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The Power of Affiliated Membership

Advocate for a conducive and business friendly operating environment

Ensuring policy coherence in order that South African jobs and local manufacturing is prioritised and contributes to growth in the industry.

Peace of Mind

Negate the impact of industrial action. SEIFSA through the power of mandate negotiates on behalf of your business with key industry stakeholders ensuring certainty and stability.

Industry Intelligence

SEIFSA’s Products and Services such as the Price and Index Pages (PIPS), SEIFSA Training Centre and a range of professional advisory and representational offerings become part of your business arsenal.

“ The metals and engineering sector is a strategic South African asset and must be protected.”

Association membership allows companies to gain access to expert advice and professional assistance in the following areas:

Economic and Commercial

Industrial Relations

Human Capital and Skills Development

Safety, Health Environment and Quality

As an industry body that is the voice of the Metals and Engineering (M&E) Sector, SEIFSA engages with various stakeholders in Government, business and labour, among others, to represent the interests of its affiliated membership and the industry as a whole.

Based on an impeccable track record driven by decades of experience, SEIFSA continues to increase value for all those it represents.

SOLUTIONS

Advocacy and Lobbying

SEIFSA operates on the following levels:

• National

• Industry

• Individual Company

National Level

SEIFSA, through its membership of key bodies, has over the years positively influenced legislation and policy affecting labour relations, skills development, as well as economic and trade matters.

SEIFSA plays a key role on a number of organisations that are critical to the success of the sector as a whole:

• BUSA

Business Unity South Africa

• Eskom Task Group on Electricity

• merSETA

Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Seta

• MEIBC

Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council

• CCMA

The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration

• MIBFA

Metal Industries Benefit Funds Administrators

• NEDLAC

National Economic, Development and Labour Council

• Technical Sectoral Liaison Committee on Trade Agreements of Nedlac

• South African Institute of Iron and Steel Downstream Development Committee

• South African Reserve Bank Economists Round Table

• Statistics South Africa Contract Price Adjustment Provisions Committee

Industry Level

SEIFSA negotiates collective agreements covering wages and conditions of employment with industry trade unions. The Federation also represents the sector on the Boards of the Engineering Industries Pension Fund, the Metal Industries Provident Fund, the Metal and Engineering Industries Permanent Disability Scheme, the MEIBC Sick Pay Fund, the MEIBC and merSETA.

Individual Company Level

SEIFSA also provides a comprehensive range of services and products of direct benefit to member and non-member companies. SEIFSA’s range of services and products includes advice, assistance, consultancy (covering labour legislation, dispute resolution, employment conditions, health and safety, BBBEE, contract price adjustment and skills development, among others), publications, training, seminars and conferences.

SEIFSA also offers a comprehensive and professional advisory service through subject matter experts within its divisions and presents a range of training courses, seminars and workshops aimed at all levels of management. These courses are presented by the Divisions during the year as public sessions, in-house training and/or as webinars.

“ SEIFSA negotiates collective agreements covering wages and conditions of employment

Membership

Affiliated membership ranges from companies employing below 10 people to listed or multi-nationalcompanies employing over 1,000 people.

Our 18 affiliated Associations are our primary partners and help us to forge unity of purpose across the various sectors in the Metals and Engineering sector.

REGIONAL

List of Associations:

MANUFACTURING

Hand Tool Manufacturers Association

SA Valve and Actuator Manufacturers Association

SA Pump Manufacturers Association

Light Engineering Industries Association of SA

Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Manufacturers’ and Suppliers’ Association

Cape Engineerrs & Founders Association

KwaZulu-Natal Engineering Industries Association

Eastern Cape Engineering and Allied Industries Association

CONSTRUCTION

Constructional Engineering Association

Gate and Fence Association

Lift Engineering Association of South Africa

South African Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Contractors’ Association

Iron and Steel Producers Association of South Africa

Non-Ferrous Metal Industries Association

MATERIAL ELECTRICAL

South African Electro-Plating Industries Association

Association of Electric Cable Manufacturers of South Africa

Electrical Engineering and Allied Industries Association

Electrical Manufacturers Association of South Africa

We face a world that has become infinitely more complex, more interconnected, and borders more porous. Now more than ever, we need a coherent policy from government that creates stability that our industry needs. As an industry, we need to be open to more innovation in our thinking, our strategy, and technology – and, yes, to change.

