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Andrew Friedemann started the topic Post from Scott Womack – TGI in the forum
CIMS SETA Management System – User support 1 year, 2 months agoSubject: Tourist Guide Institute – Letter of Concern to all Guide Training providers
Good day folks
This has been a rather difficult year, not least of all because of the lack of a CATHSSETA computer system till June 2020, but more so due to the subsequent disastrous and as yet incomplete implementation and rollout of the new CIMS system and…[Read more]
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Andrew Friedemann started the topic Introduction in the forum
CIMS SETA Management System – User support 1 year, 5 months agoA few of the SETAS has started using the CIMS SETA Management system which Providers have to use to register learners and record Achievements as well as a host of other functions including SDF work. CATHSSETA is using it, but I believe some other SETAS are as well.
I have been using, or trying to, for a few months now, and am on the verge of…[Read more]
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Andrew Friedemann replied to the topic The digital age…. Not in Africa it seems in the forum
Concerned Providers Interest Group – QCTO/SAQA/SETA 1 year, 9 months agoWe are with CATHSSETA and have done it this way for the last 6 years – we do not have any hard copies of anything. It has been a struggle overcoming the resistance of wanting hard copies.
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Andrew Friedemann started the topic The digital age…. Not in Africa it seems in the forum
Concerned Providers Interest Group – QCTO/SAQA/SETA 1 year, 10 months agoI got an email this morning telling me that the SETA will no longer accept emailed documents and they must be in hard copy. Considering the pandemic, lets trace that piece of paper….
Learner takes their ID to a copy shop, oops its closed. Scans it at home and prints it out. Pops along to the police station as they are the only ones open and…[Read more]
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Andrew Friedemann replied to the topic DHET stops SDP registration applications! in the forum
Concerned Providers Interest Group – QCTO/SAQA/SETA 1 year, 11 months agoAs our issues have been mentioned here, I can say that eventually after The DNT and Minister got involved, we finally have a way forward to register and get guides registered with interim certificates being issued by CATHSSETA.
Still no certifications or online system though, but at least we can get people into work in the meantime.
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Andrew Friedemann replied to the topic Inability to register of achieve learners in the forum
Concerned Providers Interest Group – QCTO/SAQA/SETA 2 years agoI have tried contacting Mt Lata a week ago, but got no response. I will write to Mr Naidoo as well.
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Andrew Friedemann replied to the topic Inability to register of achieve learners in the forum
Concerned Providers Interest Group – QCTO/SAQA/SETA 2 years agoI tried emailing the QCTO today on the official link on their website, and got the attached back… I am seriously worried about the future of training. Is anyone else affected?
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Andrew Friedemann started the topic Inability to register of achieve learners in the forum
Concerned Providers Interest Group – QCTO/SAQA/SETA 2 years agoA lot is being said recently re fly by night providers and providers not registered with appropriate departments, however I her little re fully compliant providers not being able to register or achieve learners at CATHSSETA due to their management system being down for over 4 months. One provider phoned last week and was simply told “No Comment”.…[Read more]
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Andrew Friedemann replied to the topic Which SETA is open to electronic POEs? in the forum
Concerned Providers Interest Group – QCTO/SAQA/SETA 2 years, 9 months agoWe are with CATHSSETA and have been using electronic POE’s for 2 years now.
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Andrew Friedemann replied to the topic QCTO latest communication published in the forum
Concerned Providers Interest Group – QCTO/SAQA/SETA 3 years, 6 months agoHi Lynel
Don’t like to always sound pessimistic, but, been there, done that, seven plus years of correspondence and promises but nothings changed.
My hope is still that one day someone will take this seriously, but I am too tired to carry on on my own.
