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:
Eastcape Training Centre
Occupational Certificate: Bricklayer
02-QCTO/SDP250623172923Eastcape Training Centre
Occupational Certificate: Bricklayer
02-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)250623172923Eastcape Training Centre NPC
Occupational Certificate: Carpenter
02-QCTO/SDP290823154055Easy Group of Companies (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Construction Plant Operator
06-QCTO/SDP240624233319EBMTC Artisan Academy
Occupational Certificate: Plumber
QCTOSDP01191115- 1854EDU House South Africa (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Bricklayer
09-QCTO/SDP050821- 2641Ekurhuleni Artisans and Skills Training Centre
Occupational Certificate: Hot Water System Installer (Heat Pump Installer)
07-QCTO/SDP020623142013Ekurhuleni Artisans and skills Training Centre (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Bricklayer
QCTOSDP01190515- 1633Ekurhuleni Artisans and skills Training Centre (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Plumber
QCTOSDP01190515- 1633Ekurhuleni East TVET College- Kwa Thema Campus
Occupational Certificate: Plumber
QCTO:SDP/15/0042Ekurhuleni Vocational Skills Training Centre
Occupational Certificate: Plumber
07-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)310823093906Ekurhuleni Vocational Skills Training Centre
Occupational Certificate: Plumber
07-QCTO/SDP310823093906Elangeni TVET College
Occupational Certificate: Plumber
05-QCTO/SDP101121-3557Electrolux Plumbers Training College
Occupational Certificate: Hot Water System Installer (Heat Pump Installer)
07-QCTO/SDP020623142655Electrolux Plumbers Training College
Occupational Certificate: Hot Water System Installer (Solar Water Installer)
07-QCTO/SDP020623142655Electrolux Plumbers Training College
Occupational Certificate: Hot Water System Installer (Heat Pump Installer)
07-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)020623142655Electrolux Plumbers Training College
Occupational Certificate: Hot Water System Installer (Solar Water Installer)
07-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)020623142655Engineering Skills Academy
Occupational Certificate: Bricklayer
07-QCTO/Assessment Centre (AC)-TTC191023183509ESAYIDI TVET – NQAMUZA CAMPUS
Occupational Certificate: Plumber
05-QCTO/SDP240323074747Esayidi TVET College – Nqamuza Campus
Occupational Skills Programme: Plumbing Hand
05-QCTO/SDP050224161934Esayidi TVET College – Nqamuza Campus
Occupational Skills Programme: Domestic Water and Drainage Pipe Repairer
05-QCTO/SDP050224161934Esayidi TVET College – Nqamuza Campus
Occupational Skills Programme: Hot- and Cold-Water Systems Installer
05-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)050224161934F and O Deliveries
Occupational Certificate: Plumber
07-QCTO/Assessment Centre (AC)-TTC250124110231F and O Deliveries
Occupational Certificate: Bricklayer
07-QCTO/AC-TTC250124110231📋 Data source: Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) — Official List of Accredited Skills Development Providers. Always verify on the DHET website →