Skills Development Act, 1998 (Act No. 97 of 1998)ConstitutionsConstitution of the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education & Training Authority (MERSETA)9. Functions and Duties of the MERSETA |
| 9.1 | The MERSETA must perform its functions in accordance with the Act, the Levies Act, the PFMA, Treasury Regulations, and this constitution. |
| 9.2 | The MERSETA must in terms of section 10 of the Act: |
| (a) | Develop a sector skills plan within the framework of the national skills development strategy; |
| (b) | Implement the sector skills plan by: |
| (i) | Establishing learnerships; |
| (ii) | Approving workplace skills plans; |
| (iii) | Allocating grants to employers, education and training providers and employees; |
| (iv) | Monitoring education and training in the sector. |
| (c) | Promote learnerships by: |
| (i) | Identifying workplaces for practical work experience; |
| (ii) | Supporting the development of learning materials; |
| (iii) | Improving the facilitation of learning; |
| (iv) | Assisting with the conclusion of learnership agreements. |
| (d) | Promote other kinds of training including the provision of bursaries; |
| (e) | Register learnership agreements; |
| (f) | Perform the functions of an Education and Training Quality Assurance body under the SAQA Act; |
| (g) | Disburse grants in the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector; |
| (h) | Liaise with the National Skills Authority on: |
| (i) | National Skills development policy; |
| (ii) | National skills development strategy; and |
| (iii) | The sector skills plan of the MERSETA. |
| (i) | Report to the Director-General on: |
| (i) | its income and expenditure; and |
| (ii) | the implementation of its sector skills plan. |
| (iii) | annual business plan and NSDS targets. |
| (j) | Liaise with the Employment Services of the Department of Labour and any education body established under any law regulating education in the Republic to improve information: |
| (i) | About employment opportunities; |
| (ii) | Between education and training providers and the Labour Market. |
| (k) | Appoint staff necessary for the performance of its functions; and |
| (l) | Perform any other duties imposed by the Act, the Levies Act, the PFMA, Treasury Regulations or consistent with the purposes of the Act. |