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Energy Sector Education and Training Authority

Energy Sector Education and Training Authority. SCARCE SKILLS IN WATER: THE ROLE OF ESETA PRESENTED BY MILLIE RASEKOALA. VISION. ESETA: “the leading facilitator of world – class skills for energy and water “. MISSION.

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Energy Sector Education and Training Authority

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  1. Energy Sector Education and Training Authority SCARCE SKILLS IN WATER: THE ROLE OF ESETA PRESENTED BY MILLIE RASEKOALA

  2. VISION • ESETA: “the leading facilitator of world – class skills for energy and water “

  3. MISSION • Our Mission is to: “facilitate skills development for Energy & Water Sector stakeholders, through providing integrated, value-added education and training services”.

  4. NATIONAL PRORITIES • Speeding up economic growth and transforming the economy to create decent work and sustainable livelihoods • Massive programme to build economic and social infrastructure • Comprehensive rural development strategy linked to land and agrarian reform and food security • Strengthen our skills and human resources base

  5. NATIONAL PRORITIES • Improve the health profile of the nation • Intensify the fight against crime and corruption • Build cohesive, caring and sustainable communities • Pursuing African advancement and enhanced international co operation • Sustainable Resource Management and use • Building a Developmental State including improvement of public services and strengthening democratic institutions

  6. NATIONAL PRORITIES • Speeding up economic growth and transforming the economy to create decent work and sustainable livelihoods • Solar power installation technicians/practioners • Water purification systems? • Irrigation systems (reusable water, rain water harvesting) • Massive programme to build economic and social infrastructure • Housing: provision of solar power for electrification • Heating systems: cooking systems (solar power) • Wind turbines? • Comprehensive rural development strategy linked to land and agrarian reform and food security • water, irrigation needs, initiatives for the provision of irrigation systems for small communities, • energy requirements for farming • windmills?

  7. NATIONAL PRORITIES • Strengthen our skills and human resources base • Ensuring the implementation of learnerships, internships, bursaries and skills programmes • Improve the health profile of the nation • Health promotion practitioners to assist with training in sanitation • Intensify the fight against crime and corruption • Community watch (youth groups) provision of rechargeable lighting equipment

  8. NATIONAL PRORITIES • Build cohesive, caring and sustainable communities • Rainwater harvesting for small scale farming • Effective use of water • Effective use of energy • Solar power • Solar heating • Bio fuels (one person creating bio fuel for his car. Thus possible to intro to communities.) • Pursuing African advancement and enhanced international co operation • Sustainable Resource Management and use • Convert waste into bio-fuel (maize?) dumps when put properly produces bio-gas is produced ( Sweden example, town heating from this source) • Waste management re-utilisation

  9. NATIONAL PRORITIES • Is there a current need for initiatives like these? • Is it being addressed? • If so by who?, Seta, Stakeholders • What kind of reach would be achieved? (impact) • What are the other entities doing? How do we support • e.g how computers are to be powered in rural communities (joint initiatives) • Sustainable communities- Canada Best practise • Trends and best practise • Brazil, India, Austraia, New Zealand, Canada • Scandinavian countries (environmental activities) • Pilots and proof of concepts to test assumptions and create a test bed for projects such as bio-fuel etc before deployment. • Building a Developmental State including improvement of public services and strengthening democratic institutions

  10. NSDS III EXPECTATIONS: • EQUITY • Class • Race • Gender • Age Profile • Disability Profile • HIV/AIDS

  11. SCARCE SKILLS IN WATER SECTOR • Engineering and Sciences: • Management: • Socio-economic and Environmental Health: • Artisans and technicians:

  12. NSDS III EXPECTATIONS:Learning Programmes • PIVOTAL OCCUPATIONS Pivotal programmes are those ‘Professional, Vocational, Technical and Academic Learning’ programmes that meet the critical needs for economic growth and social development. They are also programmes that Generally combine course work at universities, universities of technology and colleges with structured learning at work. This is achieved by means of professional placements, work-integrated learning, apprenticeships, Learnerships, internships and the like.

  13. NSDS III EXPECTATIONS:Learning Programmes • SKILLS PROGRAMMES AND OTHER SHORT COURSES FOR THE EMPLOYED

  14. NSDS III EXPECTATIONS:Learning Programmes • PIVOT • Programmes that Build the Academic Profession and Engender Innovation

  15. NSDS III EXPECTATIONS:Learning Programmes • Programme Delivery Partners • FETs/HETs • ESDAs • Private Providers • Stakeholders

  16. NSDS III EXPECTATIONS:Skills Development Levies • WSP • PIVOTAL Grant • Discretionary Grants • NSF Catalytic Grants

  17. DHET PERFORMANCE CONTRACT • OUTPUT 1: Establish a credible institutional mechanism for skills planning • OUTPUT 2: Increase Access to programmes leading to Intermediate and high level learning • OUTPUT 3: Increase access to occupationally –directed programme in needed areas and thereby expand the availability of intermediate level skills (with special focus on artisan skills)

  18. DHET PERFORMANCE CONTRACT • OUTPUT 4: Increase access to high level occupationally –directed areas • OUTPUT 5: Research, Development and Innovation in human capital for a growing knowledge economy

  19. FUNDING • OBJECTIVE • Source additional Funding for PIVOTAL Projects • SOLUTION OPTIONS • Public Private Partnerships • National Institutions –NSF • Donor funding • Development of a Fundraising Strategy

  20. STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIPS • OBJECTIVE • Enhance strategic relationships • SOLUTION OPTIONS • Major Stakeholders • Eskom • Water Service Providers • Government • DPE – Solar Water Heating • DoE • DWA • DoHS

  21. STRATEGIC INITIATIVES • OBJECTIVE • to align and implement NSDS III • SOLUTION OPTIONS • Identify Core projects within the Water and Energy Sectors that ESETA will adopt as its flagship projects for the next five years • E.G. • New Build Projects (includes electricity and nuclear) • Solar Water Heating • Rainwater Harvesting • Green Economy • International Leadership Programme

  22. SECTOR PROFILE AND SECTOR PLAN • OBJECTIVE • to produce a profile and Sector Skills Plan that has the stamp of approval of all critical stakeholders • SOLUTION OPTIONS • Facilitate Consultative processes with stakeholders in water and energy to establish core objectives and focus areas for the next 3-5years. • Workshops • Focus group sessions • Surveys

  23. QUESTIONS?

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