There are many entities and companies that do not understand what a Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) is or the

benefits
thereof.
Some of the questions you may have been asked:

Is your Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) (Workplace Skills Plan (WSP)) in place?
Is your Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) (Workplace Skills Plan (WSP)) being managed?
Do you understand what can be claimed?

To understand the above questions, you have to understand what a Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) (Workplace Skills
Plan (WSP)) (Workplace Skills Plan) is and what kind of levies can be expected when contributing. Attached all these
aspects are explained.
A Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) (Workplace Skills Plan (WSP)) (Workplace Skills Plan) is developed annually for the
period 01 April to 31 March - by a registered skills development facilitator (SDF). It is then submitted to the SETA
with which the organisation is registered. The Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) (Workplace Skills Plan (WSP))
(Workplace Skills Plan) facilitates access to the SETAs mandatory grant for skills training. Organisations are
required to report against their Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) (Workplace Skills Plan (WSP)) (Workplace Skills Plan) in
an Annual Training Report (ATR) that shows how they have addressed the priority skills defined in the Workplace
Skills Plan (WSP) (Workplace Skills Plan (WSP)) (Workplace Skills Plan).
An equally important purpose of the Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) (Workplace Skills Plan (WSP)) (Workplace Skills
Plan) is that it also provides important sector information to the SETA on employee profiles, skills needs and skills
development interventions. This information in turn informs the development of the SETAs sector skills plan (SSP).
The SSPs then further contribute to the national skills development agenda defined in the National Skills
Development Strategy. Though developed at an organisation level to address in house skills development needs, the
Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) (Workplace Skills Plan (WSP)) (Workplace Skills Plan) has an important purpose in
informing skills needs at a sector level and at a national level.
In response to a need identified by human resource practitioners in the environment and conservation sectors, this
module has been written to support organisations in strengthening the processes through which they develop
Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) (Workplace Skills Plan (WSP)) (Workplace Skills Plans). The ultimate aim is to support
skills development at a Sector as well as at a National level.

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