ANNEXURE A

Please note: the forms to be completed for claiming Grants B and C will be sent to the employer when he/she has nominated a Skills Development Facilitator. The tables in Annexures B and C are an indication of the type of information that may be required. The information required will be finalised after consultation with each SETA.

GUIDELINE: GRANT "A"

2.1 To encourage each employer to identify a person who will be responsible for the development and planning of the firm's skills development strategy

2.2 To enable the SETA to maintain a register of firm- level contacts with whom it can liaise

2.3 To provide a mechanism through which Grant A allocations can be released from SETAs to individual organisations.

3. General:

3.1 Compliance with the requirement set for Grant A below will enable a firm to access a grant of 15% of levy paid.

3.2 Compliance with the requirements set for Grant A below serve as a prerequisite for access to other Grants.

3.3 Employers with less than 50 employees or having a sales turnover as defined in the Employment Equity Act, 1998 Section 1(b), may jointly appoint a Skills Development Facilitator to handle all skills development activities required by the employees in order to access Grant A.

3.4 The Skills Development Facilitators will serve as a resource with regard to criteria required for accreditation, skills programmes and learnership development and such matters as may be required by an employer for skills development as envisaged by the Skills Development Act.

4. Criteria

Compliance with the following criteria for grant recovery will enable the employer to recover a grant of 15% of the levy paid by that employer.

4.1 An employer must have nominated a Skills Development Facilitator who complies with the requirements listed below and submit his/her particulars to the relevant Sector Education and Training Authority.

4.2 The Skills Development Facilitator will serve as the contact person between the Company and the relevant Sector Education and Training Authority.

4.3 The Skills Development Facilitator must be registered and approved by the SETA by l 5 May 2000 to meet the skill development requirements of the employer and employees concerned. Skills Development Facilitators should be formally qualified within three years and should, in the interim, conform to forthcoming guidelines regarding appropriate skills and qualifications.

5. Who can serve as a Skills Development Facilitator?

5.l An employer must have nominated a Skills Development Facilitator, who is:

• An employee or
• A formally contracted, external person
• A person who is jointly employed by this employer and a number of other employers to assess the skills development needs of the group of employers and the employees concerned.

5.2 Any employer or his/her designated representative in the employ of the Company.

5.3 In addition, a Skills Development Facilitator shall be competent to perform the functions listed below.

6. Functions to be performed by the Skills Development Facilitator:
It will be expected of the Skills Development Facilitator to perform the following functions:

6.1 To assist the employer and employees in the development of a Workplace Skills Plan which complies with the requirements set out in Annexure B.

6.2 To submit the Workplace Skills Plan to the relevant Sector Education and Training Authority.

6.3 To advise the employer on the implementation of the Workplace Skills Plan.

6.4 To assist the employer with the drafting of an Annual Training Report against the approved Workplace Skills Plan and which complies with the requirements set out in Annexure C.

6.5 To advise the employer on quality assurance requirements as set by the relevant Sector Education and Training Authority.

6.6 To serve as a contact person between the employer and the relevant Sector Education and Training Authority.

7. Establishment of a Training Committee:

Employers with more than 50 employees must establish an in-company forum for consultation with regard to skills development. Where a workplace is unionised, trade union/management structures shall fulfil this function. Accordingly, references to employer responsibilities outlined in Clauses 3, 4 and 5 above are intended to convey the meaning that these workplace consultative structures have been consulted in the appointment of a Skills development Facilitator.

ANNEXURE B

2. Purpose

1. To provide a mechanism against which Grant B can be released from Sector Education and Training Authorities to individual organisations.
2. To serve as a format for the collection of information by Sector Education and Training Authorities from individual organisations (Skills Development Act, 1998, Section 10(b)(ii)).

2. Address:

9. If submitted on behalf of one or more subsidiary establishments, please attach a list of names and addresses for the subsidiary(ies), including physical and post address.

12. Current skills profile:

B.1. NUMBER OF PERSONS IN EACH OCCUPATIONAL GROUP WHO RECEIVED TRAINING DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE 31/3/2000:

B.2. STRATEGIC SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES FOR THE LEVY GRANT YEAR 1/4/2000 - 31/3/2001 (see explanatory notes 3 - 5)

References

¹ If you are a public service organisation, indicate me the amount budgeted for training and skills development. Back

² Definitions and explanatory notes will be available via SETAs. Back

³ Definitions and explanatory notes will be available via SETAs. Back

⁴ An explanatory booklet, detailing SAQA fields, sub-fields and levels and their link to occupational classifications, will be available from your SETA or the National Skills Authority. Back