the New Skills Development Landscape

1. the New Skills Development Landscape By: Lerato Bogoshi (Mophiring) 8 November 2010

2. Foundation of Skills Development in South Africa National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Objectives • Create an integrated national framework for learning achievements • Facilitate access to and mobility and progression within education, training and career paths • Enhance the quality of education and training • Accelerate the redress of past unfair discrimination in education, training and employment opportunities • Contribute to the full personal development of each learner and the social and economic development of the nation at large Legislation • SAQA Act of 1995 • NQF Act 67 of 2008 (repealed the SAQA Act) • Amended Skills Development Act 37 of 2008 Other Policy Documents supporting South African Development Agenda • Human Resource Development Strategy (HRD-SA): • National Skills Development Strategy III

3. Governance of the NQF

4. Skills Development Evolution • Three Quality Councils for implementing the NQF • Communities of Expert Practice (CEP) • Demand Driven Occupational Learning System • Organizing Framework of Occupations (OFO) • National Occupations Pathway Framework (NOPF) • Fit-for-Purpose Qualification Development • Registration of Professional Bodies • Registration of Professional Designations on the NQF • Professional Designation registration

5. Communities of Expert Practice “group of practitioners currently in the occupation”. The Community of Expert Practice Comprises of the following: • the Captains of Industry (practitioners), i.e. people that are deemed to be the experts in terms of knowledge and understanding of what a specific occupation entails; • training providers that traditionally have been involved in providing learning opportunities associated with the occupation; • employers that require the specific occupation in their value chain.; • Labour Unions; and • Regulators

6. CEP Responsibilities • Implementing an Industry Driven Occupational Learning System • Qualification Development, Delivery and Assessment • Professionalizing the Industry • The Organizing Framework of Occupations (OFO) • The NOPF

7. Management Committee of the CEP

8. Importance of the OFO It is Skills based, coded classification system that captures all jobs in the form of Occupations

9. Quality Occupations on the OFO

10. Professionalisation • South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) will recognize statutory and non-statutory professional bodies for the purposes of the NQF. • Professional designations from recognized professional bodies will also be registered on the NQF by SAQA. • NQF ACT 67 of 2008 • NSDSIII (Code of Decent Conduct and PIVOTAL Programmes) • HRD-SA (economic and political imperatives of reducing unemployment and poverty, while fostering growth and international competitiveness) • SAQA prepared and disseminated A document for Public Comments, titled: “Draft Policy and Criteria for the Recognition of Professional Bodies and Registration of Professional Designations.”

11. Responsibilities Registered Professional Bodies • Advance the objectives of the NQF • Promote public understanding of, and trust in, professions through the establishment of a nationally regulated system for the recognition of professional bodies and for registration of professional designations • Encourage social responsibility and accountability within the professions relating to professional services communities and individuals. • Promote pride in association for all professions, including traditional trades and occupations. • Promote the protection of the public by professional bodies from malpractice related to the fulfillment of the professional duties and responsibilities of professionals registered with them. • Encourage international best practice for all professions in South Africa, including continuing professional development. • Facilitate access to, and analysis of, data related to professions, including traditional trades and occupations for the purposes and use as prescribed by the NQF Act. • Support the development of a national career advice system

12. SSETA Support The SSETA embraced Change by funding and facilitating the following: • Organizing the CEP , its associated Management Committee and providing direct interface with the Quality Chamber Board. • Piloting the development of Occupational Qualifications following the QCTO Model - Goods Receiving Inspector - Quality Management System Auditor • Profiling Occupations and Updating the OFO • Supporting SSETA member companies in utilizing the OFO in their business processes. • Developing Professional Designations and establishing a Professional Body for the Quality Industry. • Facilitating International Reciprocity and Benchmarking of the Professional Designations.

13. WHERE TO FROM HERE? LET US ALL PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN FACILITATING PROGRESS. LET US COLLECTIVELY FOSTER GROWTH AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETENCE. LET US DRIVE EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY FOR ALL INDUSTRIES IN SOUTH AFRICA AND LET US IMPROVE SOUTH AFRICA’S STANDING GLOBALLY. He who rejects change is the Architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery – Harold Wilson

14. THANK YOU • Where do I find additional information? Visit www.serviceseta.org.za , click on SSICTO. • How do I reach the Management Committee of the Quality Management Industry? Contact Kelello Thusi, SSICTO Co-ordinator, Services SETA Head Office – (011) 276-9600. KelelloT@serviceseta.org.za