INFORMATlON SERVICES: RESEARCH

 

SECTOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING AUTHORITIES

(SETAs)

Introduction

This brief provides background information on SETAs. The following areas are covered: the role and nature of SETAs; a list of all 25 SETAs; their specific areas of operation and objectives; and issues of interest that the Portfolio Committee may focus on as part of its oversight function during public hearings.

What are SETAs?

The Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) are established to manage the many skills development and training needs that exist in South Africa. SETAs can play a critical role in contributing to bringing and raising of skills to the employed, or those seeking employment, in their sector. The members of a SETA include employers, trade unions, professional bodies, Government departments and bargaining councils where relevant, from each industrial sector. Each SETA has to ensure that training is done according to agreed standards, within a national framework (e.g. the National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS)) and wherever it is provided it is subject to agreed

standards, and where appropriate is compared to the best international standards.

SETAs are established in terms of the Skills Development Act, Act 97 of 1998. The functions and responsibilities of SETAs are set out in Chapter 3, section 10 of the Skills Development Act, Act 9 of 1999. These functions and duties include:

• Development of sector skills plan

• Registration and administration of Learnerships

• Support of the implementation of the National Qualifications Framework

• Undertaking quality control

• Disbursement of levies collected from employers in their sector

• Reporting to the Minister of Labour and to the South African Qualifications Authority

SETAs and their Specific Economic Sectors

There are 25 SETAs and they are classified according to economic sectors.

They are:

1. Financial and Accounting Services (FASSET)

FASSET is the Seta for Finance, Accounting, Management Consulting and other Financial Services. FASSET covers the following sub-sector services:

• Accounting services

• Asset portfolio management

Auditing

• Business and management consulting

• Departments of State Expenditure and Finance

• Development Corporations

• Financial management

• Investment entities and trusts

• Company secretarial services

• South African Revenue Services

• Stock brokers, Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the Bond Exchange and

Futures Exchange

• Taxation services

2. Banking Sector SETA {BANKSETA)

The mission of BANKSETA is to promote and give effect to legislation by establishing an education, training and development framework to enable

Learnerships are intended to address the gap between current education and training provision and the needs of the labour market and are often seen as the crux of skills upliftment in terms of the Skills Development Act. Learnerships seek to address the following labour market issues:

• the decline in levels of employment in South Africa

• the unequal distribution of income

• unequal access to education and training, and employment opportunities

• the effects of race, gender and geographical location on advancement

• the skills shortage amongst the labour force

stakeholders to advance the national and global position of the banking sector. t covers the following sector services:

• Central Banking

• Discount houses, commercial and other banking

• Building Societies

• Financial mediation

• Lease financing

• Securities dealing

• Activities ancillary to financial mediation

3. Chemical Industries SETA (CHIETA)

The Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority (CHIETA) is a statutory body established by the Skills Development Act (1998), through the Department of Labour. The mission of CHIETA is to establish and maintain a system to deliver world-class education & training for the Chemical Industries Sector. CHIETA covers the following sub-sector services:

• Chemical related consumer goods: including manufacture of soap, synthetic detergents, shampoos and shaving products, cleansers, washing and scouring powders and cleaning preparations, domestic air fresheners and pesticides, disinfectants, fragrances, cosmetics, deodorants, lotions, hair-dressings, and toiletry preparations.

• Glass: manufacture, smelting, decorating, distribution, conversion and storage of glass products and the extraction, processing and distribution of industrial minerals and other non-metallic mineral products used in the manufacture of glass

• Manufacture of vitreous and semi-vitreous china and pottery, including table and kitchen ware; plumbing and bathroom fittings; art, ornamental and industrial pottery and other miscellaneous pottery

• Manufacture and distribution of organic and inorganic chemicals

• Manufacture and marketing of explosives

• Manufacture, formulation and distribution of fertilisers and related products

• Manufacture, sale and distribution of specialty chemicals

• Manufacture and distribution of surface coatings

• Acquisition, importation, manufacture, supply, distribution, storage and blending of finished or partly finished petroleum product

• Operations concerned with the exploration and testing for natural gas deposits

• Oil and gas well operations

4. Clothing, Textiles, Leather and Footwear SETA (CTFL)

To include enterprises engaged in the sorting, weighing, cataloguing, washing, cleaning, scouring, ginning, fibre-working, spinneret fibre production, blending, carding, combing, spinning, winding, twisting, warping, sizing, drawing-in, weaving, knitting, plaiting, braiding, preparation and dyeing.

bleaching, raising, finishing, textile printing and designing of natural and man-made fibres to produce.

