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:
Brooklyn City College
Occupational Certificate: Early Childhood Development Practitioner
09-QCTO/SDP050724152708Buffalo City TVET College
Occupational Certificate: Community Development Worker
ASC00121022019070501Buffalo City TVET College
Occupational Certificate: Early Childhood Development Practitioner
ASC00121022019070501Buffalo City TVET College
Occupational Certificate: Career Development Information Officer
ASC00121022019070501Buffalo City TVET College
Occupational Certificate: Community Development Practitioner
ASC00121022019070501Buffalo City TVET College
Occupational Certificate: Library Assistant
ASC00121022019070501Business Academy
Occupational Certificate: Early Childhood Development Practitioner
01-QCTO/SDP080923100916Business Academy
Occupational Certificate: Early Childhood Development Practitioner
07-QCTO/SDP041122065906Business Heath and Theology Academy
Occupational Certificate: Training and Development Practitioner
02-QCTO/SDP260224134012Business Heath and Theology Academy
Occupational Certificate: Community Development Practitioner
02-QCTO/SDP260224134012Business Heath and Theology Academy
Occupational Certificate: Community Development Practitioner
02-QCTO/SDP260224134012Business Heath and Theology Academy
Occupational Certificate: Early Childhood Development Practitioner
02-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)260224134012Business Heath and Theology Academy
Occupational Certificate: Early Childhood Development Practitioner
02-QCTO/SDP260224134012Camblish Training Institute
Occupational Certificate: Occupational Trainer
07-QCTO/SDP170824202041Camblish Training Institute
Occupational Certificate: Career Development Information Officer
07-QCTO/SDP170824224334Camblish Training Institute
Occupational Certificate: Learning and Development Advisor
07-QCTO/SDP170824224334Camblish Training Institute
Occupational Certificate: Training and Development Practitioner
07-QCTO/SDP170824224334Camblish Training Institute
Occupational Certificate: Learning and Development Advisor
07-QCTO/SDP170824202041Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Occupational Certificate: Community Development Practitioner
01-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)210423175015Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Occupational Certificate: Occupational Trainer
01-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)210423175015Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Occupational Certificate: Career Development Information Officer
01-QCTO/SDP020523101842Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Occupational Certificate: Training and Development Practitioner
SDP/15/18-40Cape Peninsula University of Technology – District 6 Campus
Occupational Certificate: Career Development Information Officer
ASC00122012019070501Cape Peninsula University of Technology – District 6 Campus
Occupational Certificate: Community Development Practitioner
ASC00122012019070501📋 Data source: Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) — Official List of Accredited Skills Development Providers. Always verify on the DHET website →