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PUBLIC SERVICE SECTOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING

AUTHORITY (PSETA)

PRESENTATION TO PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE 23 AUGUST 2005

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OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION

Pseta Mission Scope of Coverage Re-certification ETQA Skills Planning Learnership Implementation Way Forward Discussion

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PSETA MISSION

TO CO-ORDINATE AND FACILITATE DELIVERY OF APPROPRIATE

LEARNING PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE TRANSVERSE SKILLS IN THE PUBLIC

SERVICE

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SCOPE OF COVERAGE

All National departments All provincial departments DTI and DFA Parastatals NEC

Identified National depts – 100%, eg. DPSA and Home Affairs

Other depts – Transverse skills, eg SMS and MMS Policy development; Strategic planning and management;

Leadership; Client service; Administration; Project management; etc.

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RE-CERTIFICATION OF THE PSETA

Letter from Minister of Labour – 02 March 2005 Government. Gazette – re-establishing Setas – 3 month

extension

The legal status of Pseta Constitution and governance The funding mechanism Scope of coverage Incorporation of DTI and DFA from DIDTETA

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APPROACH

Established a close working relationship with DoL Established JIT

Board and staff members from Pseta Board and staff members from DIDTETA Support from DoL

Appointment of facilitator – develop a comprehensive proposal

Presentation to JIT and respective Boards Adopted by Boards – presentation to MPSA and MoL

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RECOMMENDATION

Legal status of the PSETA Renewal of the certificate of establishment Pseta established as a legal entity – Section 9(1) of the SDA Schedule 3A Public Entity – PFMA Listed ito Section 9(2) of the PFMA Funding mechanism

Constitution and Governance Own Constitution and governance structures in keeping with

SDA

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RECOMMENDATION

Establishment of a new Board Upon issuing a certificate of establishment 20 member Board

8 Employer reps - MPSA 8 Labour Reps - GPSSBC 2 Specialists 1 Independent Chairperson 1 CEO

Employer Representatives 1 DPSA 2 National Departments 3 Provincial Administrations 2 Parastatals

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ETQA

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Summary of Progress

Where We Were Where we are

1 Obsolete Qualification 4 Qualifications 4 Unit Standards4 qualifications in Development + 5 from DIDTETA30 SMS Unit Standards developed

No Learners enrolled against registered PSETA qualificationsMajority of training based on short courses

899 learners enrolled against qualifications and unit standards

Adverse SAQA Quality Audit (55 non compliances)

1 remaining non compliance (presently being addressed) – envisaged compliance January 2006

Limited ETQA policies and procedures to guide providers in the sector

All policies approved by PSETA Board

Flawed Accreditation of 17 out of 20 providers

Increased support to National and Provincial Training Departments to meet accreditation requirementsGuidance to providers to seek accreditation: With relevant ETQABased on unit standards / qualifications22 providers accredited5 in process8 letters of intent

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Summary of Progress

No Certification Certification commissioned – Security certificates designed

100 Assessors registered Training of additional 200 to be completed by January 2006

Non Compliant SAQA management Information System (MIS)

Test Data uploaded to SAQA’s National Learners’ Records DatabaseMIS requires enhancement

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SAQA Accredited Qualifications & Unit Standards

National Senior Certificate in Administration (IA) Level 4 - a legacy qualification that was not relevant (2002 – 2004)

Present Scenario 4 qualifications and 4 Unit standards

Title Level ID No Type

Manage a voting Station to contribute to free and fair elections 5 114088 Unit standard

National Certificate: Local Employment and Skills Development practices

4 23976 Qualification

National Certificate: Public Administration 3 48513 Qualification

Apply moral decision making and problem solving strategies  3 116483 Unit standard

Apply government communication processes and assess communication effects 

5 12156 Unit standard

Develop holistic productivity improvement strategies and plans 5 114882 Unit standard

National Certificate: Conflict Management and Transformation

5 49257 Qualification

National Certificate: Inspection and Enforcement Services 5 49107 Qualification

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New Unit standards and Qualifications lodged with SAQA for Fast Tracked Registration

• 4 new draft public Administration Qualifications from levels 4 to 7

• 5 Existing DIDTETA Qualifications in Foreign Affairs and Trade and Industry

• 8 Election unit standards

• 30 Senior Management Service (SMS) Unit standards developed

against the SMS Competency Framework

• Plan is for each of the SMS competency based Unit Standards to be

built into the above qualifications.

• 14 Unit Standards registered to date

• 16 remaining unit standards to follow upon finalisation of the above

qualifications

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Number of learners enrolled against PSETA Qualifications and Unit Standards

No. Title of the Qualification/ Unit Standard NQF Level

SAQA ID No. No. Of learners

1. National Certificate: Public Administration 4 48513 280

2. National Certificate: Inspectorate and Enforcement Services (IES)

5 49107 214

3. National Certificate: Local Employment and Skills Development Practices (LESDS)

4 23976 217

4. Manage a voting station to contribute to free and fair elections (Unit Standard)

5 114088 188 *

 TOTAL* Completed

    899

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SKILLS PLANNING

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Skills Planning

2005 – 2010 Sector skills plan developed and submitted to DoL – to be revised in keeping with new guidelines

Developed a draft critical and scarce skills list – further work required in keeping with framework for the identification of scare and critical skills

Further research on occupational needs required Challenge:–

Pseta scope of coverage is limited to employees that do not belong to any other SETA

Sector Skills Plan tries to cover the entire Public Service – a number of gaps

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LEARNERSHIP IMPLEMENTATION

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LEARNERSHIPS

Learnerships Currently implementing 18.2 Learnerships Concluded 5 contracts Roll-out has commenced in 5 provinces, EC, NC, MP, NW and

KZN Challenges:-

Funding to roll-out the further learnerships – 18.2 learners Assisting depts in the implementation of 18.1 learnerships Appointing and training mentors and assessors Workplace readiness and appropriate placement

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Matrix of utilization of Learnerships & qualifications from other SETAs/ETQAs

L/S TITLE QUALIFICATION/UNIT STANDARD LEVEL SETA/ETQA

Human resource management and support

National certificate 4 SABPP

Information Technology Systems Development

National Certificate 4 ISETT

Generic Multi-sector Project Management

National Certificate 4 Services

Public Sector Accounting

National Certificate 4 FASSET

Secretarial/Administration

National Certificate 4 Services

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PLACEMENT PER LEARNERSHIP – 18.2

LEARNERSHIP TITLE NQF NCP ECP MP NWP KZN NAT TOT

National Certificate in Public Sector Accounting

4 54 60 35 62 11 0 222

Public Administration Practitioner 3 0 0 145 0 0 0 145

Project Management 4 226 161 93 294 0 0 774

National Certificate in Information Technology: System Development

4 134 0 0 0 0 0 134

Secretarial/Administration 4 410 0 0 0 0 0 410

Human Resource Management 4 181 274 118 198 0 0 771

National Certificate in Local Employment and skills development practices

4 0 0 0 0 0 221 221

IES 5 0 0 0 0 0 221 221

Project Management 4 0 0 110 110 0 0 220

1005 495 501 664 11 442 3118

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WAY FORWARD

In the process of appointing the new Board Together with DoL:-

Appointed service provider to assist with the amalgamation process, listing as a Public Entity and the development of a strategic business plan – 1 & 5 year plan

Developing a common reporting template for public sector SETAs

Seeking approval for the funding of PSETA as a Public Entity – MTEF process

Finalise interim arrangements, funding, accommodation, staffing, etc.

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THANK YOU

DISCUSSION