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:
Electrical Contractors'Association South Africa
Occupational Certificate: Electrician
07-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)230224135535Electrical Contractors'Association South Africa
Occupational Certificate: Electrician
07-QCTO/SDP230224135535Enerhu Business Enterprise
Occupational Certificate: Electrician
09-QCTO/AC-TTC040824160156Engineering Skills Academy
Occupational Certificate: Electrician
07-QCTO/AC-TTC191023183509Envirocon Training
Occupational Certificate: Environmental Science Technician
01-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)121123194653Environmental Leadership Academy
Occupational Certificate: Environmental Science Technician
QCTOSDP01190902- 1795Ergo Business Development Academy NPC
Occupational Certificate: Electrician
07-QCTO/Assessment Centre (AC)-TTC150323010630Esayidi Tvet College – Enyenyezi Campus
Occupational Certificate: Electrician
05-QCTO/SDP240323133847Esayidi Tvet College – Enyenyezi Campus
Occupational Certificate: Electrician
05-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)240323133847Eskom Distribution (Eastern Cape Coastal Training Centre)
Occupational Certificate: Electrician
02-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)170124232532Eskom Distribution (Eastern Cape Coastal Training Centre)
Occupational Certificate: Electrician
02-QCTO/SDP170124232532ESS Holdings
Occupational Certificate: Firefighter
07-QCTO/SDP220824185633ETS Emergency Training Solutions
Occupational Certificate: Firefighter
07-QCTO/AC-TTC240723095844Excellent Minds Institute
Occupational Certificate: Valuer (Municipal Property Assessor)
09-QCTO/SDP020824225221Exxaro Coal
Occupational Certificate: Electrician
09-QCTO/Assessment Centre (AC)-TTC020823210656F and O Deliveries
Occupational Certificate: Electrician
07-QCTO/AC-TTC250124110231F and O Deliveries
Occupational Certificate: Electrician
07-QCTO/Assessment Centre (AC)-TTC250124110231False Bay TVET College – Khayelitsha Campus
Occupational Certificate: Electrician
01-QCTO/SDP170623004005False Bay TVET College (Westlake)
Occupational Certificate: Electrician
01-QCTO/Assessment Centre (AC)-TTC150323004419False Bay TVET College (Westlake)
Occupational Certificate: Electrician
01-QCTO/AC-TTC150323004419FDT Craft Training Centre
Occupational Certificate: Electrician
08-QCTO/Assessment Centre (AC)-TTC150224124004FDT Craft Training Centre
Occupational Certificate: Electrician
08-QCTO/AC-TTC150224124004FDT Craft Training Centre (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Electrician
08-QCTO/SDP300522105341Flavius Mareka TVET College – Mphohadi Campus
Occupational Certificate: Electrician
04-QCTO/SDP280722204827📋 Data source: Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) — Official List of Accredited Skills Development Providers. Always verify on the DHET website →