mandate beyond the initial five year period

Our People Skilled for a Sustainable Future

MANDATE

BEYOND THE INITIAL FIVE YEAR PERIOD

Presented by: Mike Tsotetsi


INTRODUCTION • First cycle ended March 2005

• Re-establishment meant re-apply to The Department of Labour

• Past performance of the SETA’s were a key determining factor for re-establishment

• THETA was re-established on 1 April 2005


OUR LEARNING CURVE• THETA has been exposed to interesting

times from its early days in 2000

• Inherited legacy of inefficiencies had impacted negatively on THETA

• This resulted in – negative press coverage and – qualified audit reports


NSDS

• SETA’s operate within NSDS• National priorities outlined:

– Prioritise critical skills – Stimulate quality training in the workplace– Promote employability and sustainable

livelihoods through skills development– Assist new entrants into the labour market

and self employment– Improve quality and relevance of provision


ACHIEVEMENTS• Effective learning environment

• Comprehensive corporate governance structure and systems

• Effective monitoring of achievement of obligations and plans

• Organisational culture that is conducive to service delivery


THE FIRST 5 YEAR CYCLE• Embarked on transformation programme for

employees and other stake holders

• Established good corporate governance systems

• Expanded operations and administration activities to fast track training intervention

• Laid & provided solid foundation for Skills Revolution to thrive & soar to new heights


THE FIRST 5 YEAR CYCLE• Partnered with industry to deliver projects

e.g. TLP, SATI, INTAC

• In excess of R36m on discretionary grants

• Disbursed R80m on mandatory grants and projects

• Scoped projects to the value of R 114m


DOES THETA ADD VALUE?• Independent sector hence a collaborated

approach to address growth requirements

• Training interventions implemented to the fullest extent

• Governments’ aims of creating jobs and eradicating poverty requires THETA’s involvement


DOES THETA ADD VALUE?

• Future of education, training and skills development cannot be over emphasised

• Higher occupancy rates – increase in training, education and skills development

• Leverage required by private sector to attain goal of education, training and developing skills of the workforce

• THETA well positioned to provide support


A LOOK AT OUR SECTOR

• Fastest growing industry in the world• Accounts for 10.75 % of the world’s GDP • Employs 260 million people• Generates revenues of $500 billion per

year• Current growth estimated at 7% • South Africa on par with this world trend

TOURISM

TOURISM



• The global tourism industry suffered a 1.2% decline last year

• SA recorded a 5.3% increase in foreign tourists

• 71% of tourists would like their travel plans to benefit people at destination (World Tourism Organisation Figures August 2005)

TOURISM

TOURISM



• Relative newcomer to the industry • Previous conservative legislation

restricted operation of casinos • Substantial change in legislation • Legal casinos have become accepted

part of tourism industry • Licenses for different levels granted

within provinces

GAMIN

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• Has opened new avenue for employment, wealth creation and education

• Sector is hungry for knowledge via THETA’s interventions

• No longer perceived as leisure but also as business opportunity that ensures a meaningful economic participation

GAMIN

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• SA had the best hotel occupancy rate

• Improvement on our hospitality services necessary through education and training that THETA facilitates

• Also opened new avenue for employment, wealth creation and education

HOSPITALI

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HOSPITALI

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• South Africa has hosted and taken part in a variety of major international sporting events

• Presents opportunity to grow other sectors especially tourism and hospitality both of which fall within the ambit of THETA purpose.

SPORTS

SPORTS



• South Africans no longer perceive sporting as a school activity

• A vehicle to support social development

• Youth encouraged to see Sport as a career

SPORTS

SPORTS


THETA ACHIEVEMENTS

• 97 000 workers on NQF 1 – 54% of target – 75 000 Black, – 31 000 Women, – 82 with disabilities

• 140 000 completed structured learning – 161% of target– 89 000 Black– 24 000 Women– 109 with disabilities


THETA ACHIEVEMENTS

• 24 Enterprises in IIP - achieved 120%

• 2403 SMME’s supported in skills development Initiatives - achieved 173%

• 6919 in un-employed learnerships registered - achieved 46% – 3890 Black– 398 Women

• Rating 61% to 80%


THETA TARGETS 2005-2009

• Mandatory grants payments to 60 large, 92 medium and 468 small firms

• 20 Firms on National Standard of Goods Practice

• BEE – not yet established• 28000 learners on ABET level 4• 5112 unemployed and 5112

employed learners on Learnerships


THETA TARGETS 2005-2009

• 82 non paying levy firms assisted in skills development

• 7500 learners in critical skills (FET/HET)