DRIVING AWARENESS

Driving awareness about the importance of a proactive and thriving South African Metals and Engineering sector

SHOWCASING INITIATIVES

Showcasing initiatives that help ensure that South African expertise, innovation and entrepreneurship are prioritized by government and showcased both locally and internationally

ENSURING POLICY COHERENCE

Ensuring policy coherence and alignment in the best interests of the industry

“ The Economic and Commercial (EC) Division’s aim is to enhance SEIFSA’s profile by providing input into the national discourse on economic, trade and commercial matters

Your Economic and Commercial Partner

In line with SEIFSA’s mission, the Economic and Commercial (EC) Division’s aim is to enhance SEIFSA’s profile by providing input into the national discourse on economic, trade and commercial matters. This is aimed at improving business conditions in the M&E sub-industry of manufacturing. To this end, the Division provides the following services:

ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Annual economic research and statistical analysis of the sector. Overview of the domestic and international macro-economic environment and insightful market appraisals to SEIFSA member Associations, Government and other key stakeholders.

PRICE AND INDEX PAGES 02

Continuous updates to the Price and Index Pages (PIPS) – a flagship product for the M&E and related sectors, with the latest statutory and sector-specific cost indices for relevant economic indicators, including materials, services and labour. The PIPS indices are useful for cost tracking, benchmarking of standards and best practices, calculation of contracts (or tenders) price adjustments or escalation and for generally updating price lists.

CONTRACT PRICE ADJUSTMENT 03

Contract Price Adjustment (CPA) workshops where delegates are guided through the process of using the PIPS indices to substantiate price adjustments and how to use model formulas for computation of price adjustments.

ADVISORY

SEIFSA’s Economic and Commercial Division promotes the interests of members in various national forums such as Busa and Nedlac, and provides advisory services or training on:

• Economics advisory;

• Economics consulting;

• Contract Price Adjustment (CPA);

• Tender conditions;

• International trade issues;

• Economic impact assessments; and

• Ad-hoc consulting services in industryrelated matters.

PIPS

PRICE AND INDEX PAGES

pips.seifsa.co.za

interconnected nature of the global economy highlights the fact not only domestic developments but even global developments can threaten a company’s profit margins, through inflation.

SEIFSA PIPS is any institution’s best insurance against price variability eroding margins and sustainability, irrespective of whether the entity is a client, supplier or service provider. It is important to safeguard against project cost overruns by periodically reviewing and adjusting your contracts by using the SEIFSA price indices.

Use

SEIFSA PIPS to:

Account for changes in domestic and international price

Account for your contract cost adjustment

Can you afford to let price changes negatively impact on projected gains on contracts and on the sustainability of your organisation?

SEIFSA PIPS Subscription options

- Six months or 12 months

- SEIFSA Member discounts

- Preferential pricing for multi-user licensing

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Improve organisational sustainability

Minimising government project cost overruns

How Companies benefit from using SEIFSA PIPS

• By using SEIFSA PIPS, a buyer in a contract can be certain that market-related increases are paid out to suppliers (as determined by a Contract Price Adjustment calculation), ensuring the sustainability or improvement of organisation profitability.

• Companies/trading partners can protect their profit margins from their existing or new contracts by using the SEIFSA PIPS.

• Municipalities, SOEs, government departments and mining companies in South Africa have done exactly that – i.e. make use of SEIFSA PIPS in their Contract Price Adjustment.

NOTE: The Theory and Calculation of Contract Price Adjustment is now offered digitally, embracing the 4th Industrial Revolution.

