SECTOR SKILLS PLANNING WORKSHOP Sector Skills Plan Update 2018-19 Structure of Sector Skills Plan Research Methods to develop Plan KEY ROLE-PLAYERS Year-on-year retail sales growth in 2016 was weak, arising to 3.7 in May. It declined from
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SECTOR SKILLS PLANNING WORKSHOP
Sector Skills Plan Update 2018-19<br>
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Structure of Sector Skills Plan<br>
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Research Methods to develop Plan<br>
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KEY ROLE-PLAYERS<br>
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Year-on-year retail sales growth in 2016 was weak, arising to 3.7% in May.
It declined from June 2016 to October 2016, arising to 3.1% in November 2016. Year-on-year retail sales growth 2016-2017<br>
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Retail spend continues to recover but it remains fragile Retailers focusing on customer and technology as enablers in weak economy environment GDP Growth – 0.8% 5.3% Inflation SA Junk Status will impact negatively on growth Food
outperform other retailers, typical of a weak environment Overtraded clothing market results in squeezed or flat margins and falling volumes Clothing retailers facing increasing foreign competitor presence Consumer confidence down Political uncertainly hurting the sector What does this mean for wholesale and retail in 2017? International
Retailers<br>
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Change Drivers Downgrade to junk status Downgrade to junk status<br>
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Top 28 Hard-To-Fill Vacancies<br>
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Reasons for Hard-To-Fill Vacancies<br>
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Major Skills Gaps<br>
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The following is the HTFV list by province: Gauteng<br>
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Top 10 Pivotal Skills<br>
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Top Occupations by Sector<br>
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National Top 10 Scarce (HTFV) Occupational List<br>
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RMDP: Addresses challenge of upskilling junior managers / supervisors and team leaders to develop a pipeline of future leaders in the W&R Sector. The shortage of skilled middle managers culminated in Retail Management Development Programme (RMDP). Partnerships TVET College / Retail Simulations Centres: Project is aimed at capacitating colleges to deliver W&RSETA programmes with a two-pronged purpose of fostering collaboration between institutions and the sector and to produce graduates that meet the needs of the industry. W&RSETA's flagship programme, the ILDP, in its ninth year has benefitted employees from various Wholesale and Retail companies who are positioning retail as a career of choice. Partnership should be forged between the international trade union movements and members should be exposed to their practices.<br>
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Rural and Cooperatives Development: W&RSETA develops partnerships with rural and previously underprivileged communities. This priority is high on the agenda of government. The aim is to equip rural communities to become active participants of the economy through sustainable job creation and to retain young people in their communities.
Rural Community Development: The SETA initiates various projects to benefit unemployed youths, graduates, small businesses and cooperatives.
Community Retail Development Programme (CRDP): W&RSETA in partnership with the Tshwane Community Business Forum trained 400 entrepreneurs and capacitated 20 unemployed graduates in the Tshwane Municipality.
The Rural Areas and Traditional Councils Project: This project benefited 515 learners from the Rharhabe Royal Kingdom (Eastern Cape), Batlokoa Traditional Council (Free State), Kwandebele Royal Mgibe II (Mpumalanga), Jalamba Traditional Council (Eastern Cape) and Mhlontlo Local. Partnerships<br>
