SETAs

The mission of the Food and Beverage Manufacturing Industry Sector Education and Training Authority (FoodBev SETA) is to ensure that: relevant and quality learning standards and qualifications are available in this sector; a high quality of learning provision is maintained in this sector; and access to knowledge and skills is improved for all in the sector. FoodBev SETA's function is to promote, facilitate and incentivise skills development in the food and beverages manufacturing sector.

The Public Service Sector Education and Training Authority (PSETA) is a statutory body entrusted with driving skills development across the public sector. As mandated by the Skills Development Act and aligned with the National Skills Development Plan (NSDP) 2030, PSETA plays a critical role in shaping a professional, ethical and capable public service workforce. As the designated sector education and training authority, PSETA leads transversal functions across national and provincial departments, legislatures, public entities and government-exclusive institutions. It ensures that skills planning, programme development and quality assurance are strategically aligned with the state's evolving needs. Through its value chain – spanning research and skills planning, programme design, quality assurance, stakeholder partnerships, and performance monitoring – PSETA ensures the public sector is equipped with the right skills to deliver on government priorities. It develops qualifications, accredits providers, certifies learners, and supports critical programmes like learnerships, internships and artisan development. As a trusted authority, PSETA is committed to driving impactful, inclusive and sustainable skills development that strengthens institutional capacity and supports service delivery excellence across the public sector.

The Services Sector Education and Training Authority (SSETA) is responsible for the disbursement of the training levies payable by all employers. These levies are collected by the South African Revenue Service (SARS) via the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), and are to be disbursed through a management system motivated by skills requirement assessment and monitoring. The SSETA ensures that the skill requirements of the services sector are identified and that adequate and appropriate skills are readily available. The SSETA contributes to the improvement of sector skills through achieving a more favourable balance between demand and supply, and ensuring that education and training: is provided subject to validation and quality assurance; meets agreed standards within a national framework; ensures that new entrants to the labour market are adequately trained; and acknowledges and enhances the skills of the current work force.

The core mission of the Transport Education Training Authority (TETA) is to build a forward-thinking and globally competitive workforce by facilitating skills development programmes that support the outcomes of the NSDP and respond to emerging skills needs of the transport sector. TETA's primary functions are: to develop a sector skills plan (SSP); facilitate the development, registration and implementation of learnerships, skills programmes and strategic initiatives; approve workplace skills plans (WSPs); disburse grants to stakeholders; and conduct quality assurance on education and training that falls within the scope of the sector.

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AgriSETA's vision is to enable a skilled, transformed and prosperous agricultural sector. Its mission is to increase access to relevant skills that are impact-driven through strategic partnerships and credible research, leading to inclusive economic growth. AgriSETA creates and promotes opportunities for social, economic and employment growth for agri-enterprises through relevant, quality and accessible education, training and development in both primary and secondary agriculture, in conjunction with other stakeholders in agriculture. The entity's scope covers the agricultural sector, from input services and activities on farms to first level processing activities on farms. In terms of the Skills Development Act, AgriSETA is responsible for the skills development of the agricultural workforce, employed and unemployed. AgriSETA facilitates the implementation of learning through learnerships, skills programmes, adult education and training, and tertiary studies or in-service training by allocating grants and bursaries. It also supports apprentices, interns and mentorships. To ensure the quality provision of education and training, the entity is also responsible for accrediting sector-specific training providers and for monitoring the standard of training presented.

The mission of the Banking Sector Education and Training Authority (BANKSETA) is to support transformation and people development through partnerships, and to enable stakeholders to advance the national and global position of the broader banking and microfinance industry. BANKSETA's guiding principles are to: leverage skills levy funds for the strategic benefit of the banking and microfinance sector; provide quality-assured, world-class skills training services at the lowest cost; deploy leading-edge technology; judiciously carry out the National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS) mandate; maintain status as a preferred human resource development partner in banking and microfinance; and exceed customer expectations. Its mandate is to: encourage employers in its sector to develop an active learning environment in the workplace; provide employees with opportunities to acquire new skills / progress their careers; increase levels of investment in workplace education and training; and promote transformation as guided by the NSDS equity targets of 85% black, 54% female and 4% disabled.

The mission of the Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority (CHIETA) is to contribute to sustainable development through facilitating the provision of skills for growth in the chemical industries sector. The Authority's strategic objectives are to: establish a credible institutional mechanism for skills planning; increase access to occupationally directed programmes; promote growth of a public Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college system that is responsive to sector, local, regional and national skills needs and priorities; address the low level of language and numeracy skills to provide access to additional training; encourage better use of workplace-based skills development; encourage and support cooperatives, small enterprises, worker initiated Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and community training initiatives; increase public sector capacity for improved service delivery and support and build a developmental state; build career and vocational guidance; address the medium-term strategic priorities of the government; and continuously focus on defining and quality assurance of optimised business processes, knowledge management systems, and organisational architecture frameworks in support of the professional and confident discharge of its legislative mandate.

