The Skills Development element is crucial to maintaining or increasing an organisation’s B-BBEE Level. However, other significant changes in the scorecard are as follows:
The threshold of training expenditure has been changed from 3% of the leviable payroll to 6%;
Training that is not SAQA recognised and therefore does not award NQF credits is regarded as informal training and cannot exceed a total of 15% of training expenditure;
Internationally recognised qualifications that are not SAQA recognised cannot be claimed;
Travel, accommodation and catering expenses are limited to 15% of training expenditure;
Qualifications and accredited training that is provided to black employees and black unemployed persons will carry more points in the Skills Development category (black people are defined as people from African, Indian, Coloured and Chinese descent);
Expenses on scholarships and bursaries do not constitute training expenditure if the organisation can recover any portion of the expenses from the Employee or if the grant of the scholarship or bursary is conditional, with exceptions;
According to the Learning Programme Matrix of the amended Broad Based Black Economic (BBBEE) Codes of Good Practice effective May 2015, remuneration of registered Learners (Employed and Unemployed) and Interns can be claimed as part of training expenditure in categories B, C and D (Internships, Learnerships and Apprenticeships) whilst substantially contributing to the minimum 6% threshold spend. Refer to the table below.
CATEGORY | TYPE |
A | Bursaries |
B | Internships |
C | Learnerships (Workplace) |
D | Learnerships & Apprenticeships (Institution & Workplace) |
E | Work-Integrated Learning |
F | Informal Training (Short Courses, Conferences and other non-credit bearing soft skills) |
G | Informal Training (Workplace) |
Accredited courses (hard skills) carry more weight than non-credit bearing courses (soft skills) and organizations’ will be able to maximize their points by embarking on learning interventions that are aligned to SAQA Unit Standards and Qualifications with Learnerships (Employed & Unemployed; Funded & Unfunded) being the best way to bridge the skills gap as well as score highly in the Skills Development category
Be aware that there is a difference between institutional accreditation and programme accreditation. An institute that is accredited may not necessarily offer a programme that is accredited. In terms of the amended legislation, it is important that the programme be accredited (i.e.. SAQA registered awarding credits against the NQF) in order to be recognised as legitimate training spend. By engaging with The Johannesburg Technical and Vocational College (Pty) Ltd as your service provider.
By engaging with The Johannesburg Technical and Vocational College (Pty) Ltd as your service provider, you will be assured of the highest quality of training delivery, some of the best faculty in the country, accredited learning for your staff and scorecard points in the Skills Development and Enterprise Development categories.
The Johannesburg Technical and Vocational College (Pty) Ltd as a QCTO & SETA registered training provider is a Level 1 (One) EME with 100% B-BBEE compliance and 135% procurement recognition.
Value added service:
- Learnerships for employed and unemployed individuals.
- Recruitment of unemployed individuals (abled and disabled) all part of our Training fee (no additional charged for recruitment). Feedback on our interventions to our client
- Johannesburg Technical and Vocational College (Pty) Ltd will be able to further customise any of our offerings according to the needs of our client. Utilising the services of Johannesburg Technical and Vocational College (Pty) Ltd allows our clients to simultaneously gain 135% recognition of the procurement element of the B-BBEE scorecard.
- Customised solutions that cater for your company i.e. customising Learnerships or any other QCTO skills programs to cater for your specific needs e.g. additional leader training attached to a Learnership.
- Johannesburg Technical and Vocational College (Pty) Ltd offers B-BBEE Consulting, Strategy and Advisory (assessment, gap analysis, strategic B-BBEE planning and implementation)
- Johannesburg Technical and Vocational College (Pty) Ltd offers Training and Development (Diplomas, Learnerships, skills and unit standard based short courses and interventions).
- Johannesburg Technical and Vocational College (Pty) Ltd offers Recruiting of candidates (disabled or abled) for learnership and bursary initiatives.
- Johannesburg Technical and Vocational College (Pty) Ltd offers Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) – development, implementation and submission.
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