Vuyo Ndletyana

Of interest to all members, and we would be very interested in your thoughts and comments.

The Bulletin consists of 2 reports:
Moving towards a risk-based approach to quality assurance – challenges and possibilities
QCTO Risk-based Quality Assurance Research Project
and
Understanding Occupational Demand from emerging occupation to formal…[Read more]

Yesterday, (3 March 2022) I was asked a question I couldn’t answer, so I investigated.

This is what I understand, and I look forward to contributions from members – please feel free to add – & I am quite happy if someone tells me I have misunderstood.

We have previously discussed this question of the Occupational Qualifications Sub…[Read more]

Weekend reading – a gazette of importance to all skills-universe members.

The Department of Higher Education & Training (DHET) has finally gazetted the revised Occupational Qualifications Sub-framework (OQSF). This replaces all other publications on the previous sub-framework.

Well worth reading.
Some items that caught my attention in the…[Read more]

Please see attached the:
– invitation from the Quality Council for Trades & Occupations (QCTO)
– to Work-based Learning & Development
(W-BL&D) Practioners
– for expressions of interest
– to participate in a pilot programme.

Please see attached for full details of the invitation.

These are really important and well worth watching.
See attached.

For those who may not have attended the last QCTO webinar on 9th July, 2021 entitled QA checklist.

Please see attached the first two attachments.
Then in the following discussion – the third and fourth presentations.

I will not make any comment on them – I really would like to hear what you think about them.

Good day members,
For those members who may have missed the QCTO webinar last week, and for those who want to re-watch, this is the link
https://web.facebook.com/QCTO-Page-102182324756817

The webinar runs for and hour and a half & contains some very interesting information on what is intended to be implemented.

I will be very interested in your…[Read more]

Please see the attached notice from the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO).

In addition to reminding providers about the need to apply early for re-accredition, the letter is encouraging private providers to consider applying for the reconstructed qualifications.

Please see the attached.

Dear Vijayen,
As you know, I manage the skills-universe, however many people do also email me for advice.

You will see many posts on the skills-universe, including one this morning regarding the failure of the QCTO to respond to requests for extension of scope.

Then I go to my email inbox & there is another complaint – submitted letters of…[Read more]

The Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO) had published the 2020/2021 Research Bulletin No 1.

The content covers international comparisons on occupational classification systems;qualification development across the National Qualifications Framework (NQF); and the outcome of a QCTO provider online readiness survey.

I picked up the following contact details of email addresses and a telephone number for the QCTO – thanks to Lynel for sharing.

Our site won’t accept the original graphic so I have copied and scanned it for the details.

I am aware of a number of complaints about QCTO service, and a reluctance of members to place details on skills-universe.

Our…[Read more]

Please see attached the Memoranda issued by the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO).

The Memorandum 2 of May 2020, and now the Memorandum 3 March 2021.

Both documents refer to the extension of accreditation – Memorandum 3 extends the time period by 6 months.

This refers to assessment centres, trade test centres, and skills…[Read more]

The QCTO has issued this document with all good intentions to support parents and learners, avoid them paying for a programme that does not lead to an accredited qualification. All well and good. However:
* if an unaccredited provider offers a course that is not registered on the NQF, and issues a Certificate of Attendance – that Certificate is…[Read more]

MEDIA RELEASE
22 February 2021
RE: QCTO introduces a QR Code to its Occupational Certificate to speed up the verification processes

According to the Director…[Read more]

The Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO) has distributed some slides of the webinar. Unfortunately, these are only of the first part of the webinar, the report of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Vijayen Naidoo.

Although the report is very important, unfortunately, the slides of the three presentations are not included.

I have…[Read more]

The Quality Council for Trades & Occupations (QCTO) has issued an invitation to a webinar
From Emergency to Emergence. The future of trades & occupations in the post-pandemic.

09h30 – 12h30

Host Vijayen Naidoo with excellent cast of speakers:
Peliwa Lolwana
Stephanie Allais
Carmel Marock &
Nicola Galombik

RSVP to webinar@qcto.org.za
See…[Read more]

I am sure that skills development practitioners will agree that skills development is complex, frustrating – but sometimes mildly amusing.

Catching up with my emails & outstanding documents to read, I discovered this.

Please see the attached document.
GG 43732 no. 1014 scroll to page 6.
The title tells you that it concerns a temporary…[Read more]