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PO Box 6801
Cresta
South Africa
2118
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Fasset is the Sector Education and Training Authority for Finance, Accounting, Management Consulting and other Financial Services.
The objectives of Fasset
- To develop the competence of employees and potential employees:
- Improving the quality of life of employees, their prospects of work and labour mobility;
- Improving productivity in the workplace and the competitiveness of employers; and
- Promoting self-employment in situations where the sector is experiencing job shrinkage.
- To increase the levels of investment in education and training and to optimise the return on this investment
- To position this sector as the "sector of career choice" for prospective learners and entrants into the labour market
- To encourage employers and employees to adopt a culture of life long learning through:
- Using the workplace as an active learning environment;
- Providing employees with the opportunities to acquire new skills; and
- Providing opportunities for new entrants and potential entrants into the sector labour market and enhancing access to opportunities to gain work experience.
- To support the objectives of the Employment Equity Act of 1998
- To enhance access to learning opportunities and to facilitate the recognition of prior learning
- To ensure the quality of education and training in the sector
- To expand the provision of education and training in this sector through sound partnerships with public and private sector service providers
- To encourage greater cooperation between the public and private sectors
- To co-operate with the South African Qualifications Authority and other setas, in support of the objectives of the Act
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