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New matriculants and other school leavers are vulnerable to making poor choices in their further studies. This is partly because of the very complicated nature of the further education system. The various paths that a young person can take through this system are often not clear.
The field of Human Resource Management (HRM) has grown tremendously over the last ten years and today HR Managers play a very important role in organisations, managing key people functions such as recruitment, selection, training and development and employment relations. It is important therefore that people wanting to make a career in this field choose appropriate qualifications to get them started. There is little room these days for unqualified people to make their way into HRM.
Qualifications which are recognised within the field are those offered by universities, universities of technology, and colleges (both private and public FET colleges), which are regulated within the National Qualification Framework (NQF) system.
In the HRM field, the SA Board for People Practices controls the accreditation of training providers within this NQF system. Those providers which are accredited at one or more different levels (for example, an FET Certificate at NQF Level 4 or a Diploma/National Diploma at NQF Level 5) are listed on the website:
http://www.sabpp.co.za/etqa/hr-providers/
or enquiries can be made to the SABPP offices.
There are many companies that offer unaccredited qualifications, often called “short courses”, and unfortunately students taking these courses do not realise that their qualifications are not accredited.
But, to gain admission to an accredited course, students must have the required exemptions. A learner with an NSC with a B degree exemption can, if he or she wishes, seek admission to a university or university of technology. A learner with an NSC with a diploma exemption can seek admission to diploma courses at a comprehensive university or a university or technology. A learner with an NSC with an FET exemption can seek admission to an FET college for a NQF 4 level Certificate.
The Careers Guidance Service of the South African Qualifications Authority, 0860 111 673, offers an excellent service to help young people to make the right choices for their future careers.
For more information about learning providers and quality assurance, please contact
SABPP on 011 482 8595
SABPP on twitter @SABPP1
Visit the website www.sabpp.co.za
Kathleen Beckett
Report issued by SABPP edited by the skills-universe
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