The functions and objects of the CETA shall be to:
| 9.1 | Determine the qualitative and quantitative education and training needs of the construction sector by actively involving all stakeholders who are party to the CETA in the development and maintaining of a SSP, with special reference to the needs of infomal/emerging enterprises, within the framework of the national skills development strategy; |
| 9.2.1 | establishing learnerships; |
| 9.2.3 | allocating grants in the prescribed manner to employers, education and training providers and workers; and |
| 9.2.4 | monitoring education and training in the sector; |
| 9.2.5 | Approving and monitoring skills programmes; |
| 9.2.6 | Monitoring the demand for and the delivery of education and training in the sector; |
| 9.2.7 | Initiating and supporting standards generation; |
| 9.2.8 | Supporting further and higher education and training; |
| 9.3 | Promote learnerships and skills programmes by: |
| 9.3.1 | Identifying workplaces for practical work experience; |
| 9.3.2 | Supporting the development of learning materials; |
| 9.3.3 | Improving the facilitation of learning; and |
| 9.3.4 | Assisting in the conclusion of learnership agreements; |
| 9.4 | Register learnership agreements; |
| 9.5 | Promote education, training and career opportunities; |
| 9.6 | Promote and fund skills competitions in the prescribed manner; |
| 9.7 | Obtain accreditation from SAQA as the ETQA body for the construction sector and perform the functions arising from such accreditation; |
| 9.8 | Receive and disburse the skills development levies in the sector as approved by the Minister to carry out such a function as contemplated in section 7(1) of the Act; |
| 9.9 | Liaise with the National Skills Authority, the Construction Industry Development Board, and related SETAs on: |
| 9.9.1 | The national skills development policy; |
| 9.9.2 | The national skills development strategy; and |
| 9.10 | Report to the Director-General on: |
| 9.10.1 | Its income and expenditure; and |
| 9.10.2 | The implementation of its SSP; |
| 9.11 | Liaise with the employment services of the Department and any education and/or training body established to improve information— |
| 9.11.1 | About employment opportunities; and |
| 9.11.2 | between education and training providers and the labour market; |
| 9.12 | Appoint staff necessary for the performance of its functions; |
| 9.13 | Conduct research and development; |
| 9.14 | Raise donor and other funding; |
| 9.15 | Establish and maintain an efficient and effective administration; |
| 9.16 | Facilitate the involvement of relevant government departments in the activities of the CETA to: |
| 9.16.1 | Address the competency requirements for social delivery, |
| 9.16.2 | Address the learning needs of the most vulnerable segments of the sector. |
| 9.16.3 | Promote training of informal/emerging enterprises to enable them to qualify for public and private contracts and to comply with any registration requirements; |
| 9.17 | Liaise with relevant Government Departments, their nominated agencies or statutory bodies on matters of mutual interest; |
| 9.18 | Perform any other functions not specifically mentioned in order to fulfill the objectives of the CETA. |
