Fasset Update Latest Trends in Recruitment

and Selection July 011

Pivotal Programmes & Grants

• Professional, Vocational, Technical and Academic (PIVOTAL)

• Provides a full occupationally‐directed qualification e.g. degree, diploma, learnership, internships. Not a short course or seminar

• Claim a maximum of 10% of the SDL

• Other Fasset grants also focused on pivotal programmes.

• Pivotal Grant not finalised by 30 June, comments on the grant regulations have been submitted to DHET and under consideration.

• Deadline date for Mandatory Grant passed on 30 June

• No Fasset Skills Advisor Assistance provided this year. Impact?

Scarce Skills• Positions that remain unfilled for prolonged periods of time

• People required to fill ongoing employment vacancies

• 79% professional occupations

• Examples include: trainee accountants and auditors, bookkeepers, accounting technicians, general accountants, financial officers, supply chain professionals

Incoming Grants Deadlines

LCG 2011• SDL and NLP payers

• Small and medium employers

• Black and people with disabilities

• Commenced and completed in 2011 calendar year

• Fasset and other selected learnerships

• No evidence required, Fasset will confirm on system

• Applicant to ensure Professional Body submits learner info to Fasset

• 10 learners per employer, Entry and Exit grant

• Grant depends on length of programme, tariff scheme to be applied

• Grant due on 1 March 2012

SCG 2011• Strategic Cash Grant

• Expenses to a maximum value of 20% of SDL

• White women acceptable for certain criteria

• MS Excel format required and subject to capping

• Schedule of tariffs must be applied

• 4 criteria: learnerships, academic and professional study, quality-assured workplace experience and workplace experience for unemployed learners from a tertiary education institution

SMME Grant 2011

Size Amount

1 – 5 R 11,000

6 – 10 R 22,000

11 – 15 R 33,000

16 – 20 R 44,000

21 – 25 R 55,000

26 – 30 R 66,000

31 – 35 R 77,000

36 – 40 R 88,000

41 – 45 R 99,000

45 – 49 R 110,000

• Amount will be limited to R11,000 per five employees

• Forms employing fewer than 50 people

• White women acceptable for senior courses

• No learnerships, structured courses only. No short courses

• Currently undersubscribed

AMG 2010• Assessor and Moderator Grant

• Reimburse cost of training

• Assessor / moderator to register against Fasset qualification

• Assessor requires approval of registration (from the relevant professional body or Seta)

• Applicable to all population groups

Lifelong Learning

Recruitment and Selection July 2011

Labour Law Update August 2011

Companies Act Sep 2011

Performance Management October 2011

Influencing & Negotiating Skills February 2012

Budget and Tax Update 2012 March 2012

Attendance certificates are available for download from Fasset website

Timetable subject to change

Development Projects• To address the shortage of professionals in Fasset sector

• Training of learners in workplace readiness skills – including soft skills and technical financial skills

• Learners are black and/or disabled, and once employed by the company may be put forward for a Learnership Cash Grant (LCG)

• 70% placement minimum requirement

• Funded by Fasset with unclaimed levy money

Development Projects

Making Best Practise Count Awards 2011

• Distinguishing organisations that promote training and development in Fasset sector

• Deadline is 1 August 2011

• Categories:

Best Practice in a large employer

Best Practice in a medium employer

Best Practice in a small employer

Best Practice in a registered non-levy payer employer

Thank You

For more information please contact the

Fasset Call Centre

on 086 101 0001

or visit www.fasset.org.za

Andre O’Callaghan

Andre has over 20 years experience as a senior HR professional in a variety of industries. His roles in corporate environments include that of HR Director, HR Executive, Manager: Strategy and Remuneration, Training Manager and Head: Training and Personnel Services. Currently he is an independent consultant, and clients include: Financial Portfolio Managers (FPM), AngloGold Ashanti, Debswana Diamond Company, Anglo American (Corporate), Barclay’s Africa, LG Electronics SA and Nedcor. His consulting includes working in Mauritius, Kenya, Ghana, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa.

Andre has facilitated various Fasset workshops in the past: Organisational Values, Emotional Intelligence, Latest Trends in Recruitment and Selection, Talent Management, Performance Management and Building and Maintaining a Team. Andre completed an Honours Degree in Counseling Psychology and an Honours Degree in Education. He is also a qualified and registered Psychometrist.