1. NATIONAL OPEN LEARNING SYSTEM OCCUPATIONAL QUALIFICATION FOR ELECTRICIAN NADEOSA CONFERENCE 8 JULY 2015

2. Our top priority is to expand and improve the quality of further education and training colleges……. Dr Blade Nzimande – Budget Vote 8 May 2013

3. One of the obligations of the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) is to increase access to educational opportunities for young people that are not in employment or education and training (NEET) and those who experience barriers to learning. Such barriers would include geographical isolation, discrimination on the basis of race, gender, age, or physical disability, financial abilities, the inability to take time off work for a course, lack of ‘appropriate’ qualifications, and the use of pedagogical approaches that restrict accessibility to learning.

4. A possible strategy that can be used by the DHET to increase access to educational opportunities is the implementation of open learning in an organised, articulated, structured and systematic manner

5. DEFINING OPEN LEARNING “Open learning is an approach which combines the principles of learner centredness, lifelong learning, flexibility of learning provision, the removal of barriers to access learning, the recognition for credit of prior learning experience, the provision of learner support, the construction of learning programmes in the expectation that learners can succeed, and the maintenance of rigorous quality assurance over the design of learning materials and support systems.” Department of Education, 1995: White Paper on Education and Training. par. 25

6. 1994 the African National Congress’s Policy Framework for Education and Training 1995 White Paper on Education and Training White Paper 3 (1997) on Programmes for the Transformation of Higher Education Policy for the Provision of Distance Education in South African Universities in the context of an Integrated Post-School System White Paper for Post-School Education and Training POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE MANDATE

7. WHITE PAPER P7 – By 2030 – 2.5 million in TVET Colleges Network of Providers Quality Assurance Technology Quality Learning Resources (OER) Collaborative Shared Capacity Building Learner support

9. QCTO Qualification The new qualification was registered on the 7 th November 2013 and is available on the SAQA web site as an occupational qualification OCCUPATIONAL QUALIFICATION FOR ELECTRICIAN

10. Theory Practice Work Integrated Learning

11. OCCUPATIONAL QUALIFICATION FOR ELECTRICIAN TheoryPractice Work Integrated Learning

12. Theory Practice WIL Theory Practice WIL Theory Practice WIL OCCUPATIONAL QUALIFICATION FOR ELECTRICIAN Theory Practice WIL

13. Electrical installation work Fault finding Testing Motors & Starters Electronics Panel wiring Theory Testing of an Installation TRADE TEST CATEGORIES

14. Theory Practice WIL NATIONAL OPEN LEARNING SYSTEM (NOLS)

15. Theory Practice WIL NATIONAL OPEN LEARNING SYSTEM (NOLS) Practice Workshop WIL Workplace

16. Theory Practice WIL Self Assessment NATIONAL OPEN LEARNING SYSTEM (NOLS) Practice Workshop WIL Workplace Practical Assessment Task/s “Mini Trade Test” Logbook

17. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COMPONENTS IN NOLS Theory Practical Work Integrated Learning Open Learning Platform TVET College Workplace

18. WHERE ARE WE NOW? Registered Qualification: SAQA 91761 Occupational Certificate: Electrician Curriculum Assessment Specifications Curriculum Content NOLS Open Learning Project Manager and Coordinator Tender for the development of Open Learning materials and assessment tasks √√√PPPX√√√PPPX