Fasset PresentationFasset Presentation

Mentoring & CoachingMentoring & Coaching

February to March 2009February to March 2009

Diarize 30 June 2009!Diarize 30 June 2009!

• Mandatory Grant due 30 June 2009 – 50% of SDLMandatory Grant due 30 June 2009 – 50% of SDL

• No extensionsNo extensions

• May be completed onlineMay be completed online

• A signed copy must be sent to Fasset to finalise A signed copy must be sent to Fasset to finalise applicationapplication

• Form and guidelines may be downloaded at Form and guidelines may be downloaded at www.fasset.org.za www.fasset.org.za

• Fasset Skills Advisors (FSAs) available to assistFasset Skills Advisors (FSAs) available to assist

Organising Framework for Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO)Occupations (OFO)

• Changes in a number of occupational groupsChanges in a number of occupational groups

• Visit Visit www.fasset.org.zawww.fasset.org.za for the latest Organising for the latest Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO) compiled and Framework for Occupations (OFO) compiled and maintained by the DoLmaintained by the DoL

• This system will provide clarity on which occupation fits This system will provide clarity on which occupation fits into which occupational group and what the OFO code isinto which occupational group and what the OFO code is

• Accounting trainees now fall into the Professionals groupAccounting trainees now fall into the Professionals group

Strategic Cash Grant (SCG)Strategic Cash Grant (SCG)

• Levy paying firms may claim up to 20% of SDLLevy paying firms may claim up to 20% of SDL

• An approved Mandatory Grant is a prerequisiteAn approved Mandatory Grant is a prerequisite

• Grant for 2008 calendar year is due on 31 March 2009Grant for 2008 calendar year is due on 31 March 2009

• For the 2009 calendar year the grant is due on 31 March For the 2009 calendar year the grant is due on 31 March 2010 and a simpler submission in MS Excel may be 2010 and a simpler submission in MS Excel may be usedused

• For 2009/10 SCG to be capped at R13 millionFor 2009/10 SCG to be capped at R13 million

• Forms and guidelines are available on Forms and guidelines are available on www.fasset.org.zawww.fasset.org.za

Learnership Cash Grant Learnership Cash Grant (LCG) (LCG)

• Due 31 March 2009 for learnership commencement period 1 Due 31 March 2009 for learnership commencement period 1 January to 31 December 2008January to 31 December 2008

• Any extension applications must reach Fasset on or before 31 Any extension applications must reach Fasset on or before 31 March 2009March 2009

• Higher amount for people with disabilities – R27,000 vs. R47,250

• For 2009/10 amount has increased

• 1 year (12 months) – R11,000 (disabled R19,250)

• 2 year (24 months) – R18,000 (disabled R31,500)

• 3 year (36 months) – R27,000 (disabled R47,250)

Monitoring Grant Payments Monitoring Grant Payments

• Grant payment schedule

• EFT reference - SDL number

• Payments can be monitored on-line

• Contact SARS if grant payment amounts do not correlate with SDL paid to SARS

• Fasset records levies approximately two months in arrears

Training – Draft Timetable 2009Training – Draft Timetable 2009

February Mentoring & Coaching

March Mentoring & Coaching

Budget & Tax Update 2009

April Budget & Tax Update 2009

Introduction to the Role of SDF

May - June Global Economic Trends Affecting Business

July Diversity Awareness

July – Aug Serving your Client

Sep – Oct Complying with Changes in Legislation

Oct – Nov Innovation and Creativity (tba)

Oct – Nov Business Communication

Nov Positioning the Organisation as a Site of Learning Excellence

Training – Draft Timetable 2010Training – Draft Timetable 2010

Feb Managing Change

Feb – March Office Etiquette

March Introduction to the Role of SDF

March – April Budget & Tax Update 2010

• Register on www.fasset.org.za

• Dependent on Seta Landscape 2010 – 2015

• Free events

• Upskilling recommended in face of global economic crisis

Disability AwarenessDisability Awareness

• 5.03% of SA population

• 99.28% are unemployed (PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2005)

• Learnership benefits - tax deductions & salaries are SDL exempt

• Project funding

• Fasset disability toolkit under development

Bonani Workplace ReadinessBonani Workplace Readiness

• Black unemployed finance graduates with B Comm. degrees or National Diplomas

• Offered in GP, KZN, FS and WC

• Intensive 5 month Workplace Readiness Programme (WRP) including training in a “virtual office” environment

• Contact Waldo Jonker, (011) 466-3312

• www.fasset.org.za for more details

Scimathus Work ReadinessScimathus Work Readiness

• Assist black learners to access higher education in the Economic and Management Sciences

• Offered in WC

• Content includes academic language, study and thinking skills, computer literacy and statistics

• Contact Anneke Muller, (021) 808-3483

• www.fasset.org.za for more details

Pagamani Workplace ReadinessPagamani Workplace Readiness

• Unemployed matriculants or those with incomplete qualifications to attain Certificate from AAT

• Candidates receive work-readiness training

• Learnership is designed to be completed within a year whilst working and studying

• Offered in GP, KZN, FS and WC

• Contact Waldo Jonker, (011) 466-3312

• www.fasset.org.za for more details

ORT CAT Work Readiness ORT CAT Work Readiness ProgrammeProgramme

• Black unemployed graduates entering the Fasset sector

• Mentorship offered for at least 6 months after the intervention

• Learners Unemployed Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) graduates in Johannesburg

• CAT learners thereafter to complete their ACCA (Association of Certified Chartered Accountants) learnerships

• Contact Tracy Mayhew, (011) 728 7154

• www.fasset.org.za for more details

Thusanani Workplace Readiness Thusanani Workplace Readiness Programme(s) 2007 – 2010Programme(s) 2007 – 2010

• Black unemployed graduates in GP with various Black unemployed graduates in GP with various qualificationsqualifications

• Mentorship offered for at least 6 months after the intervention

• Intensive 3 month Workplace Readiness Programme Intensive 3 month Workplace Readiness Programme (theoretical and practical)(theoretical and practical)

• Contact Avril Peddie, (011) 678 2144 Contact Avril Peddie, (011) 678 2144 

• www.fasset.org.za for more details

Thank YouThank You

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Fasset Call Centre

086 101 0001

www.fasset.org.za