The Services Sector Education and Training Authority (or Services SETA as it is more commonly referred to) was originally established in 2000 to ensure that the skills needs of the services sector would be identified and correctly addressed. The Services SETA committed to achieve this task by forming partnerships with various stakeholders and role-players and by implementing a focused business plan.
Ten years down the line, the Services SETA is still operating, but will change a little bit when the new SETA landscape comes into being in South Africa in March 2011.
The primary change envisaged for the Services SETA is that it will also incorporate the advertising and media sub-sectors from the existing MAPPP-SETA which currently incorporates media, advertising, publishing, printing and packaging, as well as arts and crafts and broadcasting. While media and advertising have been transferred to the Services SETA, broadcasting has been transferred to the Information and Communication Technology SETA, ICTSETA, and the arts and crafts sub-sectors have been transferred to the newly formulated Culture, Sport, Tourism and Hospitality SETA.
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All sector education and training authorities (SETAs) were established in terms of the Skills Development Act (1998) and from the beginning of April 2000, were responsible for collecting levies from registered employers. These levies are vital for the funding of all the respective SETAs, of which there will be 21 from March 2011.
The Services SETA levies themselves have been collected by the South African Revenue Service (SARS) – via the Department of Labour – and then disbursed using a management system that has been motivated by skills requirement monitoring and assessment.
This has meant that any discretionary grants, bursaries or other monies payable to those qualifying for “service” education and training has been facilitated by this particular SETA.
Skills are vital for any services industry, and it is a primary aim of the Service SETA to make sure that all the skill requirements of the sector are identified. Further, it has the task of ensuring that adequate and appropriate skills are more readily available to a larger number of learners and those already in work who need to improve their skills and learning, and therefore their service potential.
At an early stage, the Services SETA undertook to achieve a more favourable balance between supply and demand – which had been identified as a huge problem. The SETA also undertook to ensure that education and training for the services industry in general was:
Another primary aim was to ensure that the skills of the current work force (at that time and moving forward) was acknowledged and its skills enhanced by the SETA’s input and activities.
They are responsible for ensuring that learners have access to a relevant workplace experience and that there are internships and apprenticeships that will enable learners to improve their potential.
Where to find the Services SETAThe Services SETA is based in Parktown, Johannesburg in Gauteng.Telephone: (011) 715 1801 Fax: (011) 715 1819Email: bonitab@serviceseta.org.za Website: http://www.serviceseta.org.za
Where to find the current MAPPP SETAThe media and advertising sub-sectors of MAPPP will be transferred to the Services SETA in 2011. Currently MAPPP is based in both the Western Cape, in Cape Town (Tygervalley) and in Gauteng, in Johannesburg (Midrand):Telephone: (021) 910 3001/ (011) 234 2311 Fax: (021) 910 3080/ (011) 234 2350Email: sekgana@mappp-seta.co.za Website: http://www.mappp- seta.co.za
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The valid Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes must be used for Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) purposes. The latest SIC Coding system can be found Here or at Statistic SA www.statssa.gov.za. The Code for sseta is 23.
SIC CODE | ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION |
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9001 | Marketing services |
9002 | Marketing communications. |
9008 | Direct marketing. |
34260 | Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone |
50411 | Decorating business /interior designers and decorators |
50500 | Renting of construction or demolition equipment with operators |
61421 | Import and export of various metals |
75110 | National postal activities. |
75111 | Banking via post office. |
75121 | Mail handling |
84000 | Real estate activities. |
84100 | Real estate activities with own or leased property. |
84200 | Real estate activities on a fee or contract basis. |
84201 | Real estate valuation services. |
84202 | Property management services. |
84203 | Estate Agencies |
85000 | Renting of machinery and equipment, without operator of personal and household. |
85200 | Renting of machinery and equipment. |
85300 | Renting of personal and household goods n.e.c. |
86025 | Office machinery, equipment and rental leasing |
88130 | Market research and public opinion polling |
88141 | General consulting services. |
88910 | Labour recruitment and provision of staff. |
88916 | Private employment agencies and temporary employment services. |
88917 | Temporary employment services. |
88918 | Permanent employment agencies |
95120 | Activities of professional organisations. |
95155 | Professional bodies n.e.c. |
95991 | Bargaining councils and dispute resolution |
95992 | Association, federations and umbrella bodies |
96490 | Other recreational activities. |
99000 | Other service activities |
99002 | General cleaning |
99014 | Quality management and related service. |
99015 | Non -financial business management and management consulting |
99016 | NGO management and service. |
99018 | Cleaning of carpet and upholstery. |
99019 | Cleaning equipment and consumable supply. |
99022 | Ladies’ hairdressing. |
99023 | Men’s and ladies’ hairdressing. |
99024 | Beauty treatment. |
99025 | Dry cleaning and laundering. |
99026 | Garden maintenance services. |
99027 | Domestic services. |
99029 | Function and catering equipment hire |
99030 | Funeral and related activities. |
99033 | Coffin making by funeral enterprises |
99034 | Manufacture of funeral and tombstones |
99035 | Miscellaneous item hire. |
99036 | Truck hire. |
99037 | Video hire |
99038 | Brand marketers. |
99039 | Generic project management |
99041 | Nail technology including nail technologists, nail technicians and distributors and agencies of nail products |
99042 | Non -allied registered perfumery including aromatic oils and related products, perfumery consultants, sale people and agencies of nail products. |
99043 | Health and skin care incl. health and skin care therapists, stress therapists and somatologists, slimming salons and distributors of slimming products including slimming machines. |
99044 | Make -up artists. |
99045 | Personnel service agencies |
99046 | Modelling agencies. |
99047 | Pet care. |
99050 | Distributors of slimming products including slimming machines |
99051 | Distributors of make -up products and related merchandise. |
99052 | Truck and plant hire. |
99053 | Valuers. |
99054 | Fashion design not related to clothing |
99055 | Call centre management of people. |
99056 | Event and conference management excluding the operation of convention centres. |
99090 | Other service activities n.e.c |