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Lynel Farrell is well known for her comprehensive understanding of QCTO & DHET matters. This group is intended for questions on:
* legacy qualifications expiring,
* qualifications reformulated & now QCTO qualifications
* the implications for providers accredited for legacy qualifications
* accreditation for QCTO qualifications
* registration (not accreditation) of providers with DHET – is it necessary/were you previously registered? What is your way forward.
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Lucille Loggenberg started the topic Learning Material SAQA Id 99714 Health and Safety Practitioner in the forum
"LynelFarrellresponds" questions on qualifications,accreditation,registration, and more 1 year, 2 months agoGood day Lynne
I am embarking on QCTO accreditation for the above mentioned qualification and want to purchase Learning material
Could you advise who could assist?
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Petra Penninkhoff started the topic developing learning material in the forum
"LynelFarrellresponds" questions on qualifications,accreditation,registration, and more 1 year, 4 months agoI understand from the QCTO website that learning materials do not have to follow similar strict guidelines as when developing US materials.
Are there any guidelines at all?
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Lynel Farrell replied to the topic PoPi Compliance? What do I need to do? in the forum
"LynelFarrellresponds" questions on qualifications,accreditation,registration, and more 1 year, 6 months agoThere are 3 short videos, which is easy to understand, and could be shared with staff and even clients.
The video below is 3 minutes long – POPIA Implementation Deadline.
This below video is 5 minutes long – POPIA – 8 Principles that must be complied with.
The last video below is 6…[Read more]
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sylvia hammond replied to the topic PoPi Compliance? What do I need to do? in the forum
"LynelFarrellresponds" questions on qualifications,accreditation,registration, and more 1 year, 6 months agoThank you Lynel, yes I do agree with you. I will check out the free training.
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Lynel Farrell replied to the topic PoPi Compliance? What do I need to do? in the forum
"LynelFarrellresponds" questions on qualifications,accreditation,registration, and more 1 year, 6 months agoHi Sylvia,
You are most welcome. I am an independent consultant, and I was able to register with the Information Regulator. All the information we work with needs to be protected. The free training link – is fantastic, and gives a lot of information. There are training offered by various law firms, but it is costly. I found this free training…[Read more] -
sylvia hammond replied to the topic PoPi Compliance? What do I need to do? in the forum
"LynelFarrellresponds" questions on qualifications,accreditation,registration, and more 1 year, 6 months agoHi Lynel,
Thanks for this – very timely. Alan & I have been talking about requirements for skills-universe.I have been thinking – if someone is trading as a Sole Trader, as many small training consultants do now, as the CCs were stopped –
– they would also have to register themselves as the Information Officer -even though it’s not a company as…
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Lynel Farrell started the topic PoPi Compliance? What do I need to do? in the forum
"LynelFarrellresponds" questions on qualifications,accreditation,registration, and more 1 year, 6 months agoDear Members,
The PoPi Act is close to being implemented, and you need to know what to do, why, when, how. I have put this one pager together with two important links:
The first link in the document – is free PoPi training – it is extremely valuable – it will definitely help your small business to understand what is required from you.
The…[Read more]
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Alan Forsyth replied to the topic QCTO Virtual Session: Quality Assurance Awareness 23 April 2021 in the forum
"LynelFarrellresponds" questions on qualifications,accreditation,registration, and more 1 year, 7 months agoThankyou, I have reserved my space
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sylvia hammond replied to the topic QCTO Virtual Session: Quality Assurance Awareness 23 April 2021 in the forum
"LynelFarrellresponds" questions on qualifications,accreditation,registration, and more 1 year, 7 months agoThanks Lynel – you saved me from posting it.
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Lynel Farrell started the topic QCTO Virtual Session: Quality Assurance Awareness 23 April 2021 in the forum
"LynelFarrellresponds" questions on qualifications,accreditation,registration, and more 1 year, 7 months agoQCTO will host a Virtual Quality Assurance Awareness Session on the 23 April 2021. Skills Development Providers – it is important to attend these sessions to stay informed. I hope to see you there!
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sylvia hammond replied to the topic DHET issues amended communiqe to registered providers on annual reports in the forum
"LynelFarrellresponds" questions on qualifications,accreditation,registration, and more 1 year, 7 months agoLynel thank you.
