Skills development solutions Pietermaritzburg

Firefly Skills Development Solutions is a specialised skills and enterprise development
consultancy, offering a wide range of services in the skills and enterprise development space.
Our highly qualified consultants act as independent skills development facilitators (SDF’s) for
organisations, ranging from large corporates to SME’s, offering an array of strategic training,
compliance and development solutions.

Claim back 20% of your SDL payments.

In terms of the Skills Development Levies Act, all organisations in South Africa with a payroll exceeding R500 000.00 per annum must pay 1% of their payroll in the form of a Skills Development Tax (SDL) to SARS.

If you have paid the SDL tax and you have provided training to employees in your organisation – you can claim back 20% of your SDL payments every year.

In terms of the Skills Development Levies Act, all organisations in South Africa with a payroll exceeding R500 000.00 per annum must pay 1% of their payroll in the form of a Skills Development Tax (SDL) to SARS.

If you have paid the SDL tax and you have provided training to employees in your organisation – you can claim back 20% of your SDL payments every year.

What do skills development facilitators do?

Firefly, as a Skills Development Facilitator (SDF) is responsible for the planning, implementation and
reporting of training in an organisation, with SETA-related duties.

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Skills development

Accessibility to SDL refunds and discretionary grant funding from your SETA for bursaries, learnerships, artisan training and other training projects for both employed and unemployed learners.

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Employment equity compliance

Our specialised consultants are available to advise on all aspects of employment equity, to ensure that your organisation understands and has complied with all statutory requirements of the Act. 

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Training material development

Firefly assists organisations with the sourcing, formatting, aligning and development of training material for various qualifications in the adult education forum.

Advantages of skills development compliance

    1. Earn up to 30 B-BBEE points (including 5 bonus points) on the skills development component of the new B-BBEE scorecard

    2. Identify skills gaps in your organisation to ensure that reputable training programs are put into place for the up-skilling of current and future employees

    3. An up-skilled workforce is more efficient and productive

    4. the skills development facilitator (SDF) function is to serve as a resource with regard to all aspects of skills development in order to maximize SETA allocations with as little disruption to the workplace as possible.

Not complying with BEE?

    1. Under the revised B-BBEE scorecard, no or too few points for skills development may result in dropping down two (2) contributor levels
      (if the sub-minimum is not reached in the ownership component) – this may impact on your organisation’s ability to qualify for tenders,
      contracts and other business opportunities
    2. Your company will face severe penalties for failing to comply with the requirements of the employment equity act.
    3. Disqualification from accessing SDL refunds and SETA grants
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