About Learnerships
A learnership is a structured, occupationally based learning programme, similar in nature to an apprenticeship, that leads to a recognised qualification on the South African National Qualifications Framework (NQF) - link to http://www.saqa.org.za
The SETA must promote learnerships by: • finding workplaces where learners can do practical work;
• supporting people who create learning material;
• helping to wrap up learnership agreements;
• registering learnership agreements. Based on Legislation in Section 10 of the Skills Development Act
Every learnership has a structured theoretical component and a practical work experience component and its content and duration is prescribed in the form of unit standards.
A unit standard is an outline of the competencies that a learner must be able to demonstrate in a specific field of learning. All unit standards are registered by the South African Qualifications Authority. There are three parties to a learnership: • A learner;
• An employer; and
• An education, training and development service provider. This relationship is regulated by a learnership agreement that must be signed by all three parties involved. Once concluded, learnership agreements are registered by the SETA with which the employer is registered.
Usually a learnership has the following characteristics/features: • Includes three componenets i.e Fundamental, Core and Elective
• Represents a planned and appropriate intervention structured according to a qualification
• Includes learning geared towards both the critical-cross field outcomes as well as the learning area outcomes
• Provides learners with the opportunities to achieve applied competencies and a basis for further learning Addresses the transformative agenda encapsulated in the SDA, LRA, BCEA, EEA, SAQA Act and SDLA • Ensures that between 30% and 70% of the required credits are achieved through successful workplace performance
• Specifies exit level outcomes
• Explicitly specifies the nature of the tasks/functions to which the learner is to be exposed and
• Specifies the notion learning hours for each task. Learnerships are important because: • the emphasis of the programme is on its outcomes
• the success of this programme is whether the learner can practically use the skills he/she has been exposed to
• it combines both theory and practice
• a learner is continually assessed during the programme
• they will help meet the skills shortages identified and
• they lead to a nationally recognized qualification To engage in a learnership, the learner must be employed by an employer who is capable of providing the required practical experience. He or she may be an existing employee of the employer, or may be employed for the purpose and duration of the learnership. For learners in the latter category, the terms and conditions of employment are specified in the sectoral determination.
Should an employer not be able to fulfil all the practical experience requirements, one or more additional employers may be contracted to supplement this. SASSETA assesses the suitability of every workplace before a learnership is launched.
A provider who is accredited by the SETA to deliver the learning content required by the learnership will provide structured theoretical learning SASSETA learnerships • Shortlisted Companies GS (to be updated yearly) Registered and Active Learnerships • Candidate Attorney Learnership NQF7
• Corrections Science Learnership NQF4
• Corrections Science Learnership NQF5
• General Security Officers NQF 3
• Electronic Security Technician Certificate NQF4
• Law Enforcement Sheriffing NQF5
• National Certificate in Law Enforcement Sheriffing NQF5
• Electronic Security Technician Diploma NQF5
• Court Services Management Learnership NQF5
• National Certificate: Aircraft Radiotrician NQF5
• National Certificate: Aircraft Electrician NQF5
• National Certificate: Aircraft Instruments Worker NQF5
• National Certificate: Aircraft Structures Worker NQF5
• National Certificate: Aircraft Mechanic NQF5
• National Certificate: Statutory Intelligence NQF5 Qualifications in the registration phase as learnerships with the Department of Labour • National Certificate: Paralegal Practice NQF5
• National Certificate: Resolving of Crime NQF5
• National Diploma: Paralegal Practice NQF5
• National Diploma: South African Special Forces Operations NQF5
• National Diploma in Statutory Intelligence: Collection NQF6
• National Diploma in Statutory Practice: Counterintelligence NQF6
• National Diploma in Statutory Practice: Analysis NQF6 Unit standards and Qualifications are also in development for learnerships • Family Law learnership NQF5
• Treatment of Young Offenders NQF5
• Court Interpreting NQF5
• Forensic Science NQF5 Page Created: Friday, October 17, 2008
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