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It is legal requirement that, prior to entering a learner onto a learnership, a Learnership Agreement be signed between the learner, the employer and the training provider. |
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All information required in the Agreement must be completed in black ink. |
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Parties concerned must initial each page and sign the last page of the Agreement. |
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If the learner is a minor (an unmarried person under the age of 21) the learner's parent or guardian must sign the Agreement. |
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The employer party to the Agreement must fall within the scope of coverage of the CETA. |
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The Learnership Agreement must be concluded before the start of the learnership. |
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Two original and identical copies of the completed Learnership Agreement must be submitted to the CETA for purposes of registering the Agreement. |
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Copies of the Learnership Agreement must be provided to the learner and the training provider. |
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The Managing Director of the company, or an employee of the company duly authorised by the company, must sign the Agreement on behalf of the employer party. |
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Where the company will be the main/lead training provider, the Manager responsible for the training must be duly authorised by the company to sign as the provider party to the Agreement. |
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The CETA will inform the company within 30 days of receipt of the Agreement of the registration/non-registration of the Learnership Agreement. |
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In the case of an unemployed or pre-employed learner, a copy of the contract of employment must acompany the Learnership Agreement submitted to CETA. |
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The Department of Labour registration number of the Learnership is available from the CETA offices. |
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Please ensure that there are witnesses to the Agreement, and that they sign the space provided at the end of the document. |
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The SIC code (Sections 4.10 and 5.10) refers to Standard Industrial classification code, which is available from CETA. |
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The SARS code (Sections 4.10 and 5.10) is the Levy registration number of the company. |
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The SAQA code (Section 5.10) is the ETQA accreditation number, as issued by an ETQA. |
