Fasset Update Latest Trends in Recruitment
and Selection July 011
Pivotal Programmes & Grants
• Professional, Vocational, Technical and Academic (PIVOTAL)
• Provides a full occupationally‐directed qualification e.g. degree, diploma, learnership, internships. Not a short course or seminar
• Claim a maximum of 10% of the SDL
• Other Fasset grants also focused on pivotal programmes.
• Pivotal Grant not finalised by 30 June, comments on the grant regulations have been submitted to DHET and under consideration.
• Deadline date for Mandatory Grant passed on 30 June
• No Fasset Skills Advisor Assistance provided this year. Impact?
Scarce Skills• Positions that remain unfilled for prolonged periods of time
• People required to fill ongoing employment vacancies
• 79% professional occupations
• Examples include: trainee accountants and auditors, bookkeepers, accounting technicians, general accountants, financial officers, supply chain professionals
Incoming Grants Deadlines
LCG 2011• SDL and NLP payers
• Small and medium employers
• Black and people with disabilities
• Commenced and completed in 2011 calendar year
• Fasset and other selected learnerships
• No evidence required, Fasset will confirm on system
• Applicant to ensure Professional Body submits learner info to Fasset
• 10 learners per employer, Entry and Exit grant
• Grant depends on length of programme, tariff scheme to be applied
• Grant due on 1 March 2012
SCG 2011• Strategic Cash Grant
• Expenses to a maximum value of 20% of SDL
• White women acceptable for certain criteria
• MS Excel format required and subject to capping
• Schedule of tariffs must be applied
• 4 criteria: learnerships, academic and professional study, quality-assured workplace experience and workplace experience for unemployed learners from a tertiary education institution
SMME Grant 2011
Size Amount
1 – 5 R 11,000
6 – 10 R 22,000
11 – 15 R 33,000
16 – 20 R 44,000
21 – 25 R 55,000
26 – 30 R 66,000
31 – 35 R 77,000
36 – 40 R 88,000
41 – 45 R 99,000
45 – 49 R 110,000
• Amount will be limited to R11,000 per five employees
• Forms employing fewer than 50 people
• White women acceptable for senior courses
• No learnerships, structured courses only. No short courses
• Currently undersubscribed
AMG 2010• Assessor and Moderator Grant
• Reimburse cost of training
• Assessor / moderator to register against Fasset qualification
• Assessor requires approval of registration (from the relevant professional body or Seta)
• Applicable to all population groups
Lifelong Learning
Recruitment and Selection July 2011
Labour Law Update August 2011
Companies Act Sep 2011
Performance Management October 2011
Influencing & Negotiating Skills February 2012
Budget and Tax Update 2012 March 2012
Attendance certificates are available for download from Fasset website
Timetable subject to change
Development Projects• To address the shortage of professionals in Fasset sector
• Training of learners in workplace readiness skills – including soft skills and technical financial skills
• Learners are black and/or disabled, and once employed by the company may be put forward for a Learnership Cash Grant (LCG)
• 70% placement minimum requirement
• Funded by Fasset with unclaimed levy money
Development Projects
Making Best Practise Count Awards 2011
• Distinguishing organisations that promote training and development in Fasset sector
• Deadline is 1 August 2011
• Categories:
Best Practice in a large employer
Best Practice in a medium employer
Best Practice in a small employer
Best Practice in a registered non-levy payer employer
Thank You
For more information please contact the
Fasset Call Centre
on 086 101 0001
or visit www.fasset.org.za
Andre O’Callaghan
Andre has over 20 years experience as a senior HR professional in a variety of industries. His roles in corporate environments include that of HR Director, HR Executive, Manager: Strategy and Remuneration, Training Manager and Head: Training and Personnel Services. Currently he is an independent consultant, and clients include: Financial Portfolio Managers (FPM), AngloGold Ashanti, Debswana Diamond Company, Anglo American (Corporate), Barclay’s Africa, LG Electronics SA and Nedcor. His consulting includes working in Mauritius, Kenya, Ghana, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa.
Andre has facilitated various Fasset workshops in the past: Organisational Values, Emotional Intelligence, Latest Trends in Recruitment and Selection, Talent Management, Performance Management and Building and Maintaining a Team. Andre completed an Honours Degree in Counseling Psychology and an Honours Degree in Education. He is also a qualified and registered Psychometrist.