The mission of the Construction Education and Training Authority (CETA) is to create a solid skills base as a foundation for infrastructural development and economic empowerment. The CETA initiates skills projects and learnerships aimed at improving and developing South Africa's human resources, including a construction workforce whose skills are recognised and valued in terms of the National Qualifications Frameworks (NQF). The CETA is accredited as an Education and Training Quality Assurance (ETQA) body by the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA) on behalf of the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO). The ETQA status authorises the CETA to accredit and monitor both training and training providers. To facilitate the provision of training, the CETA uses discretionary money at its disposal to fund projects that aim to achieve its qualitative and quantitative obligations in terms of the National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS).

The Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Sector Education and Training Authority (CATHSSETA) was established under the Skills Development Act 97 of 1998 (the Skills Act) for the tourism, hospitality and sports economic sector. CATHSSETA's main function is to contribute to the raising of skills - to bring skills to the employed, or those wanting to be employed, in their sector. They achieve this by ensuring that people learn skills that are needed by employers and communities. There is no value in training people if they cannot use the skills they have learnt. Training and skills development is not just for young people starting out in the working world, though it is important for them, it is also there to enhance the skills of people who are already employed.

The vision of the ETDP SETA is to be a promoter and facilitator in the development and improvement of the skills profile of the sector's workforce in order to benefit employers, workers and employees in the sector in the following ways: skill levels of employees and workers are raised; a healthy balance between supply and demand in the labour market; diverse, flexible routes for initial and in-service education and training; a variety of career paths are available; quality of education and training provision is improved; levy grant scheme is efficiently administered; regular liaison with providers, other SETAs, the Department of Labour, the Department of Education, the National Skills Authority (NSA), and the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) and its structures; internal and external communication is effective in order to advance national human resource and skills development; dialogue and interaction between public and private entities in the sector with regard to skills transfer and training delivery is encouraged; employers, workers and employees in the sector benefit from quality training, higher productivity and harmonious mutual dependencies.

The mission of the Energy and Water Sector Education and Training Authority (EWSETA) is: comprehensive research and a sound understanding of the skills demand and supply forces in its sector; coordinating, facilitating and providing quality assurance for sector relevant skills development programmes for its stakeholders, aligned with stated national skills development priorities; and establishing a sector skills pipeline with a positive impact on government's economic growth policies, employment creation and the eradication of poverty. EWSETA's responsibility is to manage skills development through strategic sector skills planning within the framework of the National Skills Development Strategy III. This includes developing a sector skills plan and implementing the sector skills plan by: establishing learning programmes; approving Workplace Skills Plans and the Annual Training Report; allocating grants to employers, education and training, providers, and workers; monitoring education and training in the sector; registering learning programme agreements; and promoting learnerships and other training programmes. The role of EWSETA also includes facilitating the creation of learnerships with employers in the sector via the following: finding workplaces where learners can do practical work; supporting people who create learning material; helping to wrap up learnership agreements; and registering learnership agreements.

The FP&M SETA was established by the Minister of Higher Education on 1 ApriI, 20II, following the government's strategic decision to cluster sectors and strengthen value-chain linkages between related industries. The SETA encompasses a diverse range of subsectors, including clothing, footwear, forestry, furniture, general goods, leather, packaging, print media, printing, publishing, pulp and paper, textiles and wood products. These subsectors, while distinct, are intricately interconnected, collectively adding immense value to consumers' lives. The FP&M sector is embracing the advancements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and looking ahead to the Fifth Industrial Revolution (5IR), and so, the sector is evolving rapidly. Innovations in automation, artificial intelligence, and digitalisation are driving efficiency and sustainability, while human-centric approaches are enhancing the quality and customisation of its products. In fact, it is almost impossible to go through a day without using one or more products manufactured within the FP&M sector.

The vision of the Finance and Accounting Services Sector Education and Training Authority (FASSET) is to facilitate the achievement of world-class finance and accounting services skills. The mission of the FASSET is to increase the flow of new finance and accountancy entrants into employment; develop and grow the skills required in the sector; and facilitate transformation of the finance and accountancy sector. The objectives of FASSET are to: develop the competence of employees and potential employees; increase the levels of investment in education and training and optimise the return on this investment; position this sector as the ‘sector of career choice' for prospective learners and entrants into the labour market; encourage employers and employees to adopt a culture of lifelong learning; support the objectives of the Employment Equity Act of 1998; enhance access to learning opportunities and facilitate the recognition of prior learning; ensure the quality of education and training in the sector; expand the provision of education and training in this sector through sound partnerships with public and private sector service providers; encourage greater cooperation between the public and private sectors; and cooperate with the South African Qualifications Authority and other SETAs, in support of the objectives of the Act. "

The functional sectors represented by the Health and Welfare Sector Education and Training Authority (HWSETA) in South Africa include the health, social development and veterinary sectors. Its mission is to create an integrated approach to the development and provision of appropriately skilled health and social development workers, to render quality services comparable to world-class standards. HWSETA has a broad mandate, but its key objectives are: to develop and implement the Sector Skills Plan; skills development planning, programmes and initiatives; monitoring of education and training; identification of workplaces for practical work experience; to support and facilitate the development of the National Skills Development Strategy; disbursement of levies collected; to forge links with all stakeholders and relevant bodies; to account for the effective and efficient use of public monies in line with the provisions of the Public Finance Management Act; and the promotion of the employment of disabled persons.