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Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)

Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)

The College of Cape Town for TVET is the oldest Technical and Vocational Education and Training Institution in South Africa with a proud history dating back to the beginning of the 20th century. Four former technical colleges, Athlone College, Cape College, Sivuyile College and Western Province Technical College were officially merged on 1 February 2002 to become the College of Cape Town. This arose from a rationalisation in TVET Colleges in which some 150 colleges around the country were reduced to about 50. The College of Cape Town for TVET is a public TVET College which falls under the auspices of the Department of Higher Education and Training. The College mandate is to provide inclusive quality vocational education and training responsive to the labour market. The College has eight delivery sites or campuses that service students mostly situated in the central area of the Cape Peninsula, and serves the greater Cape Town Metropolitan region, including a large percentage of the previously disadvantaged areas and townships (rural and peri-urban areas). All campuses, including the Central Office, are based in the Central Metropole region of Cape Town and are located within an approximate 20km radius. The Central Office is located in Kent Street, Salt River. All campuses are accessible by public transport - bus, My-Citi bus, Metrorail and taxi. Although the majority of the students hail from the greater Cape Town metropolitan region, students from other regions of South Africa, Namibia and African countries and many countries abroad, are accepted. Courses offered lead to recognised accredited qualifications that are in high demand by commerce and industry. The College offers an extensive range of programmes, including National Certificate Vocational (NCV) on Levels 2 to 4, NATED Report 191 on N4 to N6, National N Diploma, Occupational Qualifications on Level 1 to 5, Short Skills and other Skills Programmes, Learnerships, Artisan Related Learning Programmes (ARLP) and Trade Testing. The College also offers Higher Education programmes in partnership with the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), a Higher Certificate in Information Communication Technology. The College strives to provide high-quality education and training to equip learners with the qualifications and skills needed to start on a chosen career path. There are various support services offered to students including academic support, work-integrated learning, health and wellness services, sport and recreation. It is the vision of the College of Cape Town to be the preferred provider of Education and Training. Its mission is to be an institution of excellence that develops the potential of clients through quality education and training in response to the skills development needs of the country. Its values are: respect for the diversity of others; honesty in our dealings and services; transparency in our operations; caring for people; teamwork; commitment towards excellence and quality; empowerment through the development and growth of people to reach their full potential; and embracing change.

Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)

Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)

Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)

Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)

To bring about more effective co-ordination of capacity building and skills development initiatives between governments departments, local government, water agencies and stakeholders and to create syn...

AgriSETA's vision is to enable a skilled, transformed and prosperous agricultural sector. Its mission is to increase access to relevant skills that are impact-driven through strategic partnerships and credible research, leading to inclusive economic growth. AgriSETA creates and promotes opportunities for social, economic and employment growth for agri-enterprises through relevant, quality and accessible education, training and development in both primary and secondary agriculture, in conjunction with other stakeholders in agriculture. The entity's scope covers the agricultural sector, from input services and activities on farms to first level processing activities on farms. In terms of the Skills Development Act, AgriSETA is responsible for the skills development of the agricultural workforce, employed and unemployed. AgriSETA facilitates the implementation of learning through learnerships, skills programmes, adult education and training, and tertiary studies or in-service training by allocating grants and bursaries. It also supports apprentices, interns and mentorships. To ensure the quality provision of education and training, the entity is also responsible for accrediting sector-specific training providers and for monitoring the standard of training presented.

The mission of the Banking Sector Education and Training Authority (BANKSETA) is to support transformation and people development through partnerships, and to enable stakeholders to advance the national and global position of the broader banking and microfinance industry. BANKSETA's guiding principles are to: leverage skills levy funds for the strategic benefit of the banking and microfinance sector; provide quality-assured, world-class skills training services at the lowest cost; deploy leading-edge technology; judiciously carry out the National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS) mandate; maintain status as a preferred human resource development partner in banking and microfinance; and exceed customer expectations. Its mandate is to: encourage employers in its sector to develop an active learning environment in the workplace; provide employees with opportunities to acquire new skills / progress their careers; increase levels of investment in workplace education and training; and promote transformation as guided by the NSDS equity targets of 85% black, 54% female and 4% disabled.

The mission of the Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority (CHIETA) is to contribute to sustainable development through facilitating the provision of skills for growth in the chemical industries sector. The Authority's strategic objectives are to: establish a credible institutional mechanism for skills planning; increase access to occupationally directed programmes; promote growth of a public Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college system that is responsive to sector, local, regional and national skills needs and priorities; address the low level of language and numeracy skills to provide access to additional training; encourage better use of workplace-based skills development; encourage and support cooperatives, small enterprises, worker initiated Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and community training initiatives; increase public sector capacity for improved service delivery and support and build a developmental state; build career and vocational guidance; address the medium-term strategic priorities of the government; and continuously focus on defining and quality assurance of optimised business processes, knowledge management systems, and organisational architecture frameworks in support of the professional and confident discharge of its legislative mandate.

The mission of the Construction Education and Training Authority (CETA) is to create a solid skills base as a foundation for infrastructural development and economic empowerment. The CETA initiates skills projects and learnerships aimed at improving and developing South Africa's human resources, including a construction workforce whose skills are recognised and valued in terms of the National Qualifications Frameworks (NQF). The CETA is accredited as an Education and Training Quality Assurance (ETQA) body by the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA) on behalf of the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO). The ETQA status authorises the CETA to accredit and monitor both training and training providers. To facilitate the provision of training, the CETA uses discretionary money at its disposal to fund projects that aim to achieve its qualitative and quantitative obligations in terms of the National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS).

The Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Sector Education and Training Authority (CATHSSETA) was established under the Skills Development Act 97 of 1998 (the Skills Act) for the tourism, hospitality and sports economic sector. CATHSSETA's main function is to contribute to the raising of skills - to bring skills to the employed, or those wanting to be employed, in their sector. They achieve this by ensuring that people learn skills that are needed by employers and communities. There is no value in training people if they cannot use the skills they have learnt. Training and skills development is not just for young people starting out in the working world, though it is important for them, it is also there to enhance the skills of people who are already employed.

The vision of the ETDP SETA is to be a promoter and facilitator in the development and improvement of the skills profile of the sector's workforce in order to benefit employers, workers and employees in the sector in the following ways: skill levels of employees and workers are raised; a healthy balance between supply and demand in the labour market; diverse, flexible routes for initial and in-service education and training; a variety of career paths are available; quality of education and training provision is improved; levy grant scheme is efficiently administered; regular liaison with providers, other SETAs, the Department of Labour, the Department of Education, the National Skills Authority (NSA), and the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) and its structures; internal and external communication is effective in order to advance national human resource and skills development; dialogue and interaction between public and private entities in the sector with regard to skills transfer and training delivery is encouraged; employers, workers and employees in the sector benefit from quality training, higher productivity and harmonious mutual dependencies.

The mission of the Energy and Water Sector Education and Training Authority (EWSETA) is: comprehensive research and a sound understanding of the skills demand and supply forces in its sector; coordinating, facilitating and providing quality assurance for sector relevant skills development programmes for its stakeholders, aligned with stated national skills development priorities; and establishing a sector skills pipeline with a positive impact on government's economic growth policies, employment creation and the eradication of poverty. EWSETA's responsibility is to manage skills development through strategic sector skills planning within the framework of the National Skills Development Strategy III. This includes developing a sector skills plan and implementing the sector skills plan by: establishing learning programmes; approving Workplace Skills Plans and the Annual Training Report; allocating grants to employers, education and training, providers, and workers; monitoring education and training in the sector; registering learning programme agreements; and promoting learnerships and other training programmes. The role of EWSETA also includes facilitating the creation of learnerships with employers in the sector via the following: finding workplaces where learners can do practical work; supporting people who create learning material; helping to wrap up learnership agreements; and registering learnership agreements.