By: Lerato Bogoshi (Mophiring)8 November 2010

National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Objectives Create an integrated national framework for learning

achievements Facilitate access to and mobility and progression within

education, training and career paths Enhance the quality of education and training Accelerate the redress of past unfair discrimination in

education, training and employment opportunities Contribute to the full personal development of each learner

and the social and economic development of the nation at large

Legislation SAQA Act of 1995 NQF Act 67 of 2008 (repealed the SAQA Act) Amended Skills Development Act 37 of 2008

Other Policy Documents supporting South African Development Agenda

Human Resource Development Strategy (HRD-SA):

National Skills Development Strategy III

Three Quality Councils for implementing the NQF

Communities of Expert Practice (CEP)

Demand Driven Occupational Learning System

Organizing Framework of Occupations (OFO)

National Occupations Pathway Framework (NOPF)

Fit-for-Purpose Qualification Development

Registration of Professional Bodies

Registration of Professional Designations on the NQF

Professional Designation registration

“group of practitioners currently in the occupation”.

The Community of ExpertPractice Comprises of the following:

the Captains of Industry (practitioners), i.e. people that are deemed to be the experts in terms of knowledge and understanding of what a specific occupation entails;

training providers that traditionally have been involved in providing learning opportunities associated with the occupation;

employers that require the specific occupation in their value chain.;

Labour Unions; and

Regulators

Implementing an Industry Driven Occupational Learning System

Qualification Development, Delivery and Assessment

Professionalizing the Industry

The Organizing Framework of Occupations (OFO)

The NOPF

It is Skills based, coded classification system that captures all jobs in the form of Occupations

Industry Occupations OFO Code

Related Occupations/Specializations/Alternative Title

Dispatching and Receiving Clerk/Officer (Skill Level 3) 591201

Goods Receiving Clerk

234201 Analytical Chemist

Organisation and Methods Analyst (Skill Level 5) 224702Quality Assurance Manager (Skill Level 5) 139906

Agriculture and Forestry Quality Controller

139906 ETQA Manager

139906 Management System Auditor

139906 Quality Certification Manager

139906 Quality Control Manager

139906 Quality Manager

139906 Quality Auditor

139906 Quality Systems Co-ordinator

139906Quality Assurance/Systems Auditor

South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) will recognize statutory and non-statutory professional bodies for the purposes of the NQF.

Professional designations from recognized professional bodies will also be registered on the NQF by SAQA.

NQF ACT 67 of 2008 NSDSIII (Code of Decent Conduct and PIVOTAL Programmes) HRD-SA (economic and political imperatives of reducing

unemployment and poverty, while fostering growth and international competitiveness)

SAQA prepared and disseminated A document for Public Comments, titled:“Draft Policy and Criteria for the Recognition of Professional Bodies and Registration of Professional Designations.”

Advance the objectives of the NQF Promote public understanding of, and trust in, professions through the

establishment of a nationally regulated system for the recognition of professional bodies and for registration of professional designations

Encourage social responsibility and accountability within the professions relating to professional services communities and individuals.

Promote pride in association for all professions, including traditional trades and occupations.

Promote the protection of the public by professional bodies from malpractice related to the fulfillment of the professional duties and responsibilities of professionals registered with them.

Encourage international best practice for all professions in South Africa, including continuing professional development.

Facilitate access to, and analysis of, data related to professions, including traditional trades and occupations for the purposes and use as prescribed by the NQF Act.

Support the development of a national career advice system

The SSETA embraced Change by funding and facilitating the following:

Organizing the CEP , its associated Management Committee and providing direct interface with the Quality Chamber Board.

Piloting the development of Occupational Qualifications following the QCTO Model

- Goods Receiving Inspector- Quality Management System Auditor

Profiling Occupations and Updating the OFO

Supporting SSETA member companies in utilizing the OFO in their business processes.

Developing Professional Designations and establishing a Professional Body for the Quality Industry.

Facilitating International Reciprocity and Benchmarking of the Professional Designations.

LET US ALL PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN FACILITATING PROGRESS.

LET US COLLECTIVELY FOSTER GROWTH AND INTERNATIONALCOMPETENCE.

LET US DRIVE EXCELLENCE AND QUALITY FOR ALLINