Nigel Shipston

Hi Abraham,
Having been providing various consulting services to providers over the last 10 years, it is imperative that you do not supply any services until an agreement is reached on the services you will be supplying, and a percentage of the total fee is paid up front. Normally I work on a 50% up front fee, which will cover my costs in the…[Read more]

Hi Hannes,
Indeed, welcome back! And a brilliant idea to boot!

How many horror stories can you accommodate? I have 18 years of continuous frustration which I will happily share with you, and which will withstand the criteria you have set. I will formulate and send to your mail.

Hi Sylvia,
It seems that one of them at least has absented herself from both SU and LI. Not much info anywhere else relating to who else is part of Bella Visage. As I recall she posted a couple of times on SU around September/October last year, and I was consulted regarding a quote and material example from Bella Visage.
This appears to be a…[Read more]

Hi Kath,
It seems like Kylie Raseasala has vanished off the face of the earth, no LinkedIn profile, nothing on SU, zip. Looks like another of those episodes, although the Bella Visage website is still up.

Hi Helen and Mduduzi, the SETA’s are due to cease accrediting providers as of the end of this month, after which QCTO will take over all accreditations. While some SETA’s have closed off accreditation applications already, there are some that are still taking applications. Unfortunately, you will find that most of them are also flooded with…[Read more]

Trainers or Facilitators/Assessors do not require to be approved, they are part of the Approval required for an accredited training provider. Should the provider be compliant, it is the provider that is Approved, not the Facilitator/Assessor. The “instructor” requirement is that they must be “in possession of at least a valid level 3 first-aid…[Read more]

Hi Alastair,
They are still taking applications up to end June when the unit standards expire. However, you still have time to train until the last enrollment date of the unit standard, and quite possibly, if there is no QCTO replacement this will be extended. The 31 March date was the previous cut off date for SETA operations, but that has…[Read more]

Hi Lindsay,
As far as I am aware, SETA’s don’t accredit LMS platforms/systems. Most of the SETA’s have their own systems which training providers are expected to align with for uploading purposes. Provider LMS’s need to address the particular requirements of their respective SETA, many of whom are using a highly dodgy and user unfriendly system…[Read more]

Appreciated Ken, likewise! If you need any assistance with those SMME’s, please let me know. There are many ways to get them on board and you know, where there’s a will there’s a way! I didn’t spend all my time last year getting the Minister to recognise SMME’s with DHET Registration for nothing. Nor did I get grey hair working with all these…[Read more]

Thank you Ken. This was brought into the public domain and there it shall remain. There is no misanthropy, nor is there lack of democracy. Democracy intimates majority decision making. Among the thousands of accredited training providers, I can guarantee you that a very significant percentage are one man operations. Of my own 250-300 training…[Read more]