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Andrew Friedemann replied to the topic QCTO latest communication published in the forum
Concerned Providers Interest Group – QCTO/SAQA/SETA 3 years, 6 months agoThanx Lynel –
Concerned though about the ‘Secondly’ point. What about skills programmes and qualifications that ARE being used, but SETAs have never uploaded achievements to the NLRD. SAQA sees these as ‘No Uptake’ which is of course incorrect, and they will be lost to users through no fault of their own.
We as a provider lost a whole lot of…[Read more]
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Andrew Friedemann replied to the topic QCTO latest communication published in the forum
Concerned Providers Interest Group – QCTO/SAQA/SETA 3 years, 6 months agoThanx Lynel – So I will just ignore it.
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Andrew Friedemann replied to the topic QCTO latest communication published in the forum
Concerned Providers Interest Group – QCTO/SAQA/SETA 3 years, 6 months agoPlease help to understand this…
“2. ACCREDITATION OF SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PROVIDERS
a) The QAPs will in the interim remain responsible for the accreditation applications from Skills Development Providers (SDPs) for Skills Programmes. As from 1 July 2018, copies of all accreditation letters issued by the QAPs to SDPs to offer skills programmes,…[Read more] -
Andrew Friedemann replied to the topic Self employment is no longer an option in SA for regulated industries in the forum
Concerned Providers Interest Group – QCTO/SAQA/SETA 3 years, 10 months agoHi Kate. This applies to all agreements. However we only offer one program which is a small skills program (40 credits) usually done over 5-10 days.
Approx 70% of our learners are self employed and the mentoring is done by the trainer/assessor in situ. Additionally a large portion of learners are in rural environments with no access to larger…[Read more]
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Andrew Friedemann replied to the topic Self employment is no longer an option in SA for regulated industries in the forum
Concerned Providers Interest Group – QCTO/SAQA/SETA 3 years, 10 months agoThank you – I intend to follow this through. Unfortunately it seems these decisions are just made by the people processing the paperwork – when I question where the instruction came from I just get told the QCTO or DHET. When I ask for a contact person there or documented proof of this I simply get ignored. This one I intend fighting to the end -…[Read more]
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Andrew Friedemann started the topic Self employment is no longer an option in SA for regulated industries in the forum
Concerned Providers Interest Group – QCTO/SAQA/SETA 3 years, 10 months agoSo it seems self employment is no longer an option in SA. I had an email from our SETA today saying that learner agreements where the Learner and Employer are the same are invalid.
Just to understand the circumstances, about 70% of all our learners over the last 18 years have been self employed. Many of these, about 45%, are rural people living…[Read more]
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Andrew Friedemann replied to the topic Data Protection Question in the forum SETAs, levies & scarce skills, TVET colleges, PSET 4 years, 1 month ago
Just an update on this topic. We have offered them the following which they refuse…
1) That your verifiers make a site visit to view the documents but may not remove them from the premises. (Which will be digital anyway as we do not possess hard copies)
2) You access them on the secure website we have set up for this purpose.…[Read more]
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Andrew Friedemann started the topic Handling a difficult Learner?? in the forum
Training Service Providers 4 years, 1 month agoI am dropping this here as I cannot see another group more suited. Just looking for some advice on handling a difficult learner. Any advice will be appreciated.
The learner went through assessment but it was an incomplete assessment so no result was given yet till it could be completed. In reality he started complaining before the assessment was…[Read more]
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Andrew Friedemann replied to the topic Single Units vs Skills Program in the forum
Concerned Providers Interest Group – QCTO/SAQA/SETA 4 years, 2 months agoThanx Sylvia – I have replied in a private message.
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Andrew Friedemann started the topic Single Units vs Skills Program in the forum
Concerned Providers Interest Group – QCTO/SAQA/SETA 4 years, 2 months agoJust wondering if anyone else has come up with the problem of a provider having full accreditation for a skills program consisting of 8 or so unit standards, three of which are electives.
Learners do the program and might leave off one or two of the electives, then a year or two later want to complete the extra ones. The ETQA refuses to allow the…[Read more]
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