ROAD SHOW: MAY/JUNE 2011

INPUTS BY: FANNY PHETLA

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PRESENTATION

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CAPACITY AND RESOURCES

QUALITY ASSURANCE: LANDSCAPES

BACKGROUND INFO

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• INTRODUCTION OF QCTO:

SDA amendment bill introduced QCTO ; Coordinates learning towards occupational

competence; Agriculture has so far developed 24 occupational

curricula The QCTO still to develop and the regulation for

implementation; Focus and emphasis on scarce and critical skills; AgriSETA to pilot few of these occupational learning

once clear guidelines have been developed

BACKGROUND INFO .

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PROVINCE ACCREDITED BY OTHER SETA’S

ACCREDITED BY AgriSETA

LIMPOPO  12 38

MPUMALANGA  8 32

GAUTENG  16 96

NORTH WEST  2 18

KWAZULU  18 52

FREE STATE  4 29NORTHERN CAPE  2 4EASTERN CAPE  7 31WESTERN CAPE  5 32

TOTAL 74 332

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• QUALITY OF TRAINING:

Overall improvement in assessment and moderation;

Training plans getting more SMART ; Professionalism, relevance and understanding are

improving; Record keeping and filing systems are

improving;

TRAINING PROVISION .(MONITORING FINDINGS)

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• QUALITY VERSUS COSTS OF TRAINING:

Short cuts still evident on assessment and moderation;

The development of learning material still a challenge; The employment and use of quality resource, grey

area ; the struggle to interpret and align the material to

unit standards; Ethical practice severely affected Incorrect records of resource and infrastructure

TRAINING PROVISION cont.

POOR QUALITY DELIVERY

“… inability of the training provider to offer the learners the required

competencies, proper assessments and moderation…”

Learners not able to

complete learnerships

Lack of subject matter

expertise

Poor learning

Material and assessment

tools

Incompetent learners in the sector

Incorrect statistics regarding level of skill and knowledge in the sector

No return on investment

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POOR ASSESSMENT AND MODERATION SYSTEM

“… learners receiving wrong credits and certificates...”

Assessor Competencies ability to develop Assessment guides and tools.

Registered with AgriSETA

Moderator competencies

Grounded background in assessment

Ability to improve assessment systemsAbility to generate reports and verify assessments

submission of reports

It is a key requirements to submit moderation report for verification of learner achievements

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UNRELIABLE ALLOCATION OF CREDITS TO LEARNERS

POOR MANAGEMENT OF TIME

•Training plans not clear enough•Poor selection criteria of learners•Trainers do not understand unit standards

SHORT CUTS•Attempt to reduce the costs

•Cheap labour

•Attempts to meet deadlines

•Quick fix

NATIONAL DATABASE INFORMATION

•Wrong information loaded on the national database

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Inadequate quality management system

POLICIES

•No learner and staffing policies

•No self auditing and review mechanism policies

• no assessment and moderation policies•No learning development policies

GUIDELINES • no guidelines for implementation of training in line with the policies

•Providers do not understand or know their own policies

PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES

• the implementation of plans are not mapped out

• the trainers/assessors/moderators are not orientated on company’s policies and guidelines

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• NSDS III:

ETQA to develop Code of decent conduct; Alignment of qualification to cater Learning

programs for decent work; The ETQA’s to develop Recognition Of Prior Learning; Raising the base for learning; The introduction of PIVOTAL occupational programs

and Identify program delivery partners (ISOE’S and

FET’S)

NEW ETQA TARGETS

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• ARCHITECTURE AND ROLE PLAYERS:

Quality partners for development and assessment;

Community of expert practitioners; Strong coaching and mentorship arrangement; To build industry supported monitoring provision; To build a rubric external assessment system; To build a robust certification system; Establish one stop shop centres of excellent in

the industry

THE ETQA STRUCTURES

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CAPACITY AND RESOURCES

High level buy- in from industries; Availability of industry captains and

powerhouses for curricula development and external assessments;

Workplace readiness for work-based learning; Coaches and mentors availability; Alignment of the Industry to enable OFO

implementation

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• Learning and adjusting:

pilot learning programs and adjust ;

develop assessment system and perfect the tools;

identify people to be catalysts for implementation and develop a support financial model

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