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Plan for Facilitation

PLAN AND PREPARE FOR FACILITATION 2.1 Sector and Workplace Skills Plans The Skills Development Act (Act No. 97 of 1998) and the Skills Development Levies Act   (Act No. 9 of 1999) require SETAs to comply with the following: Develop a sector skills plan Implement the sector skills plan Promote, develop and administer learner ships Support the implementation of the NQF Undertake quality assurance Disburse levies collected from employers in their sector Report to the Director General and to SAQA   These acts require employers to: Register with the South…

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Budgeting for and pricing training services

These pointers are suggested in budgeting for and pricing training services: Budget for training at the start of the fiscal year, averaging 10 percent of gross sales. See training as an investment (short term and long term), not to be short-changed. Every size of business needs training. The company that makes the small investment on the front end (training) saves higher costs. Research shows that training investments foregone are multiplied six-fold in opportunity costs each year that action is put off. (This is another of my trademarked concepts, known as…

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Policy for the implementation of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Policy

Glossary of terms Access An entry to education and training of a particular qualification or part qualification or entry to a final external summative assessment. Assessment The process of collecting evidence of learner’s work to measure and make judgements about the competence or non-competence of specified National Qualifications Framework occupational standards or qualifications and part qualifications. Assessor A person who is registered by the relevant AQP in accordance with established criteria to conduct internal and/or external assessments for registered occupational qualifications and part qualifications. Candidate A person whose performance is…

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Policy for the certification of learner achievements for trades and occupational qualifications on the Occupational Qualifications Sub-Framework (OQSF)

Glossary of terms In this document, any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the National Qualifications Framework Act, 2008 (Act No 67 of 2008), as amended, and the Skills Development Act, 1998, (Act No 97 of 1998), as amended, has the same meaning unless the context otherwise indicates. Achievement Appeal Assessment Assessment centre Assessment Quality Partner (AQP) Certificate Development Quality Partner (DQP) External Integrated Summative Assessment (EISA) Foundational Learning The recognition granted to a learner when all required learning outcomes have been successfully demonstrated. The…

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Assessment Policy for Qualifications and Part Qualifications on the Occupational Qualifications Sub-Framework (OQSF)

Glossary of terms Accreditation The certification, usually for a particular period, of a person, a body or an institution as having the capacity to fulfil a particular function in the quality assurance system set up by the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO). Administrative errors Means irregularities that are of a technical nature, where the student or an assessment official unintentionally fails to follow the prescribed administrative procedures. Assessment The process of collecting evidence of learner’s work to measure and make judgements about the competence or non-competence of specified National…

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TRAINYOUCAN Accredited Training provider for Trainer, Assessor and Moderator

What is Odetdp? ODETDP stands for occupationally directed education, training and development practitioner. This National Certificate is an entry-level qualification in the field of corporate training, skills development, assessment and curriculum design. It articulates seamlessly into the National Diploma with the same name. Accredited Facilitator, Assessora and Moderator in South Africa How do I become an assessor and moderator? Career information for assessors and moderators. Assessors and moderators are hired by skills development providers to assess unit standards and qualifications that are registered on the NQF. Skills development providers can…

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FINANCIAL FOR NON-FINANCIAL MANAGERS training course

FINANCIAL FOR NON-FINANCIAL MANAGERS training course COURSE NAME: FINANCIAL FOR NON-FINANCIAL MANAGERS COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Computer and Internet. ENTRY LEVEL: All levels, basic numeracy and literacy. MINIMUM TIME: 2 Hours + PASS RATE: Required 80%, unlimited re-take. EXAM TYPE: Online QUIZ, True/False and Match. CERTIFICATE: Instant download on completion. FINANCIAL FOR NON-FINANCIAL MANAGERS training course Improve your understanding of financial management and how to use financial statements to improve your decision making. Decisions employees make daily in business often have a notable impact on the organisation’s financial standing. However, many people do not understand the importance of assessing how their decisions…

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