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:
Academic Institute of Excellence (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Welder
07-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)291123141724Admoglo
Occupational Certificate: Welder
09-QCTO/SDP050623093528Africa International Training Facilities
Occupational Certificate: Welder
07-QCTO/AC-TTC140923135028Africa Skills Village
Occupational Certificate: Welder
07-QCTO/SDP060922155641Africa Skills Village
Occupational Certificate: Welder
01-QCTO/SDP050821-2642Africa Skills Village – Route 21 Campus
Occupational Skills Programme: Shielded Metal Arc Welder
07-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)120823055512Africa Skills Village – Route 21 Campus
Occupational Skills Programme: Shielded Metal Arc Welder
07-QCTO/SDP120823055512Africa Skills Village – Route 21 Campus
Occupational Skills Programme: Coded Welding
07-QCTO/SDP120823055512Africa Skills Village – Thembalethu Campus
Occupational Skills Programme: Coded Welding
01-QCTO/SDP140622175903Africa Skills Village – Thembalethu Campus
Occupational Skills Programme: Shielded Metal Arc Welder
01-QCTO/SDP140622175903Africa Skills Village Training and Management Services – Pofadder
Occupational Certificate: Welder
03-QCTO/SDP050624225557Africa Skills Village Training and Management Services (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Welder
07-QCTO/Assessment Centre (AC)-TTC191022230212Africa Skills Village Training and Management Services (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Welder
07-QCTO/AC-TTC191022230212Afrimat Training Centre (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Welder
QCTOSDP01200312- 1958ALPHA Technical Training Centre
Occupational Certificate: Welder
06-QCTO/SDP090323212113ALPHA Technical Training Centre
Occupational Certificate: Boilermaker
04-QCTO/SDP170124151116ALPHA Technical Training Centre
Occupational Certificate: Welder
04-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)250623165327Amos/Kgaphamadi Community Organization
Occupational Certificate: Welder
08-QCTO/AC-TTC120923145239Arcelormittal South Africa
Occupational Certificate: Welder
07-QCTO/AC-TTC020823212158Arcelormittal South Africa
Occupational Certificate: Boilermaker
07-QCTO/AC-TTC020823212158Artisan Training Institute
Occupational Certificate: Welder
05-QCTO/SDP170124153353Artisan Training Institute (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Boilermaker
07-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)241023093141Artisan Training Institute PTY LTD
Occupational Certificate: Boilermaker
05-QCTO/Skills Development Provider (SDP)241023090210Atholl Munday Training Centre (Pty) Ltd
Occupational Certificate: Welder
05-QCTO/SDP101121-3556📋 Data source: Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) — Official List of Accredited Skills Development Providers. Always verify on the DHET website →