January 2022

CALL FOR RESEARCH THEMES OR TOPICS: W&RSETA 2021-2025 RESEARCH AGENDA UPDATE

You are invited to submit proposals for themes or topics that are important in the development of the W&RSETA’s Sector Skills Plan and sector priorities which will contribute to the SETA’s 2021-2025 Research Agenda. The Research Agenda provides an opportunity to improve the quality of labour market data and information that is relevant to strategic interventions that will enable effective and responsive implementation of skills development programmes in the Wholesale and Retail Sector.

NOTIFICATION ON THE RELEASE OF THE UPDATED ORGANISING FRAMEWORK FOR OCCUPATIONS (OFO)

Skills Development Facilitators are hereby informed that the Department of Higher Education and Training has published the updated Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO) for 2021. The purpose of the OFO is to enable a coordinated sector-wide response to labour market trends based on a common language or classification of occupations.