The Indistrial Relations Divions is to resolve industrial relations problems as quickly and as cost effectively as possible

Your Industrial Relations Partner

The objective of the IR Services Division is to resolve industrial relations problems as quickly and as cost effectively as possible. At the same time minimising legal risk, labour unrest and achieving practical outcomes which make for the best financial and commercial sense for the member. The Division comprises of highly-skilled and experienced individuals who have specialised knowledge in industrial relations and employment practices

The Division specialises in the practical application of the Main Agreement and matters ancillary to it.

IN ADDITION:

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 01

BARGAINING COUNCIL AGREEMENTS 02

DISPUTE RESOLUTIONS IN THE CDR / MEIBC AND CCMA 03

TRANING AND CONSULTANCY 04

• Resolution of company-level disputes;

• Investigating allegations of misconduct;

• Initiating disciplinary hearings;

• Chairing of disciplinary hearings, appeals and employee grievances;

• Representation at the CCMA and MEIBC;

• Conciliation and Arbitration hearings;

• Advisory services relating to general IR issues affecting the workplace, including – but not limited to – discipline in the workplace, defending an unfair dismissal claim, or unfair abour practice referral;

• Tailor-made, in-house IR compliance solutions;

• Drafting of company-level IR policies, procedures and practices;

• Bargaining Council agreements and exemption applications;

• Dispute resolution;

• Employee job grading;

• Advisory and consultancy services on retrenchments, lay-offs and short-time. Assistance withconditions of employment of the main agreement and the BCEA;

• Assistance with applying for an exemption to the conditions of the main agreement, such as the wage increases amongst others.

The Division offers consultancy and training on all industrial relations matters, application of the Main Agreement, and grading of employees. In addition, the IR Division offers the following services:

Reviewing and/or drafting Legal documents

The drafting of legal documents is one of the most intellectually demanding of all lawyering skills. It requires knowledge of the law, the ability to deal with abstract concepts, investigative instincts, an extraordinary degree of prescience, and organisational skills.

A well-drafted document is equivalent to a strong argument and can make or break a case! A legal document – whether it is a contract, a written statement or an affidavit – serves two purposes: informing the audience and engaging both the client and the court about the legal issue.

Reviewing and/or drafting Policies and procedures

Policies and properly worded procedures are to a company what rules are to the players of a game. They are the framework and constraints within which everyone can strive for individual and collective success.

Retainers

A comprehensive Industrial Relations (IR) Management Service covering all aspect of IR matters at company level, including covering grievance, disciplinary and appeal hearings and attending to chairing of shop steward and management committee meetings. However, it excludes arbitrations and court appearances .

“ The Human Capital and Skills Development Division bases its service proposition in recognition of the fact that employees are the competitive edge in creating sustainable and profitable companies

Your Human Capital and Skills Development Partner

SEIFSA’s Human Capital and Skills Development Division bases its service proposition in recognition of the fact that employees are the competitive edge in creating sustainable and profitable companies. The Division also lobbies for employer-friendly policies at national, provincial and sectoral levels and represents SEIFSA on the following bodies:

• BUSA (Social and Transformation Policy Committee);

• Centres of Specialisation (DHET Project);

• merSETA (Accounting Authority and Metal Chamber);

• Human Resources Development Council (HRDC Champion);

• National Artisan Advisory Body;

• Southern African Society for Cooperative Education Board; and

• Steel Master Plan (Human Resources and Transformation workstream.)

CONSULTANCY

• merSETA-related matters;

• Assistance with EE and BBBEE-related matters;

• Regular updates on skills development and human capital legislation, regulations and compliance, e.g., amendments to the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA), EE, Skills Development Act and BBBEE, among others; and

• Best practice in the human capital and skills development space.

Our team of Human Capital and Skills Development experts are also able to assist with:

• All training related to skills development strategy and compliance;

• Unit standard-aligned supervisory training;

• Skills development training including; facilitator, assessor, Moderator and skills development facilitator training;

• Needs analysis and skills audits;

• All training related to EE committees;

• EE compliance audits;

• Performance management;

• Talent management and succession planning; and

• Change management.

