The objectives of SASSETA are to promote the purposes of the Act within the sector,
| 8.1 |
The purposes of the Act are— |
| 8.1.1 |
to develop the skills of the South African workforce— |
| 8.1.2 |
to improve the quality of life of workers, their prospects of work and labour mobility; |
| 8.1.3 |
to improve productivity in the workplace and the competitiveness of employers; |
| 8.1.4 |
to promote self-employment; |
| 8.1.5 |
to improve the delivery of social services; |
| 8.1.6 |
to increase the levels of investment in education and training in the labour market and to improve the return on that investment; |
| 8.1.7 |
to encourage employers— |
| 8.1.7.1 |
to use the work-place as an active learning environment; |
| 8.1.7.2 |
to provide employees with the opportunities to acquire new skills; |
| 8.1.7.3 |
to provide opportunities for new entrants to the labour market to gain work experience; and |
| 8.1.7.4 |
to employ persons who find it difficult to be employed; |
| 8.1.8 |
to encourage workers to participate in learnership and other training programmes; |
| 8.1.9 |
to improve the employment prospects of persons previously disadvantaged by unfair discrimination and to redress those disadvantages through training and education; |
| 8.1.10 |
to ensure the quality of education and training in and for the workplace; |
| 8.1.11.1 |
work-seekers to find work; |
| 8.1.11.2 |
retrenched workers to re-enter the labour market; and |
| 8.1.11.3 |
employers to find qualified employees. |
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