Learner’s allowance:
i) An employer must pay a learner an allowance calculated in terms of clause 3 of Sectoral Determination No. 5: Learnerships
ii) A learner’s allowance must be calculated as a percentage of the qualified wage in accordance with column 3 in
iii) No learner may be paid less than the applicable allowance specified in Table A.
The
precise amount of the learner allowance depends on the type of
learnership and the level of the qualification.
The Minister of Labour
has specified the minimum amount that employers must pay as allowance to
unemployed learners in learnerships. The allowances and conditions are
agreed with each learner before the commencement of the learnership. The
learner allowances set by the Minister are indicated in the table
below. The NQF level in the table indicates the level of the
qualification that successful learners will get at the end of the
learnership.
For example, a Grade 12 certificate is on NQF level 4 and a degree, such as a Bachelor’s Degree at a university, is on level 6. The number of credits gives an indication of the duration of the programme. Most of the learnerships are about 120 credits, and if you successfully complete such a learnership you will be awarded 120 credits on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF).
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