HR Solutions

Skilfully navigating complex HR issues is not a luxury – it is an essential factor of your business’s bottom line. With our HR solutions, we can help you realise your vision of an ideal workplace so you can attract and retain talented and productive employees who will help you to grow your business.

HR Solutions

HR Solutions is tailored to match the day-to-day needs of any business of any size. Retainer services range from a few hours of scheduled consulting and cater for small and medium-sized businesses every month in order to help you uncover your most pressing human resources challenges, to full access to an HR professional to guide HR management, including:

• Aligning policies;

• Ensuring compliance with employment laws;

• Managing growth-related employee challenges; and

• Developing and implementing programmes to define and promote organisational culture.

Employment Equity Retainer Assistance

This retainer is aimed at enabling SEIFSA members to focus on their business by providing them with specialist continuous consulting and practical support that will ensure that EE is practiced and managed in a manner that will ensure EE compliance, the avoidance of fines and once Sector Targets are in place. The EE retainer assistance is for a period of 3 years.

Services included in the retainer assistance include the following amongst others:

• EE Training session for EE Committee (EEC) members;

• Assistance in the setting up of EE Committees;

• Dealing with the DoEL if targeted for D-G Review; and

• Assistance with the annual preparation of EEA2 and EEA4 reports for submission to the DoEL.

Your Safety, Health, Environment and Quality Partner

SEIFSA’s Safety, Health, Environment and Quality Services are geared to assist organisations in implementing holistic, logical and successful OHS management services within their unique working environments, thus ensuring alignment with the Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993 and its requirements.

“ SEIFSA SHEQ Services are geared to assist organisations in implementing holistic, logical and successful OHS management services

SHEQ SERVICES

These services include

SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

• Complete health and safety system according to the Occupational Health and Safety Act and relevant regulations

• Development and implementation of ISO 45001

• Development and implementation of ISO 14001

• Manage above processes from development to certification stage

SAFETY FILES

• Complete health and safety files for your company’s compliance

• Site specific health and safety files (as per client specifications)

• Mining contractors pack/safety files (booking of all medicals, induction, training and file approvals)

AUDITS

• Internal and external audits on ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 standards

• Legal compliance audit

• GAP analysis audit

VITUAL REALITY (VR) TRAINING

A first in South Africa, this provides a new way for accreidited safety training. VR training is a full day course with the practical element in Vitual Reality and is completed in person.

Available courses

• Fire fighting

• First Aid

• Working at heights

ACCREDITATION

MSHEQ is an accredited training provider registered with:

“ SEIFSA Training Centre (STC) offers a unique one stop integrated, multiple benefit offerings in the fields of skills development and business solutions to companies

Your Training Centre Partner

The SEIFSA Training Centre (STC) offers a unique one stop integrated, multiple benefit offerings in the fields of skills development and business solutions to companies. It customises a range of fit for purpose, success development programmes and solutions that meet the unique needs of industry

The STC has evolved into a comprehensive training and development institution that is uniquely differentiated from other training technical centres in that we have multidisciplinary expertise and capabilities in a variety of disciplines, namely:

• Engineering;

• High-end artisan & technical development;

• Human capital strategy & programmes;

• Business critical skills development for corporates & individuals;

• Professional coaching & mentoring;

• Entrepreneurship;

• SMME incubation & acceleration;

• Project & programme management; and

• Consulting

SOLUTIONS

• Learnership

The training o ered encompasses not only apprentice training but also the following interventions:

• Skills Programme

• Short Courses

• Learnerships;

• Skills programmes;

• Short courses;

• Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL);

• Trade proficiency assessment services;

• Trade Testing for contractual learners and non-contractual learners;

• Assessment and Trade Testing of noncontractual learners;

• Continuous upskilling of artisans.

SEIFSA is proud to be accredited by the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority (Merseta), the Chemical Industries Sector Education Training Authority (CHIETA), Energy and Water Sector Education Training Authority (EWSETA) and with the Quality Council for Trades and Occupation (QCTO) for Training and Trade testing.

SOLUTIONS