Workplace Skills Planning (WSP) & Annual Training Report (ATR)

Planning plays a key role in the implementation of education, training and development initiatives. Hence the Workplace Skills Plan (WSP), which allows an organisation to identify areas where skills are needed and plan interventions to answer the needs.

WSP's provide SETA's with the information it needs to compile a meaningful Sector Skills Plan especially for Scarce and Critical skills. Once the organisation has submitted a duly completed WSP on time, a grant amounting to 50% of the levy will be paid to the organisation which includes amounts due for both the ATR and the WSP. This will ensure that organisations have funds that can be utilised for the implementation of training.

Towards the end of each financial year, every organisation that submitted a WSP is required to submit an Annual Training Report (ATR). This report reflects the education, training and development activities of the organisation that were implemented. If there are significant deviations highlighted in the ATR from what was specified in the WSP, an explanation for this may be required. Records of all education, training and development activities should be available to confirm the information in the report.

If the organisation does not submit the ATR for any given year, they forfeit the levy portion that would have been allocated upon the submission of the WSP for the following financial year and will have to wait for the next levy disbursement cycle.