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Officials and councillors of municipalities and municipal entities are advised to avoid attending municipal finance management training that is not registered by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) and the content has not been validated by National Treasury. SAQA-registered and validated courses are consistent with the published Unit Standards and legislative/policy frameworks. The validation process is undertaken by the National Treasury and entails a review of material content to confirm if it is of acceptable quality and standard and in line with the prescribed outcomes as per SAQA specifications.

Service Providers must also be accredited by the Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority, LGSETA as having met the requirements for training being offered. Further information on the accreditation process please contact LGSETA.

Only training listed below (see table) has met the criteria above.

Funding is available to assist municipalities with authorised training needs. The Financial Management Grant provided to all municipalities through the National Treasury may be applied towards the costs of financial management training, in accordance with the grant criteria.

LGSETA administers the skills grant (mandatory) and other learnership grants designed to support the municipality and the learner with training. A work place skills plan is normally required before such funds are approved. The contact person at LGSETA is Mr Peter Gestlauer (Learnership Manager – 012 431 5000).

For general information on training and validation, please refer to the following MFMA Circulars:

• Circular 9 - Training - 6 October 2004
• Circular 17 - Qualifications and Training - 25 April 2005
• Circular 24 - Training - 29 September 2005

Training available for the 21 unit standards in terms of the minimum competency regulations

Instructions:
The minimum competency regulations require managers to be competent in up to 21 unit standards. The National Treasury is actively sourcing suitable training opportunities for all the unit standards and will update this list as they become available. The following modules have been or are at an advanced stage of validation by the National Treasury and the service providers accredited by LGSETA. Contact details of the service providers are provided at the end of the table.

Modules	SAQA US ID	Unit standard title	Credit values	Service providers
Municipal legislative environment and policy	116344 NQF level 6	The Inter-governmental Fiscal Relations Act in municipal financial management	10 credits	WBS
	116361 NQF level 6	South African legislation and policy affecting municipal financial management	8 credits	WBS
Cooperative Governance and stakeholder relations	116348 NQF level 6	Conduct stakeholder consultation around municipal finance	8 credits	WBS
	116343 NQF level 6	Principles of ethics in a municipal environment	10 credits	WBS
Municipal financial reporting and performance management	116341 NQF level 6	Conduct performance management in a South African municipal environment	12 credits	WBS
	116363 NQF level 6	Prepare and analyse municipal financial reports	12 credits	WBS
Municipal strategic planning and implementation	116358 NQF level 6	Strategic planning process in a South African municipality	15 credits	WBS
	116342 NQF level 6	Apply approaches to managing municipal income and expenditure within a multi-year framework	15 credits	Under development
Managing risk in a municipal context	116357 NQF level 6	Contribute to internal control and internal control evaluation framework	8 credits	WBS
	116339 NQF level 6	Risk management in South African municipalities	10 credits	WBS
	116351 NQF level 5	Contribute to audit planning and process in a South African municipality	12 credits	Under development
Municipal budgeting and implementation	116345 NQF level 5	Apply the principles of budgeting within a municipality	15 credits	AFReC and WBS
	116364 NQF level 6	Municipal budgeting and reporting	8 credits	AFReC and WBS
Management of municipal assets and liabilities	116346 NQF level 6	Apply techniques and South African statutes to cash and investment management	10 credits	Under development
	116362 NQF level 6	Manage a municipality’s assets and liabilities	11 credits	Under development
Cost management and capital planning	116347 NQF level 6	Contribute to capital planning and financing	15 credits	Under development
	116340 NQF level 6	Apply costing principles to municipal operational and service-based costing	11 credits	Under development
	116360 NQF level 6	Manage information technology resources in a municipal finance environment	8 credits	Under development
Municipal supply chain management	116353 NQF level 6	Participate in the design and implementation of municipal supply chain management	12 credits	Under development
Public-private partnerships in municipals service delivery	119353 NQF level 6	Plan and implement public-private partnerships for municipal service delivery	12 credits	Under development
Project management	119343 NQF level 5	Apply operations research principles and tools in the management of project activities and resources	15 credits	Under development

Accredited service providers

1. AFReC – modules validated against unit standards
   Contact: Ms. Malikah Hildebrand (+27 21) 659 9316 or
   Mr. Henlo van Nieuwenhuyzen (+27 21) 659 9315
2. WBS – Validation at an advanced stage – Training can be undertaken with this training provider.
   Contact person: Mr. Timothy Maluleke or
   Mr. Laurence Corner (+27 11) 717 3580

For more information on unit standards and training modules please refer to the municipal finance management skills training programme learner guidelines and logbook. To download please click here “Municipal Finance Management Skills Training Programme – Learner Guidelines and Logbook"