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South Africa's SETAs face a near-impossible task: anticipate skills needs in industries being rapidly reshaped by AI, automation, and digitalisation — using research systems that were never built for this speed. This free webinar shows you a better way.

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Cybersecurity, POPI
and Enabling Policy Environment Issues

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Deep Research to Conduct Literature Reviews/Regulatory Analysis

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Identify Change Drivers/Map Impacts through Value Chains down to occupations

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Clean, Mine and Triangulate Data to Generate Labour Market Signals

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Orchestrated Agent Systems to Analyse Supply-Demand Mismatches

WSP / ATR Data Mining & Triangulation * Labour Market Signal Extraction * Frontier Technology Skills Impact * Orchestrated Agentic AI Systems * Forecasting & Backcasting * Staffing Norms & Employment Stats * Supply-Side Training Analysis * Deep Research & AI Literature Reviews *

---- THE CHALLENGE

Skills planning is increasingly Complex - AI is beginning to offer tools that can make skills anticipation Better. Cheaper. Faster.

Globally, organisations like the OECD, ILO and World Economic Forum warn that traditional labour-market anticipation systems are struggling to keep pace with the speed and complexity of technological change. South Africa's SETAs are feeling this acutely.

Fragmented data systems

WSPs, ATRs, QLFS, HEMIS, FETMIS, OFOs — the data exists.
But pulling it together into coherent, timely intelligence is manually intensive and slow.

Limited triangulation

Cross-referencing multiple data sources — job ads, industry reports, QLFS, company data — at the depth needed is beyond manual capacity. Agentic AI makes it achievable.

Slow research cycles

By the time a Sector Skills Plan is finalised, the occupational landscape it describes has often already shifted.
AI can compress months of research into hours.

Frontier technology blindspot

Identifying how AI, automation, green transitions, and digitalisation are reshaping specific occupational tasks requires exactly the kind of rapid synthesis AI excels at.

*World Economic Forum — Future of Jobs Report 2025

Nearly 40% of core workforce skills are expected to change by 2030. South Africa's skills development system needs tools that can anticipate this change — not simply document what has already happened. This webinar introduces those tools.

---- IN THIS WEBINAR

What you will walk away with

In two hours, you will move from "AI sounds interesting" to "I understand exactly how this applies to my SSP or WSP work — and I know what to do next."

01

A clear map of AI's role in skills anticipation

From basic chatbot prompting to Deep Research and fully orchestrated agentic systems — understand what each level can do for your SSP work.

04

Sample outputs from every SSP method

See actual AI-generated outputs from forecasting, backcasting, staffing norms, literature reviews, PESTEL analysis, qualitative synthesis, and supply-side analysis.

02

Live demonstrations of AI in action

​Watch AI generate labour market signals, synthesise policy documents, scrape job advertisements, and produce structured analytical outputs — in real time.​

05

How AI identifies frontier technology impacts

See a practical framework for using AI to map how automation, digitalisation, and green transitions are reshaping specific skills demands in your sector.

03

How to set up AI in your organisation

Practical guidance on AI tools, pricing, cybersecurity protocols, data governance, and building an enabling environment — without a technical background.

06

An invitation to go deeper

Learn about the full 5-day CPD programme that takes you from awareness to mastery — step by step, one day per week, with real deliverables each session.

Agenda

---- PROGRAMME AGENDA

Two hours. Eight segments. Focussed interaction

Every minute is planned. The session runs 2 hours — structured to move from context to live demonstration to practical application, closing with a live agentic AI output generated throughout the session.

A Basic Introduction to Using AI to Support Skills Anticipation
(with a Live Demo)

01

10 min

Context & Purpose

Known challenges in Sector/Industry skills anticipation · The value (and current limitations) of AI in anticipating future skills.

02

10 min

The Current State of AI

From chatbots to orchestrated agentic systems · Live demo: AI developing labour market signals - what it can and can’t currently do well.

03

10 min

Setting Up AI in Your Organisation / On Your Computer

Enabling organisational policy · Data and cybersecurity strategies ·
Set-up · AI pricing and options.

