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Construction Industry Development Board Act, 2000 (Act No. 38 of 2000)

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Standard for Developing Skills through Infrastructure Contracts, 5 July 2020

Annexures

Annex B: Role and Function of Skills Development Agency (Informative)

 

The Skills Development Agency (SDA) will provide career management and compliance reporting functions for all learners for CSDG compliance in terms of this Standard. Where the contractors provide direct employment to unemployed learners, or enrols own employees for CSDG compliance, the contractor shall register them with the cidb SDA. The SDA can also act as an employment intermediary for unemployed learners.

 

The roles and functions of the Skills Development Agency (SDA) are summarised below.

 

B1 CAREER MANAGEMENT AND COMPLIANCE REPORTING

 

B1.1 The contractor shall enter into a contract agreement with the cidb SDA, training provider or skills development facilitator to manage their learners according to the provisions given below:
(a) preparing training plans for registered learners, including details of the scope of experiential work to be covered and expected outcomes;
(b) registering learners with the appropriate Sector Educational and Training Authority established in terms of the Skills Development Act of 2008 (Act 37 of 2008);
(c) conducting entry and exit level medicals for learners at the conclusion of each placement opportunity;
(d) providing personal protective equipment;
(e) liaising with the supervisor to monitor onsite training progress of learners;
(f) liaising with the supervisor to arrange for summative assessments at appropriate stages of the training; and
(g) liaising with the supervisor to prepare reports for the employer’s representative and cidb at practical completion of the contract.

 

B1.2 The relevant training provider or skills development facilitator shall invoice the contractors for the provision of these services as per cost schedule in Table 3.

 

B1.3 The cidb SDA shall open a trust fund to ring-fence monies essential for all learner requirements where necessary provided for in this standard such as personal protective equipment, medical assessments, insurance, course fees, monitoring as well as top up training and assessment.

 

B2 EMPLOYMENT INTERMEDIARY

 

B2.1 The cidb SDA can act as an employment intermediary for unemployed learners and provide contractors with learners qualifying for participation in the CSDG, as well as managing their employment functions such as payment of stipends, workman’s compensation, provision of personal protective equipment, trade specific tools, etc.

 

B2.2 In such cases, the contractor shall contract directly with an SDA, training provider or skills development facilitator of their choice for the recruitment, placement and management of learners. The contractor shall pay the SDA, training provider or skills development facilitator in accordance with the notional costs provided for in this standard, or as amended by a Gazette.