WSP and ATR & SSP

Planning plays a key role in the implementation of education, training and development initiatives. Hence the Workplace Skills Plan (WSP), which allows an organisation to identify areas where skills are needed and plan interventions to answer the needs.
WSPs provide SASSETA with the information it needs to compile a meaningful Sector Skills Plan. Once the organisation has submitted a duly completed WSP on time, a grant amounting to 50% of the levy will be paid to the organisation which includes amounts due for both the ATR and the WSP. This will ensure that organisations have funds that can be utilised for the implementation of training.
Towards the end of each financial year, every organisation that submitted a WSP is required to submit an Annual Training Report (ATR). This report reflects the education, training and development activities of the organisation that were implemented. If there are significant deviations highlighted in the ATR from what was specified in the WSP, an explanation for this may be required. Records of all education, training and development activities should be available to confirm the information in the report.

Please Note: If the organisation does not submit the ATR for any given year, they forfeit the 50% that would have been allocated upon the submission of the WSP for the following financial year and will have to wait for the next levy disbursement cycle. In other words if step 4 as depicted in the diagram is skipped, the organisation will have to wait for one complete Levy Disbursement Cycle to pass.

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HINT: To aid you in planning for workplace training carefully examine the steps that need to be taken in order to plan for training. This diagram will outline the Workplace Skills Planning Process in detail

Skills Development Facilitator (SDF):

Each organisation needs to register a Skills Development Facilitator or an SDF who is the champion for Skills Development within the organisation and who is also responsible for reporting on training interventions to the SETA.
Please note that when a company changes its SDF, it is required to have the information on our database amended. Should you wish to amend you SDF information, you may do so by completing the SDF Registration Form. Send it by fax to 011 805 6630 or by post.

Important Dates

Submission	Deadline
Annual training report (ATR)
Sumission of year 2009 - 2010	30 June
Workplace skills plan (WSP)
Submission of year 2010-2011:	30 June

 

NOTE: WSP submissions for 2009/20010 will only be considered if the ATR for 2008/2009 was submitted.

Useful links include the following:
Department of Labour:
http://www.labour.gov.za/
See also the following key information documents and Legislation:

• Skills Development Act (SDA): Act No. 97 of 1998 and Amended.
• Skills Development Levies Act Act No. 9 of 1997.
• Government Gazette 27240- Grant Regulations regarding monies received by a SETA and related matters.
• National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS) 2005-2010.
• SASSETA Sector Skills Plan (2005-2010).

OFO Codes
Sector Skills Plan (SSP)

The steps involved in compiling the SASSETA Sector Skills Plan (SSP) includes the following

• The consolidation and interpretation of WSP and ATR data, and reporting on the findings
• The analysis of the workforce of the sector
• The identification and interpretation of industry trends
• The appraisal of the education and training supply infrastructure available in the sector
• The identification and interpretation of human capital market trends
• Forecasting developments in the industry and anticipating skills needs
• Benchmarking industry training standards and practises
• Setting targets for skills provision
• The identification of Small Business Entrepreneurial Opportunities in the sector
• The identification of Scarce and Critical Skills in the sector
• The development of support strategies
• Reporting on sector activities to the skills development planning unit of the Department of Labour

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