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INSETA INTERNSHIPS & WBE
INSETA Policy Statement
According to the INSETA Policy Statement, INSETA
will support Internships / Work-based Experience
grants to enable learners to achieve the maximum of
one year’s experience with a view to:
Afford the learner the opportunity of permanent
employment
Afford the learner to gain work experience and
complete a qualification
Afford the learner the opportunity to establish a new
venture on completion
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Internships
Programmes for an unemployed graduate who
needs work experience
Programmes for learners who require work
experience in order to gain professional registration
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Work-Based Experience (WBE)
A programme for learners who require work
experience in order to complete a diploma or
degree (e.g. “technikon” or technical college type
courses), that requires the person to have a certain
amount of work experience in order to achieve the
qualification.
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General Profile of Interns
The Intern must:
Be an unemployed resident of South Africa.
Must have completely or partially qualified through an
FET/HET institution and needs practical work experience in
order to complete the qualification or enter the labour market.
The diploma/degree should comply with the National Skills
Development Strategy (NSDS) requirement of alignment with
the Sectoral Scarce and Critical skills.
Have written endorsement of completion of the theoretical
component of their qualification from their academic institution
in case of WBE
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General Profile of Employers
Be an INSETA stakeholder - levy payer or non-levy
payer
Levies need to be up to date for levy payers
Non-levy payers must have written proof of
exemption from SARS
Have the financial capability to fund the Internship
for the first 3 months
Have physical and human resources to support the
Internship/WBE
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Benefits of taking in Interns (ROI)
Potential increase in client base
Potential increase in sales
Possibility of acquiring and growing new talent
without incurring recruitment costs
Shared expense for development of employees
Extra brain and hands for doing the job
Opportunity to implement social responsibility (WBE)
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Application Process
Where applicable, i.e. in case of WBE, the Lead Employer
obtains an accredited Training Provider, accredited with
INSETA or any other SETA ETQA
The Lead Employer submits Internships Grant Application to
INSETA on the prescribed form available on the INSETA
website
INSETA Learnerships Division reviews the Internships Grant
Application and communicates provisional allocation of funds
to the applicant
Applicant submits learners documentation to INSETA before
commencement of the Internship/WBE
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Application Process (Continued)
INSETA considers the following in deciding to allocate funding:
Programme applied for must satisfy Scarce and Critical Skills
Racial profile of Interns must comply with the 3rd Principle of
NSDS
Highest qualification of the prospective Interns
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Duration
A WBE will only be considered for a minimum of 1 month to a
maximum of 12 months.
An Internship grant can be considered for a minimum of 6
months to a maximum of 12 months.
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Success factors
The following must be taken into account for
successful implementation of Internships/WBE:
Employer must set out clearly, the profile of the
Interns they want to recruit
The programme outputs must be clear and
achievable
There must be mentors who understand the
objectives of the Internship/WBE
Learners logbooks for which the Interns must take
responsibility, must be kept to track learner progress
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Implementation Models
Some companies are implementing Internships in a
form of a project, with training provider taking care of
training on company products and on-the-job
assessments
MoUs are entered into between INSETA and the
employer and INSETA and the Training Provider
Employer decides on the Programme they would
like the Internship to be based on
Employer defines the profile of Interns, recruits and
interviews them
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Implementation Models
INSETA holds regular meetings with Employers and
Training Providers to track the progress of the
project
Intern logbooks are developed and monitored by the
Training Provider
INSETA pays the employer for Interns’ stipends
INSETA pays Training Provider R1000 per Intern for
admin for the duration of the project
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