The objectives of SASSETA are to promote the purposes of the Act within the sector,
| 8.1 | The purposes of the Act are— |
| 8.1.1 | to develop the skills of the South African workforce— |
| 8.1.2 | to improve the quality of life of workers, their prospects of work and labour mobility; |
| 8.1.3 | to improve productivity in the workplace and the competitiveness of employers; |
| 8.1.4 | to promote self-employment; |
| 8.1.5 | to improve the delivery of social services; |
| 8.1.6 | to increase the levels of investment in education and training in the labour market and to improve the return on that investment; |
| 8.1.7 | to encourage employers— |
| 8.1.7.1 | to use the work-place as an active learning environment; |
| 8.1.7.2 | to provide employees with the opportunities to acquire new skills; |
| 8.1.7.3 | to provide opportunities for new entrants to the labour market to gain work experience; and |
| 8.1.7.4 | to employ persons who find it difficult to be employed; |
| 8.1.8 | to encourage workers to participate in learnership and other training programmes; |
| 8.1.9 | to improve the employment prospects of persons previously disadvantaged by unfair discrimination and to redress those disadvantages through training and education; |
| 8.1.10 | to ensure the quality of education and training in and for the workplace; |
| 8.1.11.1 | work-seekers to find work; |
| 8.1.11.2 | retrenched workers to re-enter the labour market; and |
| 8.1.11.3 | employers to find qualified employees. |