04

40 min

⭐ Skills Anticipation Data Sources, Methods & Sample Outputs

Literature reviews and policy analysis (Deep Research) · WSP/ATR data and surveys
(Data cleaning, mining, triangulation) · Hard to Fill Vacancies and Labour Market Signals (data scraping, integration with other indicators) · Stats SA/Industry data on economy, employment and forecasting · Policy/regulatory analysis and backcasting ·
Employment stats and staffing norms · Qualitative research (including stakeholder review/participation) · Supply-side analysis.

05

15 min

Using AI to Assess the Impact of Frontier Technology on Skills Needs

Data sets and methods · Sample AI-generated result.

06

15 min

The REAL eCPD Programme: AI and the Future of Skills Intelligence

The 5-day, one-day-per-week programme that takes you from basic understanding to applied mastery of specific functionalities required for skills anticipation.

07

10 min

Discussion — Your AI Skills Needs

Open Q&A. Bring your specific SSP / WSP challenges.

08

10 min

🤖 Live Agentic AI Output

Sample Output from the Orchestrated Agentic System running throughout the Webinar.

---- WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Built for the people doing the actual work.

This is not a theoretical AI overview. It is a practical session for practitioners who are responsible for producing high-quality skills intelligence — and who want to do it better.

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SETA Skills Planning & Research Staff

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Labour Market Researchers

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SETA Management
& Executives

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Professional Bodies & Associations

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HR Managers & L&D Leaders

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HR & Skills Development Consultants

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Skills Development Facilitators (SDFs)

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Anyone Involved in Sector Research

---- YOUR PRESENTERS

25 years of sector experience - now powered by AI.

The team behind this webinar has spent 25 years building Sector Skills Plans using every known methodology. For the past two years, they have been applying AI to each of those methods — and the results are transforming what is possible.

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Daryl McLean

SKILLS PLANNING LEAD

Leading expert in Sector / Industry Skills Anticipation with deep expertise across all recognised SSP methodologies. Specialises in applying AI to PESTEL analysis, value chain mapping, and qualitative research synthesis.

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Barry du Toit

AI SYSTEMS ARCHITECHT

Expert in frontier AI capabilities, agentic systems, and orchestrated AI workflows for labour market intelligence. Brings a practitioner's perspective on what AI can and cannot currently do in skills planning contexts.

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Chantal Fourie

PROGRAMME DIRECTOR

Learning Solutions Architect and EdTech Specialist. Responsible for programme delivery and participant development, ensuring the learning translates into real capability. Leads the CPD programme intake and learner support.

---- WHAT AI CAN PRODUCE

See the actual outputs for yourself.

We have used AI to produce real outputs across every major skills planning method.
The webinar will show you samples from each, not hypotheticals, not prototypes but outputs we use in actual SSP work.

METHOD 01

Forecasts & Backcasts

 

METHOD 05

Staffing Norms Analysis

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METHOD 02

Scenario Planning

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METHOD 06

Frontier Technology Impact on Skills

METHOD 03

Literature Reviews & Policy Analysis

METHOD 07

WSP / ATR Data Mining & Triangulation

METHOD 04

Labour Market Signals

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METHOD 08

Supply-Side Training Analysis

---- RESERVE YOUR PLACE

The future of Sector Skills Planning
is already here.

This two-hour free webinar could permanently change how you think about skills planning.
The question is whether you want to be ahead of it — or catch up later.

100% FREE · NO CREDIT CARD · NO OBLIGATION · LIMITED SEATS

* WEF Future of Jobs Report

An Introduction to Using Artificial Intelligence to Support Future Skills Anticipation | A FREE 2-hour Webinar with a Live Demonstration

May 29, 2026 - Jun 12, 2026

  • 15 Days
  • 1 Step

About

South Africa’s SETAs and Professional Bodies carry an increasingly difficult mandate: to anticipate changing skills needs in industries being rapidly reshaped by artificial intelligence, automation, digitalisation, cybersecurity, other frontier technologies as well as green transitions. We have spent 25 years using all known methods to develop Sector Skills Plans and Industry Skills Foresights. Recently, we have explored various AI platforms/functionalities to: conduct literature reviews/policy analysis · conduct horizon scanning and scenario planning · develop labour market signals · identify change drivers and analyse value chains · undertake staffing norms analyses · identify the impact of frontier technologies on skills needs · analyse supply-side training provision and ecosystems – and we want to show you what is now possible.

You can also join this program via the mobile app. Go to the app

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