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Closing The High Tech Skills Gap Requires A New Alliance For Skills Development

Chemical Industries Education and Training AuthorityRef: https://chieta.org.za/closing-the-high-tech-skills-gap-requires-a-new-alliance-for-skills-development/

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This document is a CHIETA (Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority) web page/article titled “Closing the High-tech Skills Gap Requires a New Alliance for Skills Development.” It argues that South Africa’s high-tech skills gap—worsened by digitisation, disruption and AI—requires coordinated action by government, civil society and business. It states that CHIETA will embark on a nation-wide stakeholder engagement programme with captains of industry to establish SETAs as partners in value creation, and calls for scaling digital learning/training and workplace-based skills excellence.

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stakeholder engagement initiativeOngoing

Nation-wide stakeholder engagement programme with captains of industry

CHIETA is launching a nationwide programme to engage business leaders and industry captains to strengthen partnerships between SETAs and industry, aiming to position SETAs as partners in value creation and scale high-tech skills development.

Who it is for: captains of industry, business leaders, and sector representatives
How to act on it: Participation is through invitation or registration via CHIETA's official channels; no specific application process is detailed.

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The CHIETA will be embarking on a nation-wide stakeholder engagement programme with captains of industry to establish SETAs as partners in value creation

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KwaZulu-Natal

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https://chieta.org.za/closing-the-high-tech-skills-gap-requires-a-new-alliance-for-skills-development/

Key Takeaways

Document title: Closing the High-tech Skills Gap Requires a New Alliance for Skills Development
Main issue: widening high-tech skills gap linked to digitisation, disruption and AI
Claim: more than 70% of businesses find recruitment of high-tech skills a major challenge
Future of Jobs Report 2020 cited: 84% of employers will rapidly digitise workplaces; ~40% of employees need significant reskilling
Skills shortages highlighted: data scientists, AI specialists, software developers
Example given: CHIETA + Coastal KZN TVET College + chemical companies (e.g., SAPREF) training partnership
Geographic example: Coastal KZN TVET College Simulation Plant in KZN
Action stated: CHIETA will run a nation-wide stakeholder engagement programme with captains of industry
Objective: establish SETAs as partners in value creation and scale collaborations for high-tech skills development
Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority (CHIETA)
Coastal KZN TVET College
SAPREF
SETAs
Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority (CHIETA) (repeated in text)
Captains of industry
Future of Jobs Report 2020