Pat Wessels

Hi Sylvia,
While there may be some delays in issuing of SoR’s, not all SETA’s are to blame, in fact many of the delays are a result of providers not adhering to correct QA processes, thus delaying endorsement of results. While the basic First Aid Regulation is subject to a virtually the same wording as that of Lifting Machinery, First Aid is not…[Read more]

Hi Nigel,
Yes, I can clearly recall you commenting at length on this issue – as has Lynel. I will send you an external email as well.

Now, there are two points leading to two questions:
* the first point is – Ken Annandale is correct when he says that there are delays in issuing SORs & certificates. I have a client where just one person of a…[Read more]

Hi Sylvia,
I have posted much on this topic before, but in short, there was a stage from the early 2000’s when DoEL issued First Aid training Approvals to training providers without any prior accreditation. Many of these training providers operated for many years until 2016 when DoEL introduced a regulation requiring all First Aid training…[Read more]

Hi Lynel,
Once again, thank you for your excellent contributionr .

I have had an idea bubbling in my head for some time, and now I am convinced that I am on the right track. I will email you for further discussion – once you have finished your exams.

Good luck – I am sure you will do well :).

Hi Sylvia,

You are most welcome. Yes, the extension was extended and extended again and again – I think I have lost track on how many times it has been extended – it could be 4 times. Okay, wait let me try to see how many times this was done ………………….

1. First GG 40313 that I could pick up was on the 30 September 2016 whereby it…[Read more]

Lynel,
Thank you for your comprehensive response.

You are so right – if we had known this would take on Biblical proportions we might even have started a separate site ;).

Seriously, though, I do have a thought about that – I will email you.

I have found the Government Gazette of 2020, which extended the date of this DoEL requirement to 1…[Read more]

Hi Sylvia,

The First Aid training issue actually goes back as far as 2016 (I missed a year somewhere, and thought it only started in 2017). There have been so many valuable and interesting discussions over the years on skills universe with notices, amendments, meetings held – it would have been awesome to cluster them all into one folder from…[Read more]

Good morning all and thank you to Ken and Lynel.
I was not intending to work on skills-universe over the Easter weekend, thinking first that everyone would be off camping somewhere, and secondly, because I have this great workload to catch up on.

But when I saw the Department of Employment and Labour document, I thought that it looked very…[Read more]

Hi Sylvia,

It’s about time! This have been going on for years now. Many Providers that offer First Aid, have ensured that they obtain accreditation (years ago) in order to be Accredited by one of the SETAs as well as being approved by DoEL.

Following all the appeals over the years – the energy used should have been in guiding non-accredited…[Read more]

Hi Sylvia,
Mmmm!
The ramifications of this appalling decision are unpacked below:

FIRST AID LEVEL 1, 2, AND 3 TRAINING ENDS

In our previous First Aid Update 8, we informed Members that Saiosh had submitted a Section 35 Appeal of the OHS Act (Act 85 of 1993) to the Chief Inspector, Mr. Tibor Szana. Mr. Szana did grant Saiosh, the opportunity to…[Read more]

Hi Sylvia,
We all should be concerned. During the pandemic some providers also closed down. Hopefully, their learner data went through to the SETA(s) and followed through to the NLRD. It seems that some data is not reaching the NLRD – so in my mind: both learner and provider will be negatively affected by poor systems.

Many certificates are…[Read more]

Thankse Lynel,
Yes I am following along with you.

My concern is whether there will be any learners prejudiced by the administrative incompetence of one of the institutions involved – or the provider.

I currently have an example of a certificate outstanding from MERSETA – 3 years ago the learner was assessed as competent.