| 19.1 | In order to ensure adequate representation from within the sector, the Authority shall establish Functional Committees as is more fully described hereinafter, i.e. Learnerships, ETQA and SSP Committees. |
| 19.2 | Functional committees must report to the Chief Executive Officer. |
| 19.3 | Leanerships Committee |
| 19.3.1 | Duties and functions - |
Without limiting the generality of developing, managing and monitoring the Learnerships system for the Authority, the Leanerships Committee shall:
| • | Develop policies, principles, criteria and guidelines related to Leanerships and including "ABET" programmes for the recommendation to and subsequent endorsement of the Authority, in accordance with Chapter 4 of the Act; |
| • | Develop and recommend plans for the implementation of Leanerships and/or ABET programmes, where appropriate; |
| • | Receive and address such reports and recommendations from provincial committees on Learnership requirements in each sector and/or ABET programmes, where appropriate; |
| • | Monitor and report to the Chief Executive Officer on Leanerships functions of the Authority and/or ABET programmes, where appropriate. |
| • | Up to three employee representatives and up to three employer representatives in respect of the sector shall comprise the Leanership Committee, employee and employer delegates representing their respective constituencies; |
| • | The Leanerships Committee shall elect a "Leanerships Chairperson" who shall be required to generally supervise, manage and co-ordinate the functions of the Leanerships Committee with particular emphasis being placed on its objectives in terms of this item; |
| • | Subject to the provisions of the Act, groups having a special interest in the activities of the Learnership Committee shall be eligible, subject to such criteria as may be established by the Learnership Committee and the Authority, for admission to this Committee. |
| 19.3.3 | Frequency of Meetings |
| • | The Leanership Committee, in order to ensure that it fulfils its objectives and requirements adequately, satisfactorily and expeditiously, shall meet on no fewer |
| • | than four occasions in each year. |
| 19.4.1 | Duties and functions - |
The "ETQA" Committee shall, in essence, be responsible for, inter alia, the management strategy, on behalf of the Authority, of the quality assurance functions and obligation of the Authority. Without derogating from the generality of the aforegoing, the ETQA Committee shall:
| • | Develop policies, principles, uiteria and guidelines related to ETQA for recommendation to the Authority in accordance with the SAQA requirements as set out in the South African Qualification Act (Act 58 of 1995); |
| • | Prepare the ETQA plan for recommendation to the Authority, Establish and monitor the implementation of a quality management system in order to: |
| o | Make recommendations to the Authority on the accreditation of any one or more providers in the sector for specific standards or qualifications; |
| o | Promote quality amongst the various constituent providers; |
| o | Receive and collate reports and recommendations from provinces or regions on issues effecting the ETQA Committee and its objectives in terms of this Constitution and the Act; |
| o | Register constituent assessors of national qualifications in the sector in respect of specific standards or qualifications in terms of such criteria which may be established for this purpose; |
| o | Certify any one or more constituent learners; |
| o | Co-operate in the moderation of the assessment and of quality assurance across the sector as the case may be. |
| o | Monitor the development of, and requirements for new standards, qualifications or modifications to existing standards or qualifications for the sector. |
| o | Ensure that the Authority maintains an appropriate database for its quality assurance and certification functions; |
| o | Report to the Chief Executive Officer on such matters as may be necessary. |
| • | Up to three employee representatives and up to three employer representatives in respect of the sector shall comprise the ETQA Committee, employee and employer delegates representing their respective constituencies; |
| • | The ETQA Committee shall elect a "ETQA Chairperson" who shall be required to generally supervise, manage and co-ordinate the functions of the ETQA Committee with particular emphasis being placed on its objectives in terms of this item; |
| • | Subject to the provisions of the Act, groups having a special interest in the activities of the ETQA Committee shall be eligible, subject to such criteria as may be established by the ETQA Committee and the Authority, for admission. |
| 19.5 | Sector Skills Planning Committee |
The fundamental responsibility of the Sector Skills Planning Committee shall be to prepare and recommend the Sector Skills Plan and monitor its implementation. Without derogating from the generality of the aforegoing, the Sector Skills Planning Committee shall:
| • | Develop such policies, principles, criteria and guidelines relating to sector skills planning for recommendation to the Authority; |
| • | Identify the data which may be necessary for the development of a sector skills plan and to propose a means of collecting or acquiring such data; |
| • | Determine the enterprise, employee, occupational and skills profile of the sector with which it may be entrusted; |
| • | Identify and analyse strategic issues which may impact on the sector with particular emphasis being paid to its objectives as recorded herein; |
| • | Establish such skills, needs and employment growth developments in the economic sectors and regions or provinces; |
| • | Assess education and training provisions in the sector or as the case may be, and identify any deficiencies in such provisions; |
| • | Determine education and training priorities in the sector or with which it is entrusted; |
| • | Receive and collate provincial recommendations, contributions or inputs with regard to skills requirements and the skills plan implementation in the provinces or regions, as the case may be; |
| • | Develop policies, principles, guidelines and criteria related to workplace skills plans for recommendations to the Chief Executive Officer; |
| • | Report to the Chief Executive Officer on the implementation of workplace skills plans; |
| • | Develop sector skills plans for consideration by the Chief Executive officer; |
| • | Monitor and report to the Chief Executive Officer on the implementation of the sector skills plan. |
| • | Up to three employee representatives and up to three employer representatives in respect of the sector shall comprise the Sector Skills Planning Committee, employee and employer delegates representing their respective constituencies; |
| • | The Sector Skills Planning Committee shall elect a "Sector Skills Planning Chairperson" who shall be required to generally supervise, manage and co-ordinate the functions of the Sector Skills Planning Committee with particular emphasis being placed on its objectives in terns of this item; |
| • | Subject to the provisions of the Act, groups having a special interest in the activities of the Sector Skills Planning Committee shall be eligible, subject to such criteria as may be established by the Sector Skills Planning Committee and the Authority, for admission. |