• 409 young persons to form new ventures

• 10 institutions supported to develop people in critical skills

• 1 institute supported to manage new venture creation qualification


SECTORS LEVIESNo of Levy

PayersNo of

employees

•Hospitality 67% 477,800•Tourism and travel 16% 39,700•Gaming and Lotteries 1% 20,500•Conservation and Guiding 3% 30,300•Sport, recreation and Fitness 13% 34,400

100% 602,700Note:20% of levy payers pays 80% of levies18 out of top 50 levy payers are Casino'sTop 50 payers contribute 25% off levies33% of top 50 payers from Hospitality


DEMAND FOR SKILLS

• Management and leadership development in sector

• Target groups – unemployed graduates, teacher training to produce against industry needs

• Assessor and moderator training

• HIV/Aids training


DEMAND FOR SKILLS

• ABET

• IT – computer literacy

• Financial management skills

• Link between training instructions and industry regarding qualifications needed


SUPPLY OF SKILLS

• Standard Setting and Qualifications Generating

• Review and development 2005 - 2007


QUALIFICATIONS REGISTERED

• HOSPITALITY - 10• GAMING - 04• GUIDING - 02• NATURE CONSERVATION - 09• SPORT, RECREATION AND FITNESS - 05• TRAVEL, TOURISM AND EVENTS - 12

» TOTAL -42

• UNIT STANDARDS REGISTERED– 510 UNIT STANDARDS


EDUCATION DOES NOT MEET CHILDREN’S NEEDS

“ A response to an education experienced as too distant from the

needs of adolescence and youth, which secondly , is far from guaranteeing employment in the fastest growing

sectors of both the global economy and local economies”

UNESCO CONFERENCE


THE REALITY

EDUCATIONA discipline-based system- How much of a subject is relevant?- How does it articulate with other subjects?- Why in year chunks?

REAL LIFEA trans-disciplinary, interactive environment- Highly changeable- New areas


THE SOLUTION

A National Qualifications Framework that integrates all elements of the education

and training system to enable learner progress from any starting point

NQF


IF IT’S SO OBVIOUS, WHAT’S WRONG?

• There is no parity of esteem

• Trans-disciplinary environment has not sought supporting theories

• We do not believe in the intellectual equivalence


THETA’S RESPONSE

• Operationalizing the South African HRDS & NSDS

• Ensuring implementation of the NQF by:– Creating Occupationally-Directed

Qualification Frameworks– Developing Providers to deliver it


THE DILEMMA

• Skills shortage and a crisis of scarce skills

• Association of Unemployed Graduates

• What is at the root of the problem?


THETA’s PROVIDER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

To Develop the Capacity to:

– Deliver on all THETA Qualifications & Learnerships

– Across all 7 sub-sectors

– Across all Provinces


THETA’s CHALLENGE TO ALL COMPANIES

• Enter the Programme to become an Accredited Provider

• Develop your entire workforce with NQF-aligned qualifications

• Take on unemployed learners• Demonstrate how the workplace can

become a site of learning


STRATEGY GOING FORWARD

• In- House training – mandatory grants, NQF aligned training, learnerships, skills programs

• HIV training – discretionary grants, HIV/AIDS toolkit

• Specialised IT training – bursaries NSF and THETA, learnerships, mandatory grants, skills programs



• Management training for new entrants – Learnerships, Tour Guides, Hospitality, Sport

• ABET – discretionary grants – NSF / Donor funding for ABET initiatives

• Management skills upgrading - Learnerships, mandatory grants

• SMME development initiatives and projects• Black management development initiatives



CONSTRAINTS

• Provider capacity – assist with accreditation processes, develop and upgrade capacity of assessors.

• Funding – lack of funds is a huge constraint - assistance needed from DoL and DEAT ( including donor funding from private institutions and other countries)



CONSTRAINTS

• Qualifications framework – current to be reviewed, new ones developed

• Collaboration between stakeholders – one driver, analyse over-lapping

• SMME – lack of finance, lack of Tourism, marketing and business knowledge


CONCLUSION

THETA IS NOW IN A POSITION TO DELIVER MEANINGFUL WORK-RELATED AND EMPLOYMENT

– CREATING LEARNING ON A LARGE SCALE IN THE TOURISM SECTOR

“We must act now to develop the skills of our people before its too late” Mr. Mdladlana ,

Sunday Times 2003/07/11


THANK YOU!

ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE STASTICS PRESENTATION?


Provincial Profile

THETA Provincial branch profile for the year 1 April 2004 – 31 March 2005


Employment Profile

THETA Employment profile summary for the year 1 April 2004 – 31 March 2005


Employment Equity Profile

Summary for the year 1 April 2004 -31 March 2005L= Level : S = Skills Priority


Employers

13167, 67%

1843, 9%

1042, 5%

2232, 11%

1501, 8%

Hospitality Travel & Tourism Sport, Recreation & Fitness Gaming & Lotteries ChamberConservation & Tourism Guiding

Summary for the year 1 April 2004 -31 March 2005Total = 19785


Employees

3153; 4%

1869; 3%

28514; 39%

15111; 20%

5241; 7%

839; 1%

1725; 2%

1477; 2%

16426; 22%

EasternCape

Free State

Gauteng

KwaZulu-Natal

Mpumalanga

NorthernCape

Limpopo

North West

WesternCape

Summary for the year 1 April 2004 -31 March 2005


Theta Registered SDFs

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Theta Female SDFs

african6%

coloured1%

indian17%

white76%

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Theta SDF Race and Sex distribution

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THETA PROVIDERS

THETA Providers: Accredition Status & Geographical Area

1

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101 22 5

165

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Accredited Accredited -Provisional

Phase A Intent Phase B Application Registered

Eastern Cape

Freestate

Gauteng

Kw aZulu-Natal

Limpopo

Mpumalanga

North West

Northern Cape

Northern Province

Not stated

Other

Undefined

Western Cape

ACCREDITATION STATUS AND GEOGRAPHICAL AREA


THETA PROVIDERS

THETA Provider Benefit Details: Description & Region

1

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6

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Eastern Cape

Freestate

Gauteng

Kw aZulu-Natal

Mpumalanga

North West

Other

Undefined

Western Cape

BENEFIT DETAILS – DESCRIPTION AND REGION


THETA ASSESSORS

THETA Assessors: Status & Geographical Area

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2

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44

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STATUS AND GEOGRAPHICAL AREA


THET MODERATORS

THETA Moderators: Type, Status & Geographical Area

1 1

3

11

6

2

3

7

4

5

3

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13

7

11

2

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Registered Registered -provisional

Registered -qualif ied

External Moderator Internal Moderator

Eastern Cape

Freestate

Gauteng

Kw aZulu-Natal

Limpopo

Mpumalanga

North West

Northern Cape

SA National Province Unspecif ied

Undefined

Western Cape

TYPE, STATUS AND GEOGRAPHICAL AREA


CERTIFICATION

THETA Certificate Demographics

7497

820

82 25

1914

3823

27155 22

1944

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6000

7000

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CERTIFICATE DEMOGRAPHICS


CERTIFICATION

THETA Certificates: Achievement type & Geographical Area

656

4824 2

927578

1527

494265

2134 1

860

97

503

626 23 1

10181

8885 2530

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

12000

Programme/Qualification (Non-Agreement) Qualification (Agreement)

Eastern Cape

Freestate

Gauteng

KwaZulu-Natal

Limpopo

Mpumalanga

North West

Northern Cape

Outside SA

SA National Province Unspecified

Undefined

Western Cape

(blank)

ACHIEVEMENT TYPE AND GEOGRAPHICAL AREA


LEARNERSHIP CERTIFICATE

THETA Learnership Certificates: Region & Sector

44

41 1714

336

219

2

90

290

113

1213

91

1 261

49

29

6 4

24

1

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

Conservation Guiding Hospitality Tourism (blank)

Eastern Cape

Freestate

Gauteng

KwaZulu-Natal

Limpopo

Mpumalanga

North West

Northern Cape

SA National Province Unspecified

Undefined

Western Cape

REGION AND SECTOR


NON AGREEMENT CERTIFICATES

THETA Non-agreement Certificates: Region & Sector

41 1 1 146 51 22 1 1 151 2267

4

431 479

61 31 5 29 1 22

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153 81

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Conservation

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Hospitality

Tourism

Travel

REGION AND SECTOR

mandate beyond the initial five year period

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