5. Construction SETA (CETA)

The Construction Education and Training Authority (CETA) was established in April 2000 in terms of the Skills Development Act. Its primary objective is strategically to influence the course of training and skills development by ensuring that all training reflects current sectoral needs and requirements of the construction sector. CETA covers the following sub-sector services:

Bricklaying

Brick-making

• Building installation, services and completion

• Building/construction project management

• Built environment professionals

Carpentry

• Ceiling and partition erection

• Civil engineering

• Concreting and precast building and civil engineering project

• Conservation, restoration and refurbishment of buildings

• Construction of water supply, sewerage and storm water infrastructure

• Construction, maintenance and repair of roads, runways, bridges, tunnels and related structures

• Construction management and supervision

• Demolition of buildings and structures

• Excavations, earth moving and tunnelling

Fencing

• Floor covering

6. Diplomacy, Intelligence, Defence and Trade and Industry SETA (DIDTETA)

The DIDTETA oversees, monitors and initiates skills development in the broad areas of Diplomacy, Intelligence, Defence and Trade & Industry. DIDTETA covers the following sector services:

Organised Employer (Goverment Departments & Organisations)

• Department of Foreign Affairs

• National Intelligence Agency

• South African Secret Service

• Department of Defence

• Department of Trade & Industry

• ARMSCOR and other related organisations

• The Competition Commission

Organised Labour (Trade Unions)

• Armed Forces Union of South Africa

• Military Trade Union of South Africa

• National Education, Health & Allied Workers Union

• National Intelligence Agency Consultative Forum

• National Union of Public Services & Allied Workers

• Public and Allied Workers Union of South Africa

• Public Servants Association of South Africa

• South African National Defence Union

• South African Secret Service Consultative Forum

• South African Security Forces Union

7. Education, Training and Development Practices SETA (ETDP SETA)

• Public and private education and training providers

• Research institutes and organisations

• Examination and assessment bodies

• NGOs involved in education and training development

• Trade Union employees

• Political organisation employees

8. Energy SETA (ESETA)

• Generation of electrical energy

• Transmission of energy

• Distribution of energy

• Energy research and development

• Project management, maintenance and operation of electrical generation plants and systems

• Marketing and sales of energy

• Manufacture of gas

• Electrical contractors

• Renewable energy

9. Food and Beverages Manufacturing SETA {FOODBEV)

Manufacture of:

• Prepared and preserved meat

• Lard and other edible fats

• Canned, preserved and processed fish, crustaceans and other similar food

• Dairy products, including milk processing, butter and cheese, ice cream and other edible creams and milk powders

• Bakery products

• Chocolate and sugar confectionery

• Macaroni, noodles, couscous and other farinaceous products

• Canned.yeast, egg products and soups preserved, processed and dehydrated fruit and vegetables, including fruit pulp and juice extracts

• Food products including tea, coffee, nut foods, spices, condiments and vinegar.

10. Forestry, Furniture, Pulp & Paper Board, and Wood Products SETA (FIETA)

• Forestry and related services

• Logging and related services

• Saw milling and planing of wood

• Manufacture of veneer sheets, plywood, laminboard, particle board and other panels and boards

• Manufacturers of builders carpentry and joinery

• Manufacture of wooden containers

• Manufacture of other wooden products

• Manufacture of pulp, paper and board

• Manufacture of bedding, mattresses, curtaining and blinds

11. Health and Welfare SETA (HWSETA)

HWSETA comprises of five stakeholders viz. public and private employers, organised labour, statutory councils and the NGO sector. HWSETA is in general a sector that has a high level of skills due to the high professionalisation of its workers who meet international standards. HWSETA's main role is therefore to bridge the gap for essential skills in Health Care and Social Development. HWSETA covers the following sector services:

• Hospital services in the public and private sectors including clinics

• Medical and dental activities and services

• Nursing services

• Paramedical services

• Blood transfusion services

• Pharmacy services

• Allied health services

• Environmental Health risks management including occupational hygiene services

• Social developmental activities

12. Information Systems (IT), Electronics and Telecommunication Technologies SETA (ISETT)

Business system development

• IT system design

• IT project management

• IT total business solutions

• IT outsourcing services

• IT support services

• IT call centres

Electronics

• Electronic components

• Consumer electronics

• Computer hardware

• Defence electronics

• Medical electronics

• Office/business electronics

• Power electronics

• Process control and automation

• Security systems

• Test and measurement instruments

• Product development

• Services, manufacturing and assembly

Telecommunications

• Access networks

• Transmission media

• Signal distribution

• Project management

• Business services

• Outsourcing services

• Support services (including installation and commissioning)

13. Insurance SETA (INSETA)

• Insurance and pension funding (excluding compulsory social security)

• Life insurance

• Pension funds

• Medical aid funding

• Trust companies

• Funeral insurance

Intermediaries

Re-insurance

14. Local Government, Water and Related Services SETA (LGWSETA)

Air and pollution regulation.

