Fasset Presentation October 2009 Complying with Changes in Legislation 2009.
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Fasset PresentationFasset Presentation
October 2009October 2009
Complying with Changes in Legislation 2009
Complying with Changes in Legislation 2009
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Seta Landscape
• DoL has not released notification regarding the future Seta landscape
• Once the notice is gazetted there will be a public comment phase, which will include public hearings
• Fasset Board preference to maintain status quo
• Move from Department of Labour to Department of Higher Education and Training due to take place by November 2009
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Skills Levy Grant Cycle
20%
National Skills FundDepartment of Labour
80%
Allocated to relevant Seta
10%70%
Seta Admin
Available for Grants
50% 20%Mandatory Grant 30 June
Strategic Cash Grant31 March
100% Paid to SARS
Unclaimed SDL goes into
discretionary projects decided by
the Management Board
Unclaimed SDL
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Funding areas for 2010/11
• Lifelong Learning
• Learnership Cash Grant (LCG)
• SMME Grant
• Development Projects
• Strategic Cash Grant (SCG)
• Fasset Skills Advisors (limited service)
• General Research
• Numeracy and literacy research
• ABET (still funded via the SCG)
• Assessor and moderator training
• Tax learnership
• Financial markets learnership
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LCG 2009/2010 due 31 March 2010
• Learnership Cash Grant
• Commencement period 1 Jan to 31 Dec 2009
• Firm must employ fewer than 150
• Extension requests to Fasset on or before 31 Mar 2010
• Grant due 31 March 2010
• Higher amount for people with disabilities – R27,000 vs. R47,250 for 3-year programme
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Tax Amendment Bill
• Released for public comment
• Documents on www.treasury.gov.za
• Substantial positive changes regarding the learnership tax allowance
• Increase in allowance for multi-year learnerships
• Forward your comments directly to Treasury and/or work with your professional body
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Scarce Skills
• Address scarce skills
• People needed to fill job vacancies
• Tertiary education
• Black and/or disabled graduates
• Finance and accounting
• Predominantly small firms
• Refer to 2009/2010 Scarce Skills Guide
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Free Lifelong Learning 2009/10
• Register on www.fasset.org.za
Sep – Oct ’09 Enhancing Business Writing Skills
Oct ‘09 Complying with Changes in Legislation
Nov ’09 Innovation and Creativity
Nov ‘09 Organisation as a Site of Learning Excellence
Launch of Disability Toolkit
Dec ‘09 Assessor Networking Event
Feb ’10 Managing Change
Feb – March ’10 Office Etiquette
Mar ’10 Introduction to the Role of SDF 2010
Mar – Apr ’10 Budget & Tax Update 2010
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Fasset Annual Report and AGM
• Fasset recognised by DoL (2008 National Skills Conference) as SA’s top performing Seta
• 3 436 learners were registered in this year – total learners registered since 2000 = 31 219
• 15 862 learners have completed and placed in employment
• LL remains a flagship initiative with 41 686 delegates attending LL since 2000
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Fasset Best Practice Awards
• Large employer finalists
1. Deloitte
2. Ernst and Young
• Winner: Ernst and Young
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Development Projects
• To address shortage of professionals in sector
• Funds training of learners in workplace readiness skills – which includes both soft skills and technical financial skills
• Learners are black and/or disabled
• Once employed by the company may be put forward for a Learnership Cash Grant (LCG)
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Bonani Workplace Readiness
• Black unemployed finance graduates with B.Comm degrees or National Diplomas
• Offered in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Free Sate and the Western Cape
• Intensive 5 month Workplace Readiness Programme (WRP) including training in a ‘virtual office’ environment
• Contact Waldo Jonker (011) 466-3312
• www.fasset.org.za for more details
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Scimathus Work Readiness
• Assist black learners to access higher education in the Economic and Management Sciences
• Offered in the Western Cape• Content includes academic language, study and
thinking skills, computer literacy and statistics • Contact Anneke Muller (021) 808-3483• www.fasset.org.za for more details
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Pagamani Workplace Readiness
• Unemployed matriculants or incomplete qualifications to attain certificate from the AAT
• Candidates receive work-readiness training
• Learnership is designed to be completed within a year whilst working and studying
• Offered in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State and the Western Cape
• Contact Waldo Jonker (011) 466-3312
• www.fasset.org.za for more details
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Thusanani Workplace Readiness
• Black unemployed graduates in Gauteng with various qualifications
• Mentorship offered for at least 6 months after the intervention
• Intensive 3 month Workplace Readiness Programme (theoretical and practical)
• Contact Avril Peddie (011) 678-2144
• www.fasset.org.za for more details
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Thank You
Fasset Call Centre
086 101 0001
www.fasset.org.za