Professional Learnerships Stellenbosch University – Plusprogramme
The Skills Development Act (Act no. 97 of 1998) as well as the Skills Development Levies Act (Act no. 9 of 1999) compels Stellenbosch University to pay a skills levy of 1% of the institutions salary bill to the Department of Labour. Should the University be in a position to proof that staff skills development is indeed taking place, part of the levy becomes recoverable in the form of grants. Very strict guidelines placing a greater emphasis on learnerships are embodied in the new NSA (National Skills Authority) strategy that was made public during March 2005. Learnerships are formal one-year national certificate courses on levels 3 to 5 of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and form part of the National Skills Development Strategy. Stellenbosch University decided from 2006 onwards to ensure that administrative and management personnel are granted opportunities to obtain these formal qualifications and to this end has developed the PLUS (Professional Learnerships University Stellenbosch) programme. Stellenbosch University employees will thus annually be afforded the opportunity to participate in the PLUS programme by being nominated and selected to participate. The PLUS programme will be coordinated and managed by the Human Resource section.
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Administrator - Albertus, Mrs. Alvira Liesel
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Audience - Staff with no formal qualification.
Objectives - The aim of the PLUS programme is utilise learnerships to enhance skills levels among Stellenbosch University personnel on administrative, secretarial and managerial levels. The PLUS programme empowers personnel to the extent that they can obtain the necessary competencies to function within the South African context. The PLUS programme ensures that Stellenbosch University can indeed meet the challenges in the administrative domain that are created by the ever transforming world of work. The PLUS programme provides opportunities to personnel on especially the lower levels to obtain formal qualifications that will stand them in good stead in all sectors of the economy. The PLUS programme furthermore also ensures that Stellenbosch University complies with the Skills Development Act (Act 97 of 1998) in that the University is addressing the shortage of knowledge and skills prevalent in South Africa. The programme also ensures that the development opportunities offered to staff at SU are of value and that the funds so spent assure a return on investment (ROI). This in turn leads to increased productivity, greater flexibility of the workforce, heightened motivation among personnel and an enhanced quality of work produced.
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