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August to September 2006August to September 2006

SDL Structure(Skills Development Levy)

20% NSF70% Employer Grants

10% Admin Fasset

Y7: 1 Apr 06 - 31 Mar 07

Mandatory Grant

ATR 05/06 & WSP 06/07 (Annual Training Report & Workplace Skills Plan)

50% - was due 30 June 2006 (still open for newly registered employers)

SCG Discretionary Grant (Strategic Cash Grant)

20% - due 31 March 2007

Criteria and forms on website

100% SDL - 1% Payroll

Unclaimed Levies (also used for discretionary grants)

Scarce Skills GuidelineScarce Skills GuidelineUnclaimed LeviesUnclaimed Levies

Strategic areas decided annually by Fasset Management Board

CPE (Continuous Professional Education) also available to SDL-exempt members who register with Fasset as an employer

Used for Social Projects e.g. Grade 12 rewrite, work readiness programmes

Strategic Cash Grant Learnership Cash Grant

Crucial Crucial importance of importance of Critical and Critical and Scarce Skills in Scarce Skills in the Fasset the Fasset sector, BEE sector, BEE Codes are Codes are linkedlinked

Fasset’s SSPFasset’s SSP

(Sector Skills (Sector Skills Plan)Plan)

has Scarce has Scarce Skills list, Skills list, download off download off websitewebsite

This list is vital This list is vital for all within the for all within the Fasset sector Fasset sector for proper for proper interventionsinterventions

More black and More black and disabled disabled individuals individuals needed in the needed in the sector as a sector as a current need, current need, guided by the guided by the SSPSSP

Learnership Cash GrantLearnership Cash GrantLCG 2006/07LCG 2006/07

For Black (Indian, African or Coloured) and/or disabled learners

Two forms - 1 for SDL payers and 1 for SDL exempt

Exempt employers to register with Fasset irrespective of whether they had an SDL number before (forms on www)

Length of learnership linked to amount. 1 YR = R10 000, 2 YR = R15 000 and 3 YR = R25 000 (once-off per learner)

Allowable learnerships - Fasset and selected others

Fasset learnership example: Chartered Management Accountant qualification offered by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)

e.g. non-Fasset learnership registered = National Certificate in Tourism (not applicable to this grant, but available learner registration)

Learnership Cash GrantLearnership Cash GrantLCG 2006/07LCG 2006/07

Learner must commence the programme between 1 April 2006 and 31 March 2007

45% of grant rejections due to learners not commencing the learnership in the correct period (see above)

Timeframe for registering learnership agreements has changed to 30 days, incomplete forms are returned

Levy payers must have completed a WSP - 26% of rejections are due to companies not having a correctly completed WSP

Extensions will be granted if the request is received on or before the deadline date

Firms may apply for an unlimited number of eligible learners

Only firms with less than 150 employees may apply

Learnerships UpdateLearnerships Update

There are 930 learnerships available nationally

22 of these are Fasset learnership programmes

Any employer may choose any learnership – but choosing a Fasset learnership allows access to Fasset grants

The Institute of Certified Bookkeepers is a Fasset Quality Assurance Partner - their Office Administration learnership is now open for enrollment (contact Andrew 021 421-1110)

The Debt Collectors learnership is being piloted by Fasset with enrollments scheduled for next year (contact Aboo at Fasset)

There are tax incentives to taking on learnership programmes, with added tax incentives for taking on disabled learners

Exempt & SDL PayingExempt & SDL Paying BenefitsBenefits

EXEMPT SDL

ATR & WSP No SDL

Strategic Cash Grant No SDL

Learnership Cash Grant

Continual ProfessionalEducation (CPE) Soft Skills

CPE Legislative

Social Project Beneficiaries

Adult Basic Education & Training (ABET)

Skills Development Facilitator (SDF) Training

Upcoming EventsUpcoming Events

SDF Networking Event – topic to be decided (scheduled for November 2006)

Budget and Tax Update - March to April 2007

Soft Skills CPE - May 2007

Please complete evaluation forms - feel free to suggest topics for future Fasset events (CPE or SDF events)

Any Questions?Any Questions?

Thank YouThank You

Call Centre: 086 101 0001Call Centre: 086 101 0001

Website: www.fasset.org.zaWebsite: www.fasset.org.za