Nigel Shipston

Hi Sylvia,
I think the most important thing here is that Registration is temporarily not a legal requirement, but that it will be soon enough again when all the relevant Acts are aligned. The second point is that they are going back to where they should have started according to the White Paper issued by DHET in 2013. They themselves laid out…[Read more]

Hi Gerhardus,
It appears you have been subject to misinformation regarding accreditation for First Aid. It is not necessary to go only to HWSETA as the regulations were amended to permit you to achieve accreditation with any SETA that holds First Aid unit standards within their scope. There are some 11 or 12 SETA’s who can accredit you for First…[Read more]

Wonderful!

We all know how consistent processes are between SETA’s and that standardisation appears to be a foreign concept. Surely DHET aren’t going to simply wash their hands on this issue? “Cry ‘Havoc!’, and let slip the dogs of war,”.

Hi Sylvia,
I don’t know if involving others in the evaluation of learning material will make a difference unless there is a system of evaluation carried out by SME’s in their fields, with the adaptive ability to work with materials and providers in context. The one-size-fits-all checklist exercises used by SETA’s has resulted in the checklist…[Read more]

Hi Kevin, already dealing with Ben regarding this, I have a generic QMS aligned to TETA First Aid training providers, learning materials and moderator registration. I have had a number of First Aid training providers already accredited through TETA and subsequently Approved by DoL for First Aid training.

Hi Sylvia and gang, unfortunately even in this field there are people who lack any realistic values when it comes to “earning” money. We’ve had the same with learning materials and accreditation “experts” whose concern is not for providers, but rather feathering their own pockets by praying on the unsure and less enlightened. Highway robbery of…[Read more]