Human resource management
LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
SALGA is a learning organisation that believes in investing in the development of its workforce. Employees are continuously exposed to learning interventions aimed at equipping them with skills, knowledge and abilities required to meet the needs of SALGA’ s main clients, its member municipalities.
As per the relevant legislative requirements of the Skills Development Act, SALGA is required to annually submit a workplace skills plan( forecast of training interventions to be implemented) as well as annual training report( ATR) to the LGSETA. This report reflects how the skills budget was utilised for SALGA to be eligible for discretionary grants from the LGSETA to further develop its staff and interns.
The Workplace Skills plan informs the training programmes that as far as possible are aligned to the strategic objectives of the organisation. Furthermore, through discretionary grants from the LGSETA, SALGA is able to appoint interns and put them through a structured internship programme in the various business units they are deployed. The organisation hosted 80 interns during the year.
Training Initiatives
Accredited training interventions are offered across all levels of the organisation in our attempt to ensure fair and equitable skills development. The table below reflects training statistics per race group and gender:
Occupational levels |
African Coloured |
Indian |
White |
Grand total |
Female total |
Male total |
Top management |
13 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
21 |
8 |
13 |
Senior management |
25 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
37 |
17 |
20 |
Professional qualified |
159 |
9 |
10 |
14 |
192 |
99 |
93 |
Skilled |
165 |
19 |
3 |
11 |
198 |
120 |
78 |
Semi-skilled |
102 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
111 |
28 |
4 |
Unskilled |
16 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
17 |
76 |
20 |
Temporary employees |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
TOTAL |
480 |
31 |
21 |
44 |
576 |
348 |
228 |
As far as possible the organisation aligns its training initiatives to add strategic value and at the same time address developmental goals set in the Personal Development Plans of employees to enhance performance in their roles.
For the year under review a total of 177 NQF aligned skills development interventions were implemented with NQF level ranges of 4 to 8. A total of 399 employees were beneficiaries of non-NQF aligned training interventions.
Employee Study Assistance( ESA) Programme
Occupational levels |
African Coloured |
Indian |
White |
Grand total |
Female total |
Male total |
Top management |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Senior management |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Professional qualified |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
5 |
4 |
Skilled |
17 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
25 |
13 |
12 |
Semi-skilled |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
Unskilled |
13 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
13 |
0 |
Temporary employees |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
TOTAL |
49 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
58 |
41 |
17 |
263 SALGA ANNUAL REPORT 2016 / 17