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:
Transnet Academy Faculty of Rail
Occupational Certificate: Railway Signal Operator (Functional Yard Operator)
03-QCTO/SDP250624104335Transnet Freight Rail: School of Rail Esselenpark
Occupational Certificate: Train Driver
07-QCTO/SDP230724095006Transnet Freight Rail: School of Rail Esselenpark
Occupational Certificate: Railway Signal Operator (Functional Yard Operator)
07-QCTO/SDP230724095006Transnet SOC Ltd – Bloemfontein
Occupational Certificate: Train Driver
QCTOSDP00180703- 990Transnet SOC Ltd – Bloemfontein
Occupational Certificate: Railway Signal Operator (Functional Yard Operator)
QCTOSDP00180703- 990Tri-Anagram
Occupational Certificate: Freight Handler
07-QCTO/SDP091123111647Tri-anagram (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Supply Chain Practitioner
07-QCTO/SDP291023075715Triton Express (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Freight Handler
07-QCTO/SDP140723130021Triton Express (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Truck Driver
07-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)070223112348Triton Express (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Truck Driver
07-QCTO/SDP070223112348True-Blue Training (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Skills Programme: Truck Mounted Crane C32 Operator
06-QCTO/SDP060624161812True-Blue Training (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Skills Programmes: Counterbalanced Lift Truck F3 Driver
06-QCTO/SDP060624162143True-Blue Training (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Skills Programme: Telescopic Boom Handler C46 Operator
06-QCTO/SDP060624161812True-Blue Training (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Skills Programme: Hydraulic Mobile Crane C33 Operator
06-QCTO/SDP060624161812True-Blue Training (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Skills Programme: Hydraulic Mobile Crane C35 Operator
06-QCTO/SDP060624161812True-Blue Training (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Skills Programme: Counterbalanced Lift Truck F1
06-QCTO/SDP060624161812True-Blue Training (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Skills Programme: Rough Terrain Lift Truck F11 Driver
06-QCTO/SDP060624162143True-Blue Training (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Skills Programme: Counterbalanced Lift Truck F2 Driver
06-QCTO/SDP060624162143True-Blue Training (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Skills Programme: Reach Lift Truck F5 Driver
06-QCTO/SDP060624161812True-Blue Training (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Skills Programme: Overhead Crane Pendant Radio Controlled C30 Operator
06-QCTO/SDP060624161812Tshwane Rapid Transit (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Bus Driver
07-QCTO/SDP031221-3923Tusanang Training Academy (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Truck Driver
07-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)150823160215Tusanang Training Academy (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Supply Chain Practitioner
07-QCTO/SDP230921-3044Tusanang Training Academy (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Truck Driver
07-QCTO/SDP150823160215📋 Data source: Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) — Official List of Accredited Skills Development Providers. Always verify on the DHET website →