Incorporation of training and skills development in the execution of the South African National Infrastructure Plan

Abstract

The paper describes a proposed framework for the incorporation of training and skills development in the execution of the South African National Infrastructure Plan of the Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Commission. Following an introduction to the Plan, the paper offers a CSIR view of the "skills development problem". The paper then describes a desktop study which the CSIR conducted to evaluate and compare South Africa's contractor skills development framework with the frameworks of 11 other countries. Finally, the proposed framework for managing skills development – especially that supportive of small, medium and micro-enterprises (SMMEs) – is described.