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MINUTES OF A MEETING

Title: ECAIF Skills Development Working Group

Date & Time: 11 February 2016, 10:00 – 11:25 Venue: SJM Flex SA, Cnr Haupt & Nicoll Street, Neave Industria, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Meeting Number:

SWG Meeting 04

Members Present (See Attendance Register attached):

Rajes Padayachie (SJM Flex SA) Anthony Funston – Federal-Mogul Motorparts Lynn- Mari Greeff – Kyle Business Projects (KBP)

Valda Bezuidenhout (Shatterprufe) Dr Anthony Albers – Kyle Business Projects (KBP) Dr Maik Winges – GIZ

Gerald Pietersen (Lumotech) Karla Vermaak – Kyle Business Projects (KBP)

Apologies:

Erik Hagedorn-Hansen – Hansens Engineering Jeandre Links – EBOR Automotive Systems Natasha Saphier – Lear Corporation

Madeleine Jordan – SP Metal Forgings Debbie Gouws – Eberspacher Geraldine Durrheim – First National Battery

Kate Turro - Shatterprufe Rowan von Benecke – Acoustex Peter Marriot – Eberspacher

Iwan Williams – MW Wheels SA Joanne Ashburner – Grupo Antolin Leon Stoltz – Lumotech

Alisa Nockfar - Shatterprufe Georgea Muller – MAHLE Behr Anadia Sawyer – Goodyear

Item Discussion Action / Resolution Responsible Person Timeframe

1. Opening Dr Albers opened the meeting, and welcomed all members present.

2. Apologies Apologies were recorded as noted above.

3. MERSETA Success Story: Ms Rajes Padayachie from SJM Flex gave a brief presentation on their success story on funding training through MERSETA. (See presentation attached.) Several important points were raised to remember:

Annual submission of the WSP – to claim back skills levy spend

Annual Training Plan is included in the WSP

Training Plan is then used to apply for discretionary grants

Skills are matched to grant application eg. Look at the training need and what would be funded by MERSETA.

Perfect time to call your respective CLO and ask guidance as to what can be claimed for when the discretionary grants window opens

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Discretionary Grant Application – 2 ways: March & August

Discretionary Grant Application Criteria:

List available from MERSETA: Pivitol Training, Apprenticeships, Skills programmes, Learnerships.

Use the service providers listed on MERSETA website.

MERSETA Future Plans:

MERSETA will continue as is until end 2018;

SETA changes have been gazette for public comment and timeframe/period for public comments closes on 29 February 2016.

MERSETA Landscape meeting taking place on 17 February 2016, to discuss with sector members the possible structure / operation of MERSEAT after 2018

Gerald will attend the landscaping meeting and give feedback to the group.

Feedback on landscaping meeting

Gerald Pietersen

29 February 2016

Common Training Program:

Lumotech and SJM Flex are accredited MERSETA training providers;

Members agreed it is a good idea to have a common training program offered at Lumotech (Uitenhage) and SJM Flex (Port Elizabeth) and collectively apply for funding from MERSETA;

Rajes and Gerald will meet to select specific unit standards from MERSETA training program and send it to KBP;

KBP will circulate list with selected unit standards to other members, to obtain interest in participating;

Participating members will identify staff for the training (need to be able to release them in work time / configure for payment of stipend for weekend training;

Funding calls open in short windows 2x per annum - next window closes 31 March 2016, second round in October;

Send list of unit standards to KBP Circulate list of unit standards List of interested companies

Rajes & Gerald KBP KBP

19 February 2016 23 February 2016 29 February 2016

4. ECAIF Network Skills Pool

Members agreed that it would be beneficial to have a network/database/bulletin board to facilitate the pool of resources with details of individuals who had been trained within the sector either in-house by members or through MERSETA programs. Initial implementation through an online bulletin board on the ECAIF website, with

Implement the

KBP

26 February 2016

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the possible later expansion into a database, possibly through the CDC Database.

online bulletin-board; Investigate possibilities of CDC database;

KBP

26 February 2016

5. Review of Previous Minutes

Following the previous Skills Development WG meeting, KBP met with CDC and Harambee to discuss possible collaboration with regards to screening of suitable candidates for training (unemployed), and the ECAIF Network Skills Pool.

The Mercedes Benz Training Academy in East London could potentially be a host for common training in East London in the future.

6. General Discussion Mr Funston referred to his previous experience in East London - a network of 5/6 companies combined to pay for individuals to do a 2 year training program, based on the Master Artisan Academy. The program had shown good results, and could be used as a basis for common training. Candidates within the training / who have completed could also be captured within the skills pool.

All members present said they would be able to host a meeting in the future.

Members want time-frames set with clear objectives to measure progress of the working group.

Refer Leigh Briggs for current status Establish venue pool

KBP KBP

26 February 2016 26 February 2016

7. Next Meeting Thursday 10 March 2016 at 10:00. Venue to be confirmed.

8. Closing The Forum extended its thanks to Rajes Padayachie and SJM Flex for hosting the meeting. The meeting closed at 11:25.

Attachments 1. Attendance register 2. SJM Flex presentation

Overview of Merseta Funding 1. Annual submission of the WSP – to claim back skills levy

spend 2. Annual Training Plan is included in the WSP 3. Training Plan is then used to apply for discretionary grants 4. Skills is matched to grant application eg. Look at the training

need and what would be funded by Merseta. 5. Perfect time to call your respective CLO and ask guidance as

to what can be claimed for when the discretionary grants window opens

6. Discretionary Grant Application – 2 ways: March & August 4. Discretionary Grant Application Criteria: 5. List available from Merseta: Pivitol Training, Apprenticeships,

Skills programmes, Learnerships see attached. 6. Use the service providers listed on Merseta website.

Discretionary Grant Programmes Number of Learners Value (R)

1. Apprentices 2

1. Experiential Training

1. Internship

1. HIV & AIDS

1. NQF Level 2 – 4 ending in trade test

1. Skills programmes 26

1. Apprenticeship Class of 2015

1. RPL (trade related) ending in a trade

test

1. RPL

1. Learnerships

a. NQF Level 1

a. NQF Level 2 1

a. NQF Level 3

a. NQF Level 4 and higher

1. Public FET Graduate Placement

1. Bursaries 1

1. TOTAL 30

Original Grant Application for March 2016

Discretionary Grant Programmes Number of Learners Value (R)

1. Apprentices

1. Experiential Training

1. Internship

1. HIV & AIDS

1. NQF Level 2 – 4 ending in trade test

1. Skills programmes 2

1. Apprenticeship Class of 2015

1. RPL (trade related) ending in a trade

test

1. RPL

1. Learnerships

a. NQF Level 1

a. NQF Level 2 8

a. NQF Level 3

a. NQF Level 4 and higher

1. Public FET Graduate Placement

1. Bursaries

1. TOTAL 10

What was approved for 2016 year on March Grant Application

NB: This excludes the monthly skills levy claim