All About Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs)

Read or download labour legislation published as Acts and Amendments to the Acts

• Skills Development Act

  Aims to develop and improve the skills of the South African workforce.

• Skills Development Levies Act

  Prescribes how employers should contribute to the National Skills Fund.

Plain English summaries of key topics within labour legislation

• Basic Guide to Learnership Agreements
  Under the Skills Development Act, an agreement must be signed by the learner (a type of apprentice), employer and training provider
• Basic Guide to Learnership Contracts
  The Skills Development Act requires all new learners to sign an employment contract with their employer
• Basic Guide to Learnership Disputes
  The Skills Development Act provides procedures for resolving disputes about learnerships (a type of apprenticeship)
• Basic Guide to Learnership Requirements
  The Skills Development Act allows Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) to start learnerships only if certain conditions are met
• Basic Guide to Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs)
  Sector Education and Training Authorities are required to work out and implement sector skills plans and promote learnerships. They are responsible for handing out funds.
• Basic Guide to Skills Development Levies
  The Skills Development Levies Act stipulates that all employers pay 1% of their workers' pay to the skills development levy.
• Basic Guide to Skills Programmes
  Basic Guide to Skills Programmes

Simple step-by step instructions for processes and procedures

• How to Find and Choose Unemployed Learners

  The Department of Labour provides a service to help employers find and choose unemployed learners, guided by the Skills Development Act

Download special reports, guides, and other useful information

• Human Resource Development Strategy
  
• Skills Strategy Implementation Report 2003
  
• State of Skills 2003