SETAs are organisations designed to drive skills development in key sectors of the economy. Through learnerships, apprenticeships, and training programs, they provide the practical qualifications and experience you need to pursue your dream job.
| SETA NAME | SECTOR | WEBSITE | SERVICED OFFERED | BURSARIES AND LEARNERSHIPS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGRISETA | Agriculture | https://www.agriseta.co.za/ | AgriSETA facilitates the implementation of learning through Learnerships, Skills Programmes, Adult Education and Training, and tertiary studies or in-service training by allocating grants and bursaries. It also supports apprentices, interns and mentorships. | Online Applications (Visit their website) | |
| BANKSETA | Banking | https://www.bankseta.org.za/ | The Banking Sector Education and Training Authority (BANKSETA) is an enabler of skills development and transformation in the broader banking & microfinance sector and supports people development through partnerships, skills development, alleviating unemployment, creating a brighter future and enabling change. BANKSETA focuses on SMEs, the youth, adult education, continuous professional development and research. | Online Applications (Visit their website) | |
| CATHS SETA | Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport | https://cathsseta.org.za/ | Our mandate is to facilitate skills development within our sub-sectors through the disbursement of grants for learning programmes and monitoring of education and training as outlined in the National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS). We operate in the following sub-sectors: Arts, Culture and Heritage, Conservation, Gaming and Lotteries, Hospitality, Sport, Recreation and Fitness, Tourism and Travel Services | Online Applications (Visit their website) | |
| CETA | Construction | https://www.ceta.org.za/ | CETA is responsible for identifying skills gaps and developing the education and training programmes that are appropriate to address the skills shortage in line with the skills needs of the construction industry. CETA also funds a number of learning programmes including skills programmes, learnerships, apprenticeships, internships and bursaries at various public education and training institutions such as Universities and TVET Colleges. | Online Applications (Visit their website) | |
| CHIETA | Chemical and Manufacturing Industries | https://www.chieta.org.za/ | CHIETA’s role in the sector, is to facilitate skills development as well as to ensure that skills needs are identified and addressed through various training initiatives in the chemical and manufacturing industries. | Online Applications (Visit their website) | |
| ETDP SETA | Education, Training and Development (ETD) sector | https://www.etdpseta.org.za/etd/ | The ETDP SETA is mandated to promote and facilitate the delivery of education, training and development in order to enhance the skills profile of people working in this large and broad sector. | Online Applications (Visit their website) | |
| EWSETA | Electricity, Gas & Water Supply Industries | https://ewseta.org.za/ | Skills development, learnership funding | Online Applications (Visit their website) | |
| FASSET | Finance and Accounting Services Sector | https://www.fasset.org.za/home | Increase the flow of new finance and accounting services entrants to employment; develop and grow skills required in the sector and facilitate the transformation of the finance and accounting services sector. | Online Applications (Visit their website) | |
| FOODBEV SETA | Food and Beverages Manufacturing Industry | https://www.foodbev.co.za/ | Skills development, learnership funding | Online Applications (Visit their website) | |
| FP&M SETA | Fibre Processing and Manufacturing Industry | https://www.fpmseta.org.za/ | Skills development services to the clothing, footwear, forestry, furniture, general goods, leather, packaging, printing, print media, publishing, pulp and paper, textile and wood products sector. | Online Applications (Visit their website) | |
| HWSETA | Health and Welfare Industry | https://www.hwseta.org.za/ | HWSETA is responsible for education, training and skills development of the health, social development and veterinary sectors. | Online Applications (Visit their website) | |
| LGSETA | Local Government Sector | https://lgseta.org.za/ | Facilitate the training and up skilling of various employees and people involved in local government structures, as well as unemployed South Africans | Online Applications (Visit their website) | |
| MERSETA | Manufacturing and Engineering Industry | https://www.merseta.org.za/ | To increase access to high quality and relevant skills development and training opportunities. | Online Applications (Visit their website) | |
| MICT SETA | Advertising, Film and Electronic Media, Electronics, Information Technology and Telecommunications. | https://www.mict.org.za/ | The Media, Information and Communication Technologies Sector Education and Training Authority (MICT SETA) is a public entity established in terms of the Skills Development Act, 1998 (Act No. 97 of 1998). The MICT SETA plays a pivotal role in achieving South Africa’s skills development and economic growth within the sub-sectors it operates namely; Advertising, Film and Electronic Media, Electronics, Information Technology and Telecommunications. | Online Applications (Visit their website) | |
| MQA | Mining and Minerals Sector | https://mqa.org.za/ | The MQA is responsible for administering a number of skills development initiatives. Skills programmes and learnerships aim to develop a skilled and educated workforce whose skills are recognised and valued in terms of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF). This is to ensure that the mining and minerals sector has sufficient competent people who will improve health and safety, employment equity and increase productivity. | Online Applications (Visit their website) | |
| PSETA | Public Service Sector | https://pseta.org.za/ | PSETA is a statutory body established to respond to skills demand and supply in the Public Service Sector by overseeing the provision of quality education and training that meets current and future needs. | Online Applications (Visit their website) | |
| SASSETA | Safety and Security Sector | https://www.sasseta.org.za/ | SASSETA was established in terms of the Skills Development Act, No. 97 of 1998 with the mandate to promote and facilitate skills development for the safety and security sector. The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation relicensed the SETAs for the period of 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2030, to operate within the skills development framework articulated in the National Skills Development Plan (NSDP) 2030. The SETA’s mandate is therefore to facilitate the skills development of multiple generations in the safety and security sector by making an active contribution towards the realisation of the National Skills Deployment Plan (NSDP) vision of ‘An Educated, Skilled and Capable Workforce for South Africa’. | Online Applications (Visit their website) | |
| SERVICES SETA | Services Sector | https://www.serviceseta.org.za/ | ur primary function is to facilitate skills development through learning programmes like learnerships, skills programmes, internships and other learning programmes. We do this by disbursing grants to employers and skills development providers to offer training to employed and unemployed learners. Sectors covered: Personal Care, Real Estate and Related, Management and Business, Labour and Collective, Communication and Marketing, Cleaning and Hiring Services | Online Applications (Visit their website) | |
| TETA | Transportation Sector | https://www.teta.org.za/ | TETA’s areas of operation cut across rail, aerospace, maritime, road freight, road passenger, taxi, freight handling, and forwarding and clearing subsectors. The authority is committed to ensuring that through the implementation of the National Skills Development Plan (NSDP) a pool of individuals highly skilled, competitive and competent to function effectively within the transport sector is built. | Online Applications (Visit their website) | |
| W&RSETA | Wholesale and Retail Sector | https://www.wrseta.org.za/ | The Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority (W&RSETA) was established in 2000 in terms of the Skills Development Act (as amended). The public entity aims to facilitate the skills development needs of the Wholesale and Retail (W&R) Sector through the implementation of learning programmes, disbursement of grants and monitoring of education and training as outlined in the National Skills Development Plan (NSDP). | Online Applications (Visit their website) | |
| INSETA | Insurane Sector | https://inseta.org.za/ | The Insurance Sector Education and Training Authority’s (INSETA) primary purpose is grow the pool and quality of critical and scarce skills within the insurance sector. These skills enhance the sector while supporting the transformation of the country. | Online Applications (Visit their website) |