• Building regulations.

• Management of child car facilities.

• Electricity and gas reticulation.

• Fire lighting services.

• Community health clinics and services.

• Water and sanitation services.

Sewerage.

• Town planning and land use management.

• Public transport services.

• Traffic licensing and traffic management and parking.

• Traffic management and traffic law enforcement.

• Municipal law enforcement.

• Metro police.

• Ambulance services.

• Marine safety.

• Rates, taxes and financial administration.

• Municipal markets.

• Promotion of local tourism.

• Disaster management.

• Municipal planning.

• Municipal airports.

• Parks and gardens.

• Local economic development.

• Storm water management in built up areas.

• Road maintenance and repair.

• Refuse collection and disposal and solid waste disposal.

• The maintenance and management of cemeteries, parks. and gardens, markets, sporting facilities, libraries, amenities, zoos, abattoirs, municipal airports and beaches.

• Control of liquor and food selling to the public.

• Waste management.

• Maintenance and management water supply services.

15. Media, Publishing, Printing and Packaging (MAPPP)

MAPPP-SETA covers the following sector services:

• Motion picture and video production and distribution

• Radio and television production

Publishing

• Printing and packaging

16. Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA)

Underground mining

Thin tabular operations

• Thick tabular operations

• Massive mining operations

• Coal and ignite operations

• Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas

Surface mining

• Quarrying/dimension stone operations

• Open cast/strip mining operations

• Open pit operations

• Alluvial operations

• Marine mining operations

• Coastal mining operations

Downstream mineral beneficiation

Extraction and evaporation salts

• Manufacture of cement

• Manufacture of jewellery

• Cutting and polishing of precious and non-precious minerals

17. Metal Engineering, Plastics, Motor Retail, Auto Manufactures and New Tyre and Rubber SETA (MERSETA)

Retail motor industry and component manufacture

Manufacture and supply of components, parts and accessories for motor vehicles

• Activities of specialised automotive engineering workshops working primarily for the motor trade

• Panel-beating and spray painting of automotive bodies

• Sale (new and second hand), maintenance and repair of cars, motorcycles, light, medium and heavy commercial vehicles, tractors and irrigation equipment

• Retail trade in automotive fuel

• Retreading and rebuilding of tyres

Auto manufacture, tyre and rubber

• Manufacture and assembly of motor vehicles

• Manufacture of rubber products, principally tyres and tubes

Metal and Engineering

Manufacture of:

• Basic metals

• Basic precious and non-ferrous metals

• Fabricated metal products

• Structural metal products

• Tanks, reservoirs and steam generators

• Cutlery, hand tools and general hardware

• Metal containers, cables, wire products, springs and metal fasteners

• Engines and turbines

• Pumps, compressors, taps and valves

• Machinery for mining, quarrying and construction

• Machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing

• Machine tools

• Machinery for metallurgy

Radiators

Air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment, and its design and installation

Railway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock

Machinery for textile, clothing and leather goods production

Weapons and ammunition

Plastics

• Injection moulding

• Blow moulding

Extrusion

Calendaring

• Rotational moulding

• Dip coating

• Compression moulding

• Cast moulding

• Powder coating

Compounding

Laminating

• Filament winding

Thermoforming

Foaming

• Contact moulding

18. Police, Justice, Security and Correctional Services SETA (POSLECSETA)

POSLECSETA's mandate is to facilitate and promote skills development across the South African economy to elevate the country's competitiveness and productivity and to redress the education inequalities of the past. Poslec SETA'S scope spans:

• Policing - South African Police Service (SAPS), Independent Complaints Directorate (IDC), Secretariat for Safety and Security and the Scorpion.

• Private security services - all private security companies, companies providing personal protection and intruder detection companies.

• Legal practice - advocates, attorneys, paralegals, intellectual property practitioners and commercial legal advisers.

• Justice - judicial officers, Department of Justice, sheriffs, registrars/masters, interpreters and public defenders.

• Correctional services - Department of Correctional Services, private prisons and detention centres (private and public).

19. Primary Agriculture SETA (PAETA)

• Growing of fruits, nuts and spice crops

• Growing of cereals and other crops

• Growing of vegetables, horticulture and nurseries

• Farming of cattle, sheep, goats, horses etc., dairy farming

• Mixed farming

• Agricultural and animal husbandry

• Growing of trees

• Growing of fruit, nuts, beverage and spice crops

• Fishing, operation offish hatcheries and fish farms

20. Public Sector SETA (PSETA)

PSETA represents national and provincial departments that perform core public service administrative functions.

