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Skills Development Act, 1998 (Act No. 97 of 1998)

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Constitution of the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education & Training Authority (MERSETA)

5. Objectives

 

The objectives of the MERSETA are:

 

5.1 To fulfill and promote the purposes and objectives of the Act, the SAQA Act, the Levies Act, Employment Equity Act, PFMA, and Treasury Regulations.

 

5.2 The efficient disbursement of levy grants.

 

5.3 To co-operate and develop relationships with other SETAs and ETQAs to ensure coherence and portability of qualifications.

 

5.4 To promote, facilitate and prioritise education and training which is in line with and supports the fulfillment of collective bargaining agreements.

 

5.5 To develop learnerships and skills programmes that meet social and economic needs by successfully qualifying and equipping learners for gainful employment, including self-employment.

 

5.6 To promote, facilitate, and prioritise education and training which redresses unfair discrimination in education and training and employment and meets the education and training needs of workers, employers and the sector.

 

5.7 To develop and implement integrated and coherent learnerships, education and training programmes, and sector and company skills plans which allow for maximum coherence within the sector and maximum portability and mobility of skills and workers within the sector and with other sectors.

 

5.8 To promote apprenticeships until such time as it is replaced with National Qualifications Framework qualifications and learnerships, flowing from the qualifications registered by the Department of Labour.

 

5.9 To promote, facilitate and prioritise high quality, accredited education and training.

 

5.10 To integrate sector education and training with formal education in order to provide access to formal educational institutions at further and higher educational levels.

 

5.11 To promote, facilitate and prioritise education and training for the unemployed and workers in SMMEs and the informal sector that meets their needs and assists them in gaining access to formal employment.

 

5.12 To promote, facilitate and prioritise the provision of learning pathways and continuous and lifelong education and training.

 

5.13 To facilitate the ongoing recognition of skills, knowledge and ability of workers.

 

5.14 To promote, facilitate and prioritise the removal of barriers faced by workers in accessing and successfully completing their education and training.

 

5.15 To promote, facilitate and prioritise the eradication of illiteracy and innumeracy in the sector.

 

5.16 To promote and facilitate the development of mechanisms to encourage workers to participate in education and training.

 

5.17 To promote and facilitate the development of capacity building programmes for all MERSETA stakeholders in order to promote meaningful and effective decision making on matters of education and training.

 

5.18 To improve the skills of the workforce in the sector in order to contribute to improved productivity and competitiveness, social and economic development and rising standards of living.

 

5.19 To promote, facilitate and prioritise education and training which improves health and safety within the workplace and sector.