Human Resource Development Strategy

Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Rural

Development and Land Reform

23 April 2013

Departmental HRD Strategy

PURPOSE:

The Departmental HRD Strategy aims to capacitate employees to acquire the requisite skills and competencies to carry out its mandate with interventions that address current and future needs of the department

HRD StrategyDepartmental Strategic

Planning Performance Agreements

Annual Performance Plans

Sectoral Plans Needs Analysis Personal Developmental Plans

WORKPLACE SKILLS PLAN

Skills Programmes

Internship Programme

International and Regional Participation

Bursaries

Training and Development

Current SkillsCurrently the department possesses the following skills and competencies to address the mandate of the department:

•TECHNICAL• Survey, GIS, Cartographic, Photogrammetry, Town and Regional

Planning, Urban design, Environmental• Legal, Conveyance, Deeds Examination• Community Facilitation, , Agricultural, Project Management,

Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, Research

•ADMINISTRATIVE• Information Technology, Monitoring and Evaluation, Human

Resources, Communication, Management • Finance, Supply Chain, Auditing, Security, Occupational Health and

Safety• Legal administration, Legislation and Policy development

Future Skills• TECHNICAL

• Cadastral Surveying, Photogrammetry, Cartography, Research, Town and Regional Planning

• Legal, Legislation and Policy development

• Valuation, Agricultural, Project Management, Research, Disaster Management, Quality Assurance, Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Analytical, Social Facilitation, Systems Training, Rural Development, Dispute Resolution

• ADMINISTRATIVE

• Management and Leadership, Problem Solving, Policy Analysis, Financial Management, Service Delivery Innovation

• Accounting and Auditing, Forensic Investigation, Vetting

• Monitoring and Evaluation, Strategic Planning, Project Management, Report Writing, Journalism, Graphic Design,

Training interventionsKey Training programmes conducted in DRDLR:

2011-2013

Technical Administrative

Land Reform Practitioners Certificate, Project Management, Community Facilitation, Valuation, Disaster Management, Agricultural Land Training , Community Based PlanningDeeds training, Conveyancing, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Mediation TrainingPublic Policy Analysis, Systems Thinking, ResearchGIS, Certificate in Deeds Practice

Financial Management, SCMPerformance Monitoring, Governance and Accountability, Executive Development, Risk ManagementAMDP, EMDP, M&E, Mentoring and CoachingOHS, Leadership Development for WomenLabour Relations, , SupervisoryComputer programmes, Report Writing, Records Management, Prince 2Internal Audit Quality, Forensic Investigation, Certificate in AccountingPFMA, Asset Management, Office Management

Number of employees trained: 3755

Departmental Bursary ProgrammeProspective Bursary Holders

• To sponsor aspirant students to obtain qualifications in Geomatics and Town and Regional Planning

• To address skills shortage in Geomatics and Town and Regional Planning in the country

• To address transformation of the professions by introducing women and youth from rural communities

• Presently 274 students active in programme

Departmental Bursary ProgrammeEmployees Part-time and full time Bursaries

• To award bursaries to serving employees to study on a part-time and full time basis to address departmental priority skills and career enhancement

DRDLR Employed GraduatesYear of study

Female Female Total

Male

Male Total

Grand Total

Row Labels ND: CartoND: Surv BSc:Geo BSc:TRP

BTech:TRP

ND: TRP

ND: LUP

ND: Surv BSc:Geo

BSc: TRP

ND: TRP

ND: LUP

African 3 48 13 7 2 13 3 89 64 41 3 6 1 115 2042007 1 1 2 45 2 2 9 132008 2 2 2 4 1 10 1 20 5 7 1 1 14 342009 1 9 1 2 12 8 4 1 2 15 272010 16 3 2 21 22 12 1 35 562011 7 3 1 11 14 10 24 352012 14 4 18 10 8 18 36Coloured 1 1 2 3 1 4 62008 1 1 12010 2 2 22011 1 1 12012 1 1 1 1 2White 5 5 2 2 72008 1 1 12009 1 1 12011 1 1 12012 2 2 2 2 4Indian 2 3 5 1 2 3 82008 2 2 2 2 42009 1 1 1 1 22012 1 1 2 2Grand Total 4 50 22 7 2 13 3 101 68 46 3 6 1 124 225

