in July 2012 and will cover the principles and practical application of CSR. The aim of this seminar is to provide guiding principles and benefits of CSR to organizations.



This seminar will also shed light on how organisations can implement their own CSR initiatives and reap the benefits, both now and in the future.…

Together with the NSFAS, for the year ending 31 March 2012, the MICT SETA implemented a funding  project to the value of R 10 000 000 to settle some 570 debts incurred by learners across various Universities in South Africa, who were studying under the NSFAS funding model.

"As a SETA, we are proud to be associated with NSFAS and in our MOU we committed to pay-off some 500 debts of NSFAS graduates. The implementation of the project resulted in us exceeding our target…

Here is an interesting conversation, on LinkedIn regarding the use of racist words.  This started off on the use of the N word in the USA and goes much deeper. There is a lot of really good input and some inevitable conflict.

It starts like this

"Dear Colleagues,



I am needing a bit of support after a…