AGRISETA PROVINCIAL ROAD SHOW Skills Delivery Department February

AGRISETA PROVINCIAL ROAD SHOW Skills Delivery Department February – March 2012 Gerard Mamabolo

SKILLS DELIVERY DEPARTMENT • Allocation of Discretionary Grants as per Service Level Agreement. • Achieve statistical targets as outlined by the Service Level Agreement. • Implementation and management of all approved Agri. SETA learning programmes. • Monitoring and Evaluation of approved learning programmes to ensure quality delivery.

Skills Delivery Manager Gerard Mamabolo Skills Delivery Department: Learnerships, Skills Programmes, ABET, Apprenticeship, Bursary , Support to Rural Structures , Internships, Workplace Experience & Land Reform Manager Apprenticeship: Johan Kraftt APPRENTICESHIP Administrator: Farhana Rahaman SD Coordinator: Cynthia Manugu LEARNERSHIPS Administrator: Menzi Ngcobo SKILLS PROGRAMMES Administrator: Merriam Marobyane SD Admin Manager: Theuns Henning ABET Administrator: Marissa Kok Land Reform Manager: Sello Khoza Land Reform Administrator: Shereen Wentzel Provincial Coordinator: Limpopo –Medupi Shabangu BURSARY/INTERNSHIP Administrator: Ina Du Preez Provincial Coordinator: Mpumalanga –Gugu Ndlela Provincial Coordinator: KZN –James Dlamini

GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS • Annual application window period – 1 November – 28/9 February each year. • Evaluation and approval of applications in March. • Notice of approval/disapproval in April. • Advertisement, guidelines and forms available on Agri. SETA website: www. agriseta. co. za • Benefits: - Planning, management, financial year

2012 -2013: SLA q LEARNERSHIPS – P 7 (18. 1) ü 800 Learners – R 13, 200, 000. 00 q LEARNERSHIPS – P 4 (18. 2) ü 325 Learners – R 9, 116, 000. 00 q INTERNSHIP ü 400 Learners – R 13, 200, 000. 00 q BURSARY – P 4 ü 90 Learners – R 2, 970, 000. 00 q BURSARY – P 7 ü 50 Learners – R 1, 650, 000. 00

2012 -2013: SLA q APPRENTICESHIP – P 4 ü 50 Learners – R 1, 881, 000. 00 q APPRENTICESHIP – P 7 ü 50 Learners – R 1, 881, 000. 00 q RURAL STRUCTURES ü R 2, 000. 00 q NEW VENTURE CREATION ü 50 Learners – R 1, 650, 000. 00 q ABET – P 7 ü 500 Learners – R 1, 930, 500. 00 q ABET –RURAL ü 500 Learners – R 1, 950, 000. 00

2012 -2013: SLA § SKILLS PROGRAMMES - P 7 ü 1 200 Learners – R 4, 752, 000. 00 § SKILLS PROGRAMMES – P 4 ü 500 Learners – R 1, 980, 000. 00 § COMMODITY ORGANISATIONS ü R 9, 000. 00 TOTAL: R 67, 160, 000. 00

2012 - 2013 APPLICATIONS • Due to limited funds, Agri. SETA places a curb on funding in all learning programmes. v Skills Programmes – not exceed 25 learners and 24 credits. v Learnerships – not exceed 15 learners per application. v Commodity Organisations – not exceed R 500 K • All application forms are available on the website. • Proposals not exceeding 10 pages for application on, e. g. Mentorship, non-credit bearing training etc.

APPROVED GRANT ALLOCATIONS

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS - CLAIMS LEARNERSHIP 1 st Claim • 2 -Party contract • 3 -Party contract/Learnership agreement • An original valid Tax Clearance • Proof of banking details (cancelled cheque or stamped bank statement) • Invoice • Training plan • Letter stating starting date • ID Copies

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS - CLAIMS LEARNERSHIP 2 nd & 3 rd Claims § Attendance register § Reports (monthly & individual) § Invoice § Stipend/allowance proof of payment (18. 2) § An original valid Tax Clearance (if expired) LEARNERSHIP 4 th Claim § § § Attendance register Assessment /moderation reports (POE’s) Invoice Stipend/allowance proof of payment (18. 2) An original valid Tax Clearance (if expired) Attendance register

