Sector Education and Training Authority bodies (SETAs)
Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA), is a vocational skills training organization in South Africa. As of March 2011, there are 21 SETAs. Each SETA is responsible for managing and creating learnerships, internships, unit-based skills programs, and apprenticeships within its jurisdiction.
Their roles include:
- Develop a sector skills plan within the framework of the national skills development strategy
- Implement its sector skills plan by:
- Establishing learnerships
- Approving Workplace Skills Plans (WSPs)
- Allocating grants in the prescribed manner to employers, education, and training providers and workers
- Monitoring education and training in the sector
- Promote learnerships