Forest Industries Education & Training Authority (FIETA)

1. Labour Forest Industries Education & Training Authority (FIETA) Simangaliso Mkhwanazi – CEO Eli Kodisang – Chairperson Labour: CEPPWAWU SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises

2. Our Focus • Manufacture of pulp, paper & paperboard • Mostly in KZN • SAPPI & Mondi • Manufacture & Tissue Converting • Mostly Gauteng & KZN • Kimberly-Clark, Nampak, SAPPI & Mondi • Diaper manufacturing • Mainly Gauteng • Espin manufacturing SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises

3. Wood Processing • Saw doctoring, Wet milling, Lumber drying, Lumber grading, Dry milling, Charcoal, Wattle extract, Manufacture of veneer sheets & plywood, Particle board and other panels, Fireboard and chipboard products, Truss Manufacturing, Match manufacturing, Pallets and bulk bins, Sawmilling and preserving of timber • Mostly in KZN & Mpumalanga SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises

4. Furniture • Manufacture of furniture • Furnishing of ships • Cane Furniture • Bedding • Curtaining Caravan • Furniture • Coffins • Mainly in Gauteng, KZN & Western Cape SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises

5. Forestry • Maintenance • Fire Protection, fire suppression, fire prevention • Forest conservation • Forest management • Forestry and tree nurseries • Harvesting • Road construction and maintenance • Transport (short haul and long haul) • Forest Research SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises

6. Forestry Plantation Area Province Hectares % KZN 538 474 40,2 Mpumalanga 526 212 39,3 E Cape 152 378 11,4 W Cape 61 660 4,6 Limpopo 60 451 4,5 SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises

7. Labour Progress Report NSDS Highlights for 2005 – 2006 KZN KwaMbonambi • New Venture Creation Project • FIETA, Mondi & Umsobomvu Partnership • Development of small business for retrenched workers SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises

8. KZN • Development of a skills development plan & Toolkit for small growers • Training of Forestry contractors • Silviculture • Harvesting • Forest fire fighting / prevention • Management • Budgeting & Tendering SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises

9. KZN • Research in Solid Wood – KZN Economic Cluster • ABET & life skills project for Malmoth farmers • Paper recycling, Merebank • Learnerships: 291 learners • Black males (191) • Black females (100) • 18.2 (251) • ESDLE: 116 learners SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises

10. Eastern Cape • Chris Hani District Municipality (Wood Cluster) • Training of Unemployed in Sawmilling • Training of “Bush millers” in Business skills & Saw milling • Support for Steinhoff at Ugie • Learnerships: 74 • Black males (58) • Black females (10) • 18.2 (45) SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises

11. Western Cape • Support for Saasveld – Black foresters • Support for the Furniture Bargaining Council (Salt River) • Support for FurnTech – Furniture incubators • Support for Stellenbosch University – Internet portal for Small forest sector businesses • Learnerships: 30 • Black males (25) • Black females (3) • 18.2 (25) SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises

12. Mpumalanga • Training of Forestry contractors • Silviculture • Harvesting • Forest fire fighting / prevention • Management • Budgeting & Tendering • Paper recycling, Nelspruit • Learnerships: 37 • Black males (31) • Black females (6) • 18.2 (23)\ • ESDLE: 20 learners SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises

13. Limpopo • Training of Forestry contractors • Silviculture • Harvesting • Forest fire fighting / prevention • Management • Budgeting & Tendering • Learnerships: 2 • Black males (2) • 18.2 (2) SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises

14. Free State • Support for Furniture SME • Learnerships: 9 • Black males (5) • Black females (4) • 18.2 (9) • ESDLE: 40 SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises

15. North West • Support for Furniture SME • Furniture manufacturing training for Marang Women’s project, Mafikeng • ESDLE: 20 learners SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises

16. Northern Cape • Kimberley • Training of People with Disabilities • DEAFSA • Training in; • Cabinet making • Wood machining • Wood polishing SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises

17. Gauteng • Alexander, Tembisa & Soweto: SME support • Tshwane: Paper recycling • Soweto: SME support / APD • Daveyton, Duduza: Furniture manufacturing • People with Disabilities (Daveyton) • Training of Abused Women in Furniture manufacturing (Usindiso Ministries) SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises

18. Gauteng • Learnerships: 40 • Black males (36) • Black females (3) • 18.2 (21) • ESDLE: 20 learners SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises

19. Quality Assurance Accredited Providers KZN 26 Mpumalanga 11 Eastern Cape 4 Limpopo 4 Western Cape 17 Gauteng 32 North West 1 Northern Cape 2 Free State 3 SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises

20. Labour FETs • Umgungundlovu FET, PMB • Goldfields FET • Motheo FET • Ethekwini FET • Richtec FET • Ingwe, Mount Frere • Ikhala College, Queenstown • Ekurhuleni FET SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises

21. Labour Future Plans for Organisation • Chris Hani District Municipality • Furniture Factory / Sawmill Project • Ukhahlamba District Municipality • Ugie Project SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises

22. End SETA Report to Select Committee on Labour and Public Enterprises