The Board’s role is to provide leadership, direction, and stewardship of the organisation’s assets and interests. It does so in relation to the public funds it administers, with the goal of promoting public interest in skills development within the Health and Social Development (welfare) sectors.

The Board is constituted of 15 Board members representing the following constituencies and stakeholders in the sectors served by the HWSETA:

• Independent Chairperson (Ministerial appointee)
• Organised Labour
• Organised Employers, including small businesses and relevant government departments
• Levy exempt sector
• Any interested professional body or bargaining council with jurisdiction in the sector, which the DHET Minister considers appropriate for the sector.

It meets every quarter, or as required, to enable it to assert its governance responsibility as the Accounting Authority and as the employer of all HWSETA staff.