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Explore collaboration initiatives, accreditation progress, and qualification offerings from the ETQA. Get insights on the progress of RPL programs and key areas of collaboration.
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Provincial ROADSHOWS By Fanny phetla / onicca moloto MARCH 2016
Contents of the presentation QUESTIONS , ANSWERS AND WAYFORWARD
ETQA ORGANOGRAM ETQA Manager Fanny Phetla QCTO Manager Onicca Moloto QC Accreditation coordinator Cynthia Manugu QC Monitoring coordinator Minah Matloa Admin: Accreditation Mmbulaheni Matidza Admin: monitoring Koos Sihlangu Admin: Evaluation and registration Marcus Tlou
PARTNERSHIP DIALOGUE. • ESSENTIALS: • Conducted a dialogue on partnership in October 2015 in 8 provinces. • Private providers, TVET colleges, agriculture colleges, Universities, industries and government departments were invited; • Most provinces have seen attendance by most of these role players ; • Important areas of collaboration were identified; • Provincial steering committees have been formed • The program emanating from this dialogue will be taken forward by steering sessions as of April 2016
AREAS OF COLLABORATION Implementation of QCTO programs • land reform • rural youth • co-operatives • extension officers RPL, WIL and renewable energy programs Mentorship and coaching Create public value , Resources and support
RPL IMPLENTATION PROGRESS 6 Agric colleges to run the pilot PILOT RUN KEY FOCUS Build RPL system and structures • 20Learners per college • 2 qualifications per college. • 20 assessors per college SCOPE OF THE PROGRAM DURATION OF THE PROGRAM • The program is envisaged to take two years
MONITORING OF PROVISION • Accreditation License 2018 • Quality maintenance: Infrastructure, changes of offices and addresses. • Uncoordinated MoU’s and abdication of responsibilities. • Unethical Conduct : Fraudulent accreditation letters • Fraudulent Assessor and Moderator signatures • Non payment of learner stipends: this leads us to learner complaints. • No certification of learners on Learnerships and skills programs • Learning material: copy and paste material • Lack of subject matter expertise on assessors and moderators registration process; • Monitoring: QCTO unannounced site visits
QCTO ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS… • QCTO accredits SDPs to offer/deliver occupational qualifications • The accreditation process focuses on two areas: • Institutional compliance (Phase 1) • Programme Delivery readiness (Phase 2)
QCTO ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS… • Institutional Compliance: • Be a legal entity /juristic person • Have a valid tax clearance certificate • Provide a proof of financial sustainability • Have a valid Occupational Health and Safety certificate, if applicable • Provide evidence of appropriately qualified human resource/s • Have a learner appeal policy and code of conduct
QCTO ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS… • Programme Delivery Readiness • Verifiers confirms the following : • Qualified Staff to facilitate learning • Administrative resources for capturing learner information and learner records and results • Required resources, tools, equipment, machinery, material, • protective clothing • Learner Support Material(LMS) to offer the relevant component/s • Agreement/s with workplace/s for the delivery of work experience components of the relevant qualification; • Relevant standards for occupational health and safety if applicable; • Adherence to any monitoring and evaluation activities as prescribed by the QCTO.
QCTO ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS… • QCTO Accreditation Committee considers recommendation by Verifiers • Decision made on accreditation outcome • letter issued • Accredited skills development providers info. gets uploaded to QCTO website
Qualification on public comment – Gazette 39702 and 39484 • Crop Produce Analyst, NQF 5, 265 credits • Livestock farm Supervisor NQF 3, 112 credits • Poultry Farm Supervisor NQF 5, 226 credits • Landscape Supervisor NQF 3, 96 credits • Garden Centre Supervisor NQF 3, 102 credits
Qualification recommended to SAQA for registration • Sugar Processing Machine Operator, NQF 3 • QUALIFICATIONS REGISTERED • Miller , NQF 5, 402 credits • Sugar Processing Controller NQF 5, 230 credits • Nursery Supervisor NQF 3, 85 credits • Foundational Learning Competence – NQF 2, 40 credits
ETQA CONTACTS: • ETQA manager; Fanny Phetla • e-mail; fanny@agriseta.co.za • Tel: (012) 301 5625 • QCTO project manager; Onicca Moloto • e-mail; onicca@agriseta.co.za • Tel: (012) 301 5645 • Co-ordinator: monitoring; Minah Matloa • e-mail; minah@agriseta.co.za • Tel: (012) 301 5615
ETQA CONTACTS cont. : • Admin monitoring; Koos Sihlangu • e-mail; koos@agriseta.co.za • Tel: (012) 301 5626 • Admin accreditation; Mmbulaheni Matidza • e-mail; mmbulaheni@agriseta.co.za • Tel: (012) 301 5620 • admin: learning program evaluation and registration; • Marcus Tlou • e-mail; marcus@agriseta.co.za • Tel: (012) 301 5632