Find DHET-accredited training providers offering learnerships, skills programmes, occupational certificates and artisan development across all 9 provinces — quality-assured by SETAs.
What is a Skills Development Provider?
A Skills Development Provider (SDP) is an organisation formally accredited by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and registered with a SETA to deliver occupational training in South Africa. SDPs offer nationally recognised qualifications on the NQF (National Qualifications Framework), ranging from short skills programmes to full occupational qualifications and artisan trade certificates.
SDPs serve job seekers looking to gain formal qualifications, matric graduates who did not gain university admission, employed workers whose employers use SETA levies to fund upskilling, and artisan learners pursuing a trade through apprenticeships.
Structured programmes combining classroom training with workplace experience. Lead to a full NQF qualification with a monthly stipend.
Trade apprenticeships leading to a Trade Certificate via the QCTO. Covers Electrician, Plumber, Welder, Boilermaker and more.
New-generation qualifications on the OQSF, designed around real workplace competencies and recognised by employers.
Shorter unit-standard programmes forming part of a full qualification. Ideal for workers needing a specific skill quickly.
- Verify accreditation on the DHET website
- Confirm which SETA quality-assures the programme
- Ask whether SETA-funded learnerships are available
- Check the NQF level of the qualification
Employers who pay SETA levies can claim funding for employee training. Ask your HR department whether you qualify for a fully funded learnership.
What is a SETA?
A Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) is a statutory body established under the Skills Development Act (No. 97 of 1998). South Africa has 21 SETAs, each responsible for a specific economic sector. SETAs collect a Skills Development Levy (1% of payroll) from registered employers and fund learnerships, bursaries, and workplace training. Every accredited Skills Development Provider must be quality-assured by at least one SETA. Click a SETA below to filter providers:
Xela College of Design (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Visual Merchandiser
08-QCTO/SDP040723075630XO Education (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Store Person
07-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)140423204949XO Education (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Visual Merchandiser
07-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)140423204949XO Education (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Retail Supervisor
07-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)140423204949XO Education (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Retail Chain Store Manager
07-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)140423204949Your Human Resource Solutions
Occupational Certificate: Store Person
05-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)040722134510Your Human Resource Solutions (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Retail Supervisor
05-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)200323210227ZA Gear (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Dispatching and Receiving Clerk
05-QCTO/SDP260224215506ZA Gear (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Dispatching and Receiving Clerk
05-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)260224215506📋 Data source: Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) — Official List of Accredited Skills Development Providers. Always verify on the DHET website →