Transcript EMPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR SOUTH AFRICA (ESSA)

EMPLOYMENT SERVICES FOR
SOUTH AFRICA (ESSA)
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Overall Aim
To develop and implement an
integrated system that will allow
for the delivery of a free Public
Employment Service in South
Africa that is accessible to all.
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Project Alignment with
Government Priorities
• The Government Programme of
Action – 2006 of the Economic
Cluster of Director Generals had as
its action no. 5.3 “the development
and implementation of the
Employment Services System by
March 2007”.
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Responsible Departments
• Department of Labour (lead department)
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Department of Education
Department of Science and Technology
Department of Trade and Industry
Department of Home Affairs
Department of Public Enterprise
Stats SA
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Historic Labour Market System
Opportunity
Individual
Career
Guidance
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Placement
Skills
Development
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NSDS, SETAs, NSF, Provincial Offices and Labour Centres
Critical to Active Labour Market System
Career
Guidance
Opportunity
•Sector Skills Plan
•National S&C S List
•Quota SS List
•NSDS 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2,
2.4, 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 3.2
Scarce
and
Critical
Skills
Placement
Individual
• Further Learning
• Employment
• Self employment
•Community Service
•Progammes
•NSDS 2.7, 2.8, 3.1,
3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3)
Skills
Development
• Institutional
•Workplace
•NSDS 5.1, 5.2, 5.3
Integration balances the macro system supply and demand of labour
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ES SERVICE OFFERINGS:
1. Registration Services
Registration Services includes the registration of
individuals, employers, opportunities and training
providers. The registration of individuals includes the
development of a skills profile where the person’s
qualifications and experience are recorded according to
the Organizing Framework of Occupation (OFO)
2. Career Information and Guidance Services
Career Guidance (employment counseling) includes
providing career, labour market and scarce and critical
skills information and guidance on accessing
placement opportunities.
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3.
Recruitment and Selection Services
Recruitment and selection services include the
proactive identification of opportunities through
networking with stakeholders, the matching of
individuals to opportunities, recruitment and selection
for a particular opportunity, and placement.
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Skills Development Services
Skills Development Services include developing the
Provincial Implementation Plans, identifying scarce
and critical skills, registering training courses with the
National Skills Fund, Allocating funding for Skills
Development, selecting training providers, contracting
training providers, monitoring training, processing
training provider claims and scheduling assessments
at INDLELA.
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5.
Information Services
Information services include producing information
brochures/pamphlets and packages and advocacy
on accessing employment and skills development
services.
6.
Special Services
Special services include services provided for
designated/vulnerable groups, including services
for people with disabilities, youth, retrenched
employees and ex-offenders.
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BENEFICIARIES
• Unemployed persons
– Those who are actively looking for employment and those
who have lost hope (including women, youth & people with
disabilities)
• Underemployed persons
– Those in unsuitable employment and whose skills and
expertise are underutilized
• Learners
– Those ready to leave school and those needing further
education & training
• Employed persons
– Actively involved in production
• Providers of placement opportunities
– Includes but not limited to employers (public and private
sector)
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ES System outputs
• An integrated system, that includes:
– A profile of the skills of South African
citizens
– An accurate record of scarce and
critical in skills in SA
– An effective career information and
guidance service to South African
citizens that includes information on
scarce and critical skills
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Project Objectives cont.
– An accurate register of work-seekers in SA
– An accurate register of employers in SA
– An accurate register of placement
opportunities/vacancies in SA
– Matching individuals to placement
opportunities (supply and demand)
– An accurate record of placement of
individuals into opportunities
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Project Objectives cont.
– An accurate record of education and
training providers and programmes in SA
– A record of public and private Education
and Training interventions in SA, and of
learners participating in the interventions
– Linkages with relevant stakeholders to
facilitate the delivery of integrated and
efficient services by government
– Access to the system by beneficiaries at a
variety of sites, with secure access to
confidential data.
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ESSA PHASES
Rolling out 1st April 07
In all provinces
Phase 1: July 2006 to March 2007
•Skills Profiling
•Scarce and Critical Skills
•Registration of workseekers
•Registration of Employers
•Registration of Placement
•Opportunities
•Reporting on placements
Launched 26th Feb 07
with SETAs, SAQA,UYF
Phase 2: April 2007 to December 2007
•SETA performance
management
•Career Guidance
•Registration of ETD Providers
•Registration of ETD
Programmes
•Reporting on learner Records
•Reporting on training
interventions
Continue with current
legacy systems
January 2—8 to December 2008
•NSF Disbursements
•Levies and Grants
Probably expand to
Include systems for
Quality Council for
Trades and Occupations
(QCTO)
Continuous Rigorous Integration with UI + CF + IES (ICD)
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Consolidated Integration across all
DoL Core Business Processes
CF
UIF
Registration
IES
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ICD
Core Business Value Chains
ES
UI/CF
IES
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Career
Development
Validation/
Assessment
Complaints
& Reports
Skills
Development
Claims
Case
Inspection
Recruitment
&
Selection
Claims
Processing
Reporting
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Placement
Claims
settlement
Compliance
order
Legal
action
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• The Department of Labour has
published proposed regulations for the
Employment Services System.
• Amongst one of the mooted provisions
is for employers to be compelled to
publish all the vacancies they have on
a public terminal
• Employment seekers would also be
able to place their information on this
public terminal
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REGULATIONS
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Out for 60day Public Comment period
on 27 August 2007
• Comments received from NSA
constituency namely: Business, labour,
community
• Comments have been consolidated and
presented to the NSA for adoption
before sign off by the Minister of labour
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IES working on
enforcement
process
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1. Definitions
• “OFO” organizing framework for
occupations
• “Placement opportunity”
• “Private employment services agency”
• “Work-seeker”
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2. Registration of private
employment services agency
2. (2) Must comply with specified criteria
2. (4) Display the registration certificate +
physical address
(7) May not charge fees exceeding:(a) R10 registration fee;
(b) R100 for administration fees,
(c) No other fees
(d) The fee structure to be displayed
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3. Keeping of records by private
employment services agency
3. (1) (a) Keep register of work-seekers
3. (1) (b) Keep register of employers
3. (2) Retain all documentation from workseekers and employers
3. (3) submit a report of a placement
opportunity becoming available, to
the Labour Centre
3. (4) records must be kept meticulously
on a day-to-day basis
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4. Cancellation of registration of
private employment services agency
4. (1)
DG may cancel the registration if:
(a) criteria in regulation 2(2) is not
complied with;
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Zodwa Mabaso
Tel: 012 3094217
Fax: 012 3094571
Cell: 0823120260
E-mail: [email protected]
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