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5.7.3 INTERNSHIPS The HWSETA has supported the implementation of internships and work experience grants since the 2006-2007 financial year. The HWSETA funded students for six to twelve months on an array of qualifications. Some of the key occupations in which learners were supported are: Radiographers ( radiotherapy; nuclear medicine; ultrasound) Dental technologists Dental assistants Social workers Pharmacists Clinical engineers Clinical technicians Emergency medical care personnel Paramedics Biomedical technologists Optometrists Community nurses Physiotherapists Pathologists 5.7.4 SKILLS PROGRAMMES The funding of skills programmes by the HWSETA is subject to the availability of accredited training providers. The following skills programmes were implemented since 2006-2007: Home-based Care Basic Counseling HIV and AIDS Awareness The average duration of the successful skills programmes was between four to twelve weeks and they consisted of between six and twelve unit standards. While the original intention of the skills programmes was to address the skills needs of employees in the sector, the largest demand was from unemployed people. 5.7.5 ADULT BASIC EDUCATION AND TRAINING (ABET) The HWSETA supports the implementation of Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) through discretionary grants to enable illiterate health sector workers to learn to read and write. The reality in the health and social development sectors is, however, that more unemployed people need access to ABET than workers. The largest proportion of funding over the last five years was therefore used for the benefit of unemployed persons. Workers in the health sectors who need ABET are generally employed 71
in outsourced functions such as cleaning, catering and general work, where the employers are not registered with the HWSETA. Participants in the HWSETA survey and baseline study in 2009 agreed that the HWSETA was providing adequate funding for ABET and that enough ABET programmes are available. However there were some challenges in the delivery of ABET, such as the limited availability of trainers and perceptions about too low funding per learner and the training being imposed and not necessarily sought after. 5.7.6 RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING In 2007 and 2008 the HWSETA facilitated RPL against 15 unit standards in the General Education and Training Certificate Ancillary Health Care NQF 1 qualification. A total of 968 individuals in eight provinces were declared competent against unit standards for home- and community-based-care skills. 5.7.7 SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT TO SMALL ENTERPRISES During the period covered by NSDS II the HWSETA provided funding to small levy-exempt BEE enterprises for training aimed at building capacity. The training supported was based on the skills priority needs these organisations identified in their workplace skills plans. During the 2009 baseline study consultations, participants acknowledged that the SMMEs received training of a high standard which would assist them with job creation. However, many did not have the capacity to meet the HWSETA’s accreditation requirements and only a few SMMEs were accredited. Several of the participants suggested that the HWSETA should relax its accreditation requirements and also build capacity in the SMMEs to secure accreditation. The HWSETA provided skills to assessors and moderators who operate as part of small enterprises. During 2008 and 2009 the HWSETA implemented a project focused on new venture creation in conjunction with 19 FET colleges and the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA). About 450 learners were involved in a dedicated skills programme in new venture creation which covered about 70 core credits from the new venture creation level 2 learnership. Further learning support was also provided. 5.7.8 EXPANDED PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME The HWSETA participated in government’s expanded public works programme aimed at creating work opportunities coupled with accredited training to create jobs for unemployed people. Learners were trained on ancillary health care and home community based care at NQF levels 1 and 3 respectively. Unemployed matriculants participated in an accredited training programme for community health workers at NQF Level 4 over a period of 18 to 24 months. 72
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