I have not followed the registration of private colleges at all, so I appreciate all your explanation.If I am understanding this correctly, it seems that these are the institutions that always should have been the ones to register with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET). That is – as distinct from all the…[Read more]
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Lynel Farrell replied to the topic DHET issues amended communiqe to registered providers on annual reports in the forum
"LynelFarrellresponds" questions on qualifications,accreditation,registration, and more 1 year, 7 months agoHi Sylvia,
There are 284 DHET registered Private Colleges (there might be less, as the list on the DHET website was last updated on the 14th December 2020.
There are two submissions a year – the first one starts in October – it is called the Annual Survey – which is completed with learner data for a specific period – the deadline is usually by…[Read more]
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sylvia hammond started the topic DHET issues amended communiqe to registered providers on annual reports in the forum
"LynelFarrellresponds" questions on qualifications,accreditation,registration, and more 1 year, 7 months agoThe Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) has issued an Amended Communique confirming that the department will no longer be issuing courtesy notices as reminders to private providers of the requirement for an annual report.
It appears that some providers have used a non-receipt of the reminder as grounds for an appeal against being…[Read more]
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Lynel Farrell started the topic Occupational Qualifications vs Legacy Qualifications? in the forum
"LynelFarrellresponds" questions on qualifications,accreditation,registration, and more 1 year, 7 months agoHi everyone,
Due to the number of requests I am receiving regarding the difference between Occupational Qualifications and Legacy Qualifications, I created a quick infographic (this is in summary).
I hope this helps a bit.
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Lynel Farrell started the topic QCTO Information – valuable for sure! in the forum
"LynelFarrellresponds" questions on qualifications,accreditation,registration, and more 1 year, 7 months agoGood day,
The QCTO have placed the attached info-posters on their QCTO Page (FB), which needs to be shared with you. These are fantastic information snippets on Assessment Centres!
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Lynel Farrell started the topic Accreditation Consultant – moving forward! in the forum
"LynelFarrellresponds" questions on qualifications,accreditation,registration, and more 1 year, 7 months agoGood day Members,
I receive daily requests on various platforms asking me: “What do you actually do?”
I am an independent consultant (not an entity), and have been in the industry for many years. My passion, is to assist providers in the changes from SETA to QCTO. For over a decade, I have been posting information on changes, updates and imp…[Read more]
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Lynel Farrell started the topic Process flow – QCTO Accreditation Application in summary in the forum
"LynelFarrellresponds" questions on qualifications,accreditation,registration, and more 1 year, 7 months agoDear Members,
I have been asked so many times, how the process works when preparing for a QCTO Accreditation Application. I attempted to show the process-flow in easy format – however, please note that there are more work involved than the summary given.
I hope this helps a bit.
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Lynel Farrell replied to the topic PROVIDERS are you still waiting for your Letter of Intent feedback?? in the forum
"LynelFarrellresponds" questions on qualifications,accreditation,registration, and more 1 year, 8 months agoProviders:
The cut-off for the QCTO issues Register submission is by end of business day TODAY! I have attempted to reach out to you for over a week now – if you snooze you lose. If you have not received any feedback regarding your letter of intent or accreditation application to the QCTO – COMPLETE THE REGISTER! It will take you 2 min…[Read more]
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sylvia hammond replied to the topic QCTO qualification implementation: Are time limits attached to finalisation? in the forum
"LynelFarrellresponds" questions on qualifications,accreditation,registration, and more 1 year, 8 months agoThank you Lynel – I can honestly say your answer moved my understand forward immensely.
So you are saying that the QCTO is much quicker than the SETAs to certification.
But from what you say there does not seem to be a timeline included with the implementation of the curriculum. My understanding is the provider completes implementation, to the…[Read more]
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Lynel Farrell replied to the topic QCTO qualification implementation: Are time limits attached to finalisation? in the forum
"LynelFarrellresponds" questions on qualifications,accreditation,registration, and more 1 year, 8 months agoHi Sylvia,
Let’s start with your side question. For many years we have been asking when will occupational qualifications be registered as Learnerships. Nothing was said – and we were all in the dark. To my surprise, I saw that the QCTO added to their drop-down menu: Learnerships!
This is divided into two sections namely:
1. Registered…[Read more] - Load More