21. SETA for Secondary Agriculture (SETASA)

SETASA covers the following sub-sectors:

• Farming inputs for primary agriculture production such as supply of agriculture equipment, fertiliser, chemicals, pesticides, tools and seeds.

• Manufacture of prepared animal feeds.

• Manufacture, import and distribution of prepared pet foods.

• Intensive production, slaughtering, deboning and packaging of meat and livestock products.

• Breeding, slaughtering and packaging of poultry

• Keeping hens to produce eggs and their packaging

• Processing of wool

• Storage and handling of grain

• Sugar milling and sugar refining

• Tobacco processing

• Coffee and tea production, processing and marketing

• Pest and pest control.

22. Services SETA (SSETA)

Sector Education and Training Authorities have been established to ensure that the skill needs for every sector of the South African economy are identified and that training is available to provide for these skill needs. It covers the following sector services:

• Postal and courier services

• Real estate

• Rental services

• Market research and polling

Marketing

Advertising

• Labour recruitment

• Cleaning services

• Other business support services

23. Tourism and Hospitality SETA (THETA)

THETA's mission is to facilitate the achievement of excellent standards and growth through the development and recognition of people. It covers the following sector services:

• Hotels and restaurants

• Provision of short-stay accommodation

• Restaurants, bars, canteens and other catering services

• Travel agencies and related activities

• Destination Management

• Motor car rental services

• Conservation, game parks and zoological establishments

24. Transport SETA (TETA)

TETA covers the following sector services:

Railways

• Urban, sub-urban and inter-urban bus and coach services

• School transport

Taxis

• Freight transport by road

• Coastal shipping

• Ocean shipping

• Cargo handling

• Storage and warehousing

• Air transport

• Other transport services

• Civil Aviation

25. Wholesale and Retail SETA (W&RSETA)

W&RSETA's mission is to contribute to the social and economic development and growth of the country by enabling education and training of the highest quality in the Wholesale and Retail sector, to the benefit of employers, employees and learners. It covers the following sub-sector service areas:

Wholesale trade in:

• Agricultural raw materials, livestock, food, beverages and tobacco

• household goods

• non-agricultural intermediate products, waste and scrap

• metal ores

• construction materials

• machinery, equipment and supplies

Retail trade in:

• food, beverages and tobacco

• new goods in specialised stores, e.g. chemists, clothes shops

• second hand goods in stores

» outlets other than stores, e.g. mail order

• repair of personal and household goods

ISSUES:

Performance and delivery:

Are SETAs performing and delivering on their core functions of skills facilitation? What type of challenges and problems have been identified during the previous financial year? How have these been resolved?

Monitoring and Evaluation:

What forms of intervention steps or measures are available to the Department to assist those SETAs that are underperforming? How many SETAs are currently being monitored for under-performance?

Corruption:

To date, how has corruption affected the performance and delivery of SETAs?

Funding:

Where there has been underspending of the skills levy, what is done to ensure monies are disbursed appropriately?

What problems have SETAs experienced with regards to accessing and/or in the disbursement of funds?

Capacity Building:

Do many SETAs have appropriate capacity to manage and carry out their mandates?

Where there is lack of requisite capacity, such as understanding and managing the public finance system, how has this been addressed?

How do SETAs contribute to BEE in their own sectors? Is there cooperation between different SETAs?

Do SETAs work in partnerships with SMMEs?

Targets and Outputs:

Are SETAs meeting set equity targets?

How many have benefited from the leamership programmes in each SETA and its specific sub-sector?

SOURCES:

Legislation:

Skills Development Act, 97 of 1998.

Skills Development Levies Act, 9 of 1999.

Websites:

Sunday Times, "Cleaning up their Act",

www.suntimes.co.za/2004/05/09/business/surveys/survey01.asp

Financial and Accounting Services SETA

www.fasset.org.za

Banking SETA

www.bankseta.org.za

Chemical Industries SETA

www.chieta.org.za

Construction SETA

www.ceta.org.za

Diplomacy, Intelligence, Defence and Trade & Industry SETA

www. didteta. co. rq

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Forest Industries SETA

www.fieta.org.za

Health and Welfare SETA

www.hwseta.org.za

Information Systems, Electronics and Telecommunications SETA

www.isett.org.za

Department of Labour

www.labour.gov.za

Media, Advertising, Publishing, Printing, and Packaging SETA

www.mappp-seta.co.za

Police, Private Security, Legal and Correctional Services SETA

www.poslecseta.org.za

Secondary Agriculture SETA

www.setasa.co.za

Services SETA

www.serviceseta.org.za

Tourism and Hospitality SETA

www.theta.org.za

Wholesale and Retail SETA

www.wrseta.org.za