Current Students Studying A C I W Total A C I W Total

CPUT 3 0 0 0 3 6 0 0 1 7DUT 6 0 0 0 6 9 0 0 0 9MUT 3 0 0 0 3 9 0 0 0 9TUT 6 0 0 0 6 14 0 0 0 14UCT 12 3 0 3 18 16 3 1 3 23UKZN 10 0 0 0 10 30 0 1 0 31WITS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1Total 40 3 0 3 46 85 3 2 4 94

140

Female Male

Total Males and Females

New Bursaries Awarded - 2013Race/Gender CPUT DUT MUT NWU TUT UCT UJ UKZN UNIVEN UP Wits Grand TotalA 5 15 27 19 3 16 23 8 7 3 126

F1 4 14 6 1 7 7 4 5 3 52

M 4 11 13 13 2 9 16 4 2 74

C 1 1 1 3 F 1 1 2

M1 1

I 1 1

M1 1

W 2 1 1 4

F1 1

M 1 1 1 3

Total 8 17 27 1 19 4 16 23 8 8 3 134

Employee BursariesBranch Rural DevelopmentGeomatics Law Spatial Planning Management Studies Social Studies TotalFINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES 0 0 0 34 38 0 38NATIONAL GEOMATICS MANAGEMENT SERVICE 0 104 1 11 11 0 123CORPORATE SUPPORT SERVICES 1 0 6 3 30 4 44

DEEDS REGISTRATION 0 0 17 0 41 2 60

REID 7 0 1 0 4 6 18Rural Infrastructure Development 2 1 2 8 2 15

Land Reform 16 2 14 4 38 15 89

Office of Director-General 0 0 2 0 5 0 7Commission on Restitution of Land Rights 6 0 8 5 39 7 65Spatial Planning and Land Use Management 0 1 9 3 0 13

32 108 49 68 217 36 472Total

INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME

• The Internship Programme aims to equip the rural youth with qualifications to gain workplace experience and skills to prepare them for the labour market aged 18 - 35.

• The programme covers:• Administrative and Generic interns - 12 months contract • Deeds Examiners - 18 months contract• Technical Interns - 2 Year contract (SPI, IT, and Internal

Audit)• Experiential Learning for Bursary Holders (DRDLR) and

students required by institutions (FETC)

INTERNS' INTAKE 2011/2012 FINANCIAL YEAR

Province/Office Total Interns' IntakeMale Female Total

Limpopo Province 33 Interns 18 15 33

Northern Cape 8 Interns 3 5 8

Mpumalanga 34 Interns 14 20 34

North West 41 Interns 18 23 41

Eastern Cape 42 Interns 11 31 42

KwaZulu-Natal 28 Interns 15 13 28

Western Cape 19 Interns 5 14 19

Free State 13 Interns 11 16 27

Gauteng and National Office 108 Interns 52 59 111

147 196 344

Gender

Total

INTERNS' INTAKE 2012/2013 FINANCIAL YEAR

Other Departmental Training Initiatives

• In-house Deeds registration training• HRD coordinated provisional accreditation of courses with

SASSETA (South African Safety and Security Education and Training Authority)

• In-house Pupil Survey Officer Course• HRD facilitating accreditation of courses with CETA

(Construction Education and Training Authority)

• Branch: Rural Enterprise and Industrial Development• Facilitate rural community training programmes

• Branch: Land Reform and Administration• Facilitate state land training for departmental officials, other

national and provincial vesting committee members from other government departments

New Training Interventions• Meetings with tertiary institutions to initiate Rural

Development training programmes for departmental officials and communities University of Venda, University of Limpopo, University of North West, FortHare University, UKZN, UFS, UWC, UP•New Rural Development competencies for employees; still work in progress•Challenges • Limited Budget - Utilization of the 1% personnel budget for

training and development creates difficulties in;• Coordination of training as it limits implementation of all

personal development plans and training needs and impacts on monitoring and reporting on training progress.

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