| (a) |
to develop the skills of the South African workforce— |
| (i) |
to improve the quality of life of workers, their prospects of work and labour mobility; |
| (ii) |
to improve productivity in the workplace and the competitiveness of employers; |
| (iii) |
to promote self-employment; and |
| (iv) |
to improve the delivery of social services; |
| (b) |
to increase the levels of investment in education and training in the labour market and to improve the return on that investment; |
| (c) |
to encourage employers— |
| (i) |
to use the workplace as an active learning environment; |
| (ii) |
to provide employees with the opportunities to acquire new skills; |
| (iii) |
to provide opportunities for new entrants to the labour market to gain work experience; and |
| (iv) |
to employ persons who find it difficult to be employed; |
| (d) |
to encourage workers to participate in learning programmes; |
[Section 2(1)(d) amended by section 2(a) of Act No. 37 of 2008]
| (e) |
to improve the employment prospects of persons previously disadvantaged by unfair discrimination and to redress those disadvantages through training and education; |
| (f) |
to ensure the quality of learning in and for the workplace; |
[Section 2(1)(f) amended by section 2(a) of Act No. 37 of 2008]
| (g) |
[Section 2(1)(g) deleted by section 53(1), Schedule 1, of Act No. 4 of 2014] |
| (h) |
[Section 2(1)(h) deleted by section 53(a), Schedule 1, of Act No. 4 of 2014] |
| (2) |
Those purposes are to be achieved through— |
| (a) |
an institutional and financial framework comprising— |
| (v) |
[Section 2(2)(a)(v) deleted by section 53(1), Schedule 1, of Act No. 4 of 2014] |
| (vi) |
[Section 2(2)(a)(vi) deleted by section 53(1), Schedule 1, of Act No. 4 of 2014] |
| (vii) |
accredited trade test centres; |
| (viii) |
skills development institutes; |
| (ix) |
the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations; |
| (x) |
a skills development forum for each province; and |
| (xi) |
a national artisan moderation body. |
| (xii) |
[Section 2(2)(a)(xii) deleted by section 53(1), Schedule 1, of Act No. 4 of 2014] |
| (b) |
encouraging partnerships between the public and private sectors of the economy to provide learning in and for the workplace; and |
[Section 2(2) amended by section 2(b) of Act No. 37 of 2008]
Public Service Commission Act, 1997
