Skills Development Facilitators

Hi
I would like to find out what is an acceptable rate to charge a client when completing the ATR and WSP for a company of more than 200 employees.

The National Minimum Wage Act was signed by the President this week. Important information for skills-universe members and practitioners is the inclusion in Schedule 2 of Learnership Allowances.

In Schedule 1 of the Act all the minimum rates are now in one place:
R20 for workers generally
R18 for agricultural workers
R15 for domestic workers
EPWP…[Read more]

Morning All

kindly Need your assistance urgently, I have to submit a quote to a client for Full SDF function duties. the Company have 835 employees. do you perhaps have a draft copy I can use or what is the current going rate?

Thanks

SDFs working with companies requiring B-BBEE evaluations will be interested to see the proposed amendments gazetted by the dti.

We have a desperate need for employment opportunities and skills development for young people. In the real world of work, change, technological advances, and the impending 4th industrial revolution are givens.

The…[Read more]

SDFs working with companies requiring B-BBEE evaluations will be interested to see the proposed amendments gazetted by the dti.

We have a desperate need for employment opportunities and skills development for young people. In the real world of work, change, technological advances, and the impending 4th industrial revolution are givens.

The…[Read more]

The Services SETA has issued a mid-year advert offering bursaries to those who have not obtained NSFAS funding – and who will be studying at public institutions.

Please see attached documents for the Guidelines for the Bursaries and the advert with details of how to apply.

Please check out my latest article, Diagnosis of the Strategic Maturity of HRM and L&D in Africa, published on LinkedIn. In particular, SDF’s need to take note of the Strategic Learning Partner; Skills Auditing and Ethics of S.A trainers statistics. I would value and appreciate your input and…[Read more]

As promised, please see attached the first draft of a letter to Minister Pandor and DHET. The content includes comments from skills-universe site and personal emails.
Please reply with your critisms, opinions, suggested changes and content. Alternatively, if you don’t want your identity to be known, please email me your contribution on…[Read more]

dear training providers if you are in need of training materials we would like to be your supplier for a full list of QCTO&SETA aligned qualifications and unit standards please leave your email address and we will send you a list of qualifications we offer . you can also contact us on T|0110574032|C|0604 391 418
email us on walter@onefundi.com
or…[Read more]

All SDFs who have been struggling with the MERSETA online submission system will be relieved to hear that the MERSETA has issued a letter announcing that the submission date has been extended to the end of May 2018.

See attached for confirmation and your records.

Hi to SDFs
Is there someone who can assist me please – I have completed all details on the Services Seta LMIS and uploaded documents on ATR info and have completed the Excel spreadsheet of training achieved and planned – but I cannot work out how to upload the Excel information.

I cannot get a response from Services – don’t respond to emails,…[Read more]

Skills Development Breakfast
Friday 16 March 2018
Time: 8h00 – 10h00
Cost: R90 members / R100 non members
Full breakfast will be served
Place: Jack Rabbits Berea

(Shop No. 01, Maxprop Building, 98 Bulwer Rd Berea – next to…[Read more]

To all members of skills-universe,
You will be aware from previous postings, that the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) has posted proposed changes to the SETA landscape, use of Skills Development Levies (SDL), with impact upon the Post-school Education and Training (PSET) landscape.
Please see attached the formal responses to…[Read more]

Hi guys

It seems that I am a bit mathematically challenged today…

Maybe some of the other SDF’s could assist?

SDL is disbursed as follow:
Payroll 1% to SARS = R200 000 (As example)
SARS deducts 2% = R 4 000

AMOUNT to distribute to SETA / NSF = R196 000
20% NSF = R 39 200
80% SETA = R156 800

The amount of R156 800 all…[Read more]

The Construction SETA (CETA) are planning stakeholder engagement sessions. In addition to the WSP/ATR/SSP information, there will also be sessions on:

• Qualifications development, accreditations and Certification, and
• Projects, processes and discretionary grants.

The venues are still to be confirmed, so make sure to diarise and confirm your…[Read more]

The Workplace skills plan (WSP) is intended to document skills needs in a company and to describe the range of skills development interventions that the company will use to address these needs.

A WSP must be developed and submitted every year in order to comply with current Skills Development legislation. The WSP will normally be compiled by a…[Read more]

On the 15th December 2017 the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) published a Government Gazette (No. 41332 Vol 630) requesting comments on the proposals for a new National Skills Development Plan (NSDP).

Now because you were probably having your end of year function before closing early for the festive season – or were already on…[Read more]

All South Africans should have received a graduate Internship contract, when we qualified as a democracy, because clearly we needed democracy work experience.

The LAC judgment against the DHET raises more questions than answers:
1. Why did DHET waste a lot of time and (our) money proceeding with a legal case when it was clear that the…[Read more]

In 2012 the DHET Minister published grant regulations that reduced the skills development levy refund from 50% to 20%. BUSA on behalf of employers took the DHET to court to challenge the change. The Labour Court found for BUSA. But the DHET took the matter on appeal.

The Labour Appeal Court has upheld the judgement of the Labour Court, fiinding…[Read more]

Hi

Quick question, where is South African qualifications recognised? Countries?

Thank you

M