CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP ETQA

1. CAPACITY BUILDINGWORKSHOPETQA Ms Rachel Ndlebe Acting ETQA Manager YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

2. ContentsINTRODUCTION-Purpose of Capacity Building ETQA UPDATE- Verification Process- Certification- Monitoring and Evaluation of Providers -QCTO YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

3. PURPOSE OF CAPACITY BUILDING Raise awareness of the NQF objectives and principles of lifelong learning and quality education and training. Focus on quality assurance processes and procedures as well as improvements to these. It is one of the strategies that is visible, appropriate and directed to all Accredited training providers. YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

4. PURPOSE OF CAPACITY BUILDING It is part of the ETQA's functions to promote the NQF objectives and comply with the new regulations. This is to ensure that we provide developmental plans and support the accredited skills development providers and learners. YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

5. ETQA POLICIES • As per the QCTO mandate, SASSETA has reviewed the following policies • 1. Skills Development Accreditation Policy • Letter of intent • Recommendation • Accreditation Letters and Confirmation letter • Provisional Accreditation • Reaccreditation timeframes YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

6. ETQA POLICIES • 2. Assessor and Moderator Policy • Adherence to Code of conduct • Linking / delinking of assessors and moderators • Withdrawal of registration YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

7. ETQA POLICIES • 3. Learning Programme Evaluation Policy • Facilitation Guide • Learner Guide • Formative Assessments/ Workbook • Summative Assessment/ POE guide • Assessor Guide and Moderator Guide • ETD Practitioners (SASSETA Registered Assessor and Moderator) • Alignment matrix • Integrated Assessment (Final Summative Assessment & Exit Level Outcomes and Model Answers) • Signed MoU for approved learning programme (exploitation) • Review of Learning material for compliance and update YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

8. VERIFICATION VISIT To ensure accuracy and validity of learner assessment records submitted. Results reflect actual competency against Unit standards/ Qualification. Ensuring that Principles of Assessment are applied and adhered to Inconsistent date on pre-assessment checklist, formative and summative assessment Verifiers are threatened by training providers and they don’t want provide the evidence as required by the tool YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

9. VERIFICATION VISIT YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

10. PORTFOLIO OF EVIDENCE: STRUCTURE YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

11. DISPLAY OF THE VERIFICATION CHECKLIST YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

12. VERIFICATION CHECKLIST YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

13. VERIFICATION CHECKLIST YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

14. VERIFICATION CHECKLIST SASSETA ETQA won’t Certify learners that are deemed Not Yet Competent (NYC) NB: Training providers are reminded to submit the report for the learners that are NYC, so that learners information maybe updated on the SMS To avoid duplication on the SMS YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

15. EXPECTATIONS Accredited Provider are expected to: • Comply with the notional hours • Conduct training, assessments & moderation • Requests verification visit and submit learner achievements • The QCTO directive clearly requires the implementation of the national assessment in Full Qualification by accredited training providers and its compulsory with effect from 1st April 2020. • Training providers required to comply with the Final Integrated Summative Assessment( FISA) - Full Qualification YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

16. EXPECTATIONS SASSETA will: • Conduct verification • Conduct Monitoring and Evaluation Visit • Conduct Site Validation visit • Verify Provider and Learner information • QCTO will be responsible for endorsing Learner results before the printing of Learner Certificates. • In future training providers will be expected to capture learner information unto the SMS YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

17. MONITORING AND EVALUATIONS YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

18. MONITORING PROCESS • A process of external verifiers to verify the authenticity of learner results in order to confirm or overturn findings • This to ensure the quality of all Education, Training and Development practices as set out in principles and criteria laid down by QCTO, SAQA, the NQF, and Skills Development Act processes. • Monitoring ensures that providers follow a systematic process to achieve excellence in training delivery for unit standards falling within the accreditation scope of the SASSETA. YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

19. MONITORING AND EVALUATION YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

20. LEARNER CERTIFICATION • Learner certification is an integral part and critical component of the SASSETA (ETQA) • Learners who have demonstrated competency against qualification /unit standards are certified • Learner Upload its done with National Learner Record Database (NLRD) YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

21. LEARNER CERTIFICATION YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

22. LEARNER CERTIFICATION • SASSETA ETQA will continue to certify all the learners until 31stJune 2023 or until the expiry date of the qualifications/unit standard/s which ever one occurs first. • With effect from 1 April 2020 QCTO will endorse the Quality Assure issuing of certification by SETA’s. • QCTO will continue to issue Occupational Qualifications Certificates for the learners. YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

23. GENERAL INFORMATION Required information: All accredited training providers are requested to update the SASSETA offices in writing about the following: • New address (Moving to New Premises) • Contact details(Email and Telephone) • Additional Branch (Branches in other Provinces) • Assessor and Moderator (Linking/ De-linking to a provider) • Name Change YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

24. GENERAL INFORMATION Required information: Legislative compliance- Quarterly Reporting: • Company Registration: Annual Fee/ compliance • Tax Clearance Certificate • Lease agreement • Letter from the accounting firm • PSIRA Certificate YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

25. CHALLENGES Providers not complying with the following: • Providers not having implementation plan • Providers do not request Verification • Providers do not have registered assessor and moderators for all the unit standard/ Qualification i.e. not submitting/capturing learner information and achievements timeously Records • Providers do not keep records of formative assessment and judgments. • Providers do not keep records of which unit standards and outcomes were covered. YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

26. CHALLENGES Providers not conducting complete moderation • Moderation takes place without a plan/strategy and seldom adheres to the outcomes they need to achieve • Written feedback is very seldom given to the assessors and there is very little place on the report for the assessor to provide written feedback to the moderator. Registers • Registers of attendance at workplaces, practical, examinations not kept(i.e OBE for GSO etc) YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

27. CONTACT DETAILS • Executive Manager: Ms. Juwayria Amod • Email :jamod@sasseta.org.za • Cellphone: 084 982 3854 • Manager: Rachel Ndlebe • Email : rndlebe@sasseta.org.za • Cellphone: 0795226991 • Administrator: Mmasello Makgalemele • Email : mmakgalemele@sasseta.org.za • Direct Line: 011 087 5514 • Administrator: Refilwe Mokome • Email : refilwem@sasseta.org.za • Direct line: 011 087 5517 • Administrator: Annalene Bezuidenhout • Email : abezuitdenhout@sasseta.org.za • Direct line: 011 087 5517 YOUR PARTNER IN SKILLSDEVELOPMENT

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