Skills profile of technical staff in the South African local government sector : an empirical survey
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Van der Waldt, Gerrit
Fourie, D.J. (David Johannes)
Jordaan, Johan
Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
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LLC “Consulting Publishing Company “Business Perspectives”
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to reflect on the findings of a local government sector-wide technical skills audit. A mixed-method research design was followed in both a positivist and interpretivist scientific paradigm to conduct the survey in local, district and metropolitan municipalities. Quantitative and qualitative data were processed and thematic analyses were done per respondent and participant category to obtain rich descriptions of current technical skills challenges and skills development priorities in local government. From the empirical survey it is evident that significant technical skills shortages exist, especially in rural district and local municipalities. This severely compromises the delivery of the four basic technical services, namely water provisioning, waste management, sanitation and sewerage, and electricity.
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Skills audit, Technical skills, Municipalities, Local government sector education and training authority (LGSETA), Skills profile
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Gerrit van der Waldt, David Fourie, Johan Jordaan and Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu (2018). Skills profile of technical staff in the South African local government sector: an empirical survey. Problems and Perspectives in Management, 16(1), 173-185. doi:10.21511/ppm.16(1).2018.17.