The annual training report (ATR) records what training an employer actually delivered against the prior year's workplace skills plan. It is submitted to the relevant SETA each year alongside the next WSP, and the two together support the employer's grant claim.
What it means
SETAs compare the ATR's actual delivery against the WSP's stated intentions; a large, unexplained gap between planned and delivered training can affect the grant awarded. The ATR also feeds the SETA's own sector-level skills planning.
Where it fits in
Like the WSP, the value an employer can recover traces back to the SDL paid through payroll - the ATR is the evidence that the training the levy was meant to fund actually happened.
Key rules
- ATR = annual training report, recording training actually delivered.
- Submitted with the next WSP, comparing actual delivery to the prior plan.
- A large planned-versus-delivered gap can affect the grant awarded.
- Evidence supporting recovery of a portion of the SDL paid via payroll.