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS - CLAIMS SKILLS PROGRAMMES § § § Attendance register Learner Information forms ID copies Invoice An original valid Tax Clearance 2 -Party contract ABET – 1 st Claim § § ID copies Invoice Proof of banking details (cancelled cheque or stamped bank statement) An original valid Tax Clearance ABET – 2 nd Claim § § § Certificates (Full names as per ID copy) Invoice ABET Progress report Attendance register Project completion letter

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS - CLAIMS APPRENTICESHIP – 1 st Claim § § ID copies Invoice Proof of banking details (cancelled cheque or stamped bank statement) An original valid Tax Clearance APPRENTICESHIPS – 2 nd Claim § § § Certificates (Full names as per ID copy) Invoice MVR (Monitoring & verification report) Attendance register Project completion letter

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS - CLAIMS BURSARY 1 st Claim § § § Learner Information forms ID copies Invoice Proof of banking details (cancelled cheque or stamped bank statement) Proof of registration & of prior learning § 2 nd Claim § Invoice § Formal statement of results § NB: Once completed, submit the final formal results WORKPLACE EXPERIENCE/INTERNSHIP § 1 st Claim § § § Invoice Learner Information forms ID copies Invoice Proof of banking details (cancelled cheque or stamped bank statement) Proof of prior learning (for internship: previous results/workplace: Diploma)

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS - CLAIMS WORKPLACE EXPERIENCE/INTERNSHIP 1 st Claim § § Learner Information forms ID copies Invoice Proof of banking details (cancelled cheque or bank stamped statement) 2 nd Claim § § § Invoice Agri. SETA Progress report Learner stipend form

LAND REFORM /RURAL DEVELOPMENT § Provide skills intervention to land reform initiatives and cooperatives in rural areas. § Project is currently limited to 3 provinces (Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KZN), which are said to provinces with majority of land reform projects affecting high value agriculture land. § Areas of intervention includes provision of Governance , Management and technical support to identified initiatives. § Partners to this project are the DRDLR and the NSF

WORK DONE TO DATE-LAND REFORM § Assessments/need identification done on projects received from Department of Rural development § Currently rolling out Learnerships in the 3 provinces (30 completed and 130 in progress) § Already provided co-operative training (farm together in Mpumalanga Province) in 2 projects. § Developed a mentorship model and currently rolling out to a cooperative in Limpopo (testing). § Working with stakeholders such as SASA and Citrus Growers to find a sustainable intervention to projects in the 3 provinces.

FARM MACHINES AND EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE WORKER OTP –FLP -Apprenticeship § Integrated Occupational Trade Programme (OTP) and Foundational Learning Programme (FLP) § Objective: To cope with occupational demands within the scope of agricultural sector § Concept curriculum and scoping completed & consultation sessions scheduled : ü KZN at Shukela TC Mount Edgecombe ü EC at ETC Port Elizabeth ü MP at Grootfontein Agric College § DG application close on 24 Feb 2012 § Detailed information available on Agri. SETA website

APPRENTICESHIPS § 2012 Turning point for artisan development § SETA’s serving as Development Quality Partners (DQP) § The number of trades Narrowed down to core disciplines § Industries elected trade experts review and restructure the core trades. § Training schedules replaced by national uniform trade and occupational curriculums § The Manpower Training Act repealed & replaced by Regulations for Artisan Development § NAMB takes full ownership of trade tests & will be standardised nationally § Trade test assessors, moderators and trade test centres to be registered with NAMB as Assessment Quality Partner AQP § New artisan development landscape take effect from 1 April 2012 § New Artisan Development system implemented over 12 months period § Current Apprenticeship system phased out over four year period § Additional information sessions will be hosted in April 2012

CHALLENGES § Replacement of learners ü Workplace Experience – within 3 days ü Learnerships – within 25 days ü Signatures by the learner and not by the Employer or Provider § Returning of contracts ü Within 90 days ü Sign and initial contracts including witnesses § Always quote Project Number on invoices, e. g. : SD/LS/11. 12/000/Look § Learners stipends § Always inform Skills Delivery personnel on learner termination in writing § Invoices