Skills Delivery Department

AgriSETA

2013 Road ShowGerard Mamabolo

Skills Delivery Department

Skills Delivery Department: Learnerships, Skills Programmes, ABET, Artisan Development, Bursary , Support to Rural Structures , Internships, Graduate Placement & Rural Development

Skills Delivery Manager Gerard Mamabolo

Manager Artisan Development

Vacant (advertised)

Skills Delivery Coordinator Bronwynn Oosthuizen

SD Admin. Manager

Theuns Henning

Rural Development: Manager Sello Khoza

Artisan Development: Administrator

Vacant(Advertised)

Learnership/Skills Programmes(18.1)

: Administrator Merriam

Marobyane

Learnership/Skills Programmes(18.2)

: Administrator Menzi Ngcobo

Rural Development : Administrator

Shereen Wentzel

Provincial Coordinator: Limpopo

Medupi Shabangu

ABET: Administrator

Marissa Kok

Bursary/Interns/Graduate

Placement: Administrator

Ina Du Preez

Provincial Coordinator: KZN

Mthembeni Dlamini

Provincial Coordinator: Mpumalanga Gugu Ndlela

AgriSETA

SKILLS DELIVERY DEPT. & GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS

• Annual application window period – 1 November – 31 January each year.

• Advertisement, guidelines and application forms will be available during application window period on the AgriSETA website.

• Evaluation and applications – February & March.• Allocation of APP by Evaluation/SD Committee in March.• Board approval in March.• Notice of approval/disapproval in April and

implementation.• Monitoring and Evaluation of approved projects.• Bursary Window period – October

AgriSETA

2013/2014 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN

AgriSETA

LEARNING PROGRAM NO.LEARNERS AMOUNT

ABET-EMPLOYED & RURAL 1878 R7,248,080.00

ARTISAN DEVELOPMENT – 18.1 84 R3,460,800.00

ARTISAN DEVELOPMENT – 18.2 124 R5,108,800.00

FLP 100 R3,000,000.00

BURSARY-18.1 (2014/15) 75 R2,475,000.00

BURSARY-18.2 (2014/15) 175 R5,775,000.00

COMMODITY ORGANISATIONS 20 R10,000,000.00

INTERNSHIPS 400 R13,200,000.00

GRADUATE PLACEMENT 485 R16,005,000.00

LEARNERSHIPS-18.1 1000 R16,500,000.00

LEARNERSHIPS-18.2 800 R22,440,000.00

2013/2014 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN

AgriSETA

LEARNING PROGRAM NO.LEARNERS AMOUNT

SKILLS PROGRAMMES-18.1 970 R3,841,200.00

SKILLS PROGRAMMES-18.2 750 R2,970,000.00

SKILLS PROGRAMMES-FORKLIFT 30 R120 000.00

LR-LEARNERSHIP-18.2 314 R8,807,700.00

LR-SKILLS PROGRAMMES 1000 R3,960,000.00

MENTORSHIP 25 R2,500,000.00

NVC 75 R2,475,000.00

NEW FARMER SUPPORT 12 R4,440,000.00

FARM TOGETHER 3000 R10,000,000.00

TOTAL R144,327,580.00

Target are informed by Annual Performance Plan (APP)

DISCRETIONARY GRANTS APPLICATIONS

AgriSETA

• Due to limited funds, AgriSETA always places a limit in the funding of learning programmes.• Skills Programmes – not exceed 25 learners and 24

credits.• Learnership – not exceed 15 learners per

application.• Commodity Organisations – not exceed R500

000.00.• Application forms are available on the website.• Proposals not exceeding 10 pages on Mentorship &

non credit bearing training.• Emphasis is always placed on Scarce & Critical skills

and PIVOTAL.

APPROVED GRANT ALLOCATIONS

AgriSETA

LEARNING PROGRAMMES RATE

LEARNERSHIP-18.1 R16 500.00

LEARNERSHIP-18.2 R19 800.00

ALLOWANCE-18.2 R8 250.00 (R1 031.25/Month)

SKILLS PROGRAMME (18.1&18.2) R165.00

INTERSHIPS R33 000.00

GRADUATE PLACEMENT R33 000.00

BURSARY R33 000.00

FLP R30 000.00

ARTISAN DEVELOPMENT R41 200.00

ABET R3 860.00

NVC R19 800.00

NVC - ALLOWANCE R13 200.00 (R1 100.00/Month)

APPROVAL LETTERS & CONTRACTS

AgriSETA

• Approval letters and contracts are usually issued in April.

• Contracts to be returned to AgriSETA within three (3) months.

• Training to resume once contract is signed and according to Training Plan.

• Funds regarded as contracted once contract is signed.

• At least 95% of Discretionary funds should be contracted.

CLAIMS & INVOICES

AgriSETA

• Weaknesses in processing invoices identified and measures in place to rectify the problem.

• Mainly Learnership invoices are affected by this due system glitches.

• Staff reshuffling effected to address this.• Invoices should be paid within 30 days.• All supporting documents should be in place to

expedite payment.• Skills Delivery processes invoices up to Wednesday at

10h00.• Payments only done every Friday.• Ensure that your Tax Clearance certificate is valid

when issuing invoice.

ARTISAN DEVELOPMENT

AgriSETA

• Apprenticeship now known as Artisan Development.• SETAs serves as Development Quality Partners (DQP)• Manpower Training Act repealed and replaced by

Regulations for Artisan Development.• Artisan Development is Nationally standardised and is

owned by NAMB.• Trade Test Assessors, Moderators and centres to be

registered with NAMB as Assessor Quality Partners (AQP)

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

AgriSETA

• AgriSETA – Focus broadly on Rural Development, Co-ops and Youth development.

• Formation of partnership with Government departments.

Department of Rural Development & LR-R10m Farm Together

EPWP – R5.5m DAFF & NYDA – R4m.

• Finalizing partnership with Services SETA on rural development in six (6) Districts (Vhembe, Mopani, Alfred Nzo, OR Tambo, Unkhanyagude & Thabo Mofutsanyane)

NEW GRANT REGULATIONS

AgriSETA

• 80% of Discretional funds to be allocated to PIVOTAL as per SSP.

• 95% of Discretionary Grants should be contracted/spend.

• Any unclaimed Mandatory Grants will be transferred to Discretionary by 15 August each year.

• Allocation of DG should support SSP /Sector needs).• APP should be clear on how DG will be offered though

Public Institutions.• DG Policy must set out how PIVOTAL programmes can

be delivered through Public Institutions.

CHALLENGES

AgriSETA

• Invoices not been paid within 30 days.• Lead Service Providers and Lead Employers -

concerns.• Non and short payment of allowances by Service

Providers.• Poor practical exposure by certain Service Providers to

learners.• Non adherence to conditions in the applications forms

for training.• Non return of contracts by employers.• Disregard of Scarce and Critical skills implementation

by Employers as per SSP (2011-2016).• Land Reform is part of Skills Delivery Department –

avoid duplication during application.

AgriSETA

THANK YOUgerard@agriseta.co.zatheuns@agriseta.co.zasello@agriseta.co.za

bronwynn@agriseta.co.za

012-301 5600