Stakeholder engagement road shows By Fanny phetla June 2017

Contents of the presentation REGISTRATION OF PRIVATE PROVIDERS QCTO UPDATES ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS RPL SYSTEM AND PROGRESS UPDATES QUESTIONS , ANSWERS AND WAYFORWARD QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Accreditation coordinator Evaluation and registration ETQA ORGANOGRAM ETQA Manager Fanny Phetla QCTO Project manager Vacant QC Accreditation coordinator Vacant QC Monitoring coordinator Minah Matloa Admin: Accreditation Mmbulaheni Matidza Admin: monitoring Koos Sihlangu Admin: Evaluation and registration Marcus Tlou

REGISTRATION OF PRIVATE PROVIDERS . SCOPE: Registration of private education and training providers with DHET Excluded: private colleges; private higher learning institutions and independent schools at GFETQSF or HEQSF Requirements: Providers offering whole qualifications at NQF 1-4 must register with directorate for private colleges;

QCTO UPDATES: KEY FUNCTIONS Qualification development land reform rural youth co-operatives extension officers Accreditation Workplace readiness Assessment Centres

Registered Qualifications QCTO UPDATES Registered Qualifications Crop Produce Analyst, NQF 5, 265 credits Poultry Farmer NQF 5, 226 credits Landscape Supervisor NQF 3, 96 credits Garden Centre Supervisor NQF 3, 102 credits

Update…… - Sugar Processing Machine Operator, NQF 3 Miller , NQF 5, 402 credits Sugar Processing Controller NQF 5, 230 credits Nursery Supervisor NQF 3, 85 credits PEST management officer NQF 5, 257

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

MONITORING OF PROVISION Accreditation License 2020 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;

RPL IMPLENTATION PROGRESS PILOT RUN 6 Agric colleges to run the pilot KEY FOCUS Build RPL system and structures 20 Learners 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

ETQA CONTACTS cont. : Admin monitoring; Koos Sihlangu e-mail; koos@agriseta.co.za Tel: (012) 301 5626 Monitoring coordinator ( Acting QCTO proj manager) Minah Matloa Tel: (012) 301 5615 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

THANK YOU !!!! fanny@agriseta.co.za Tel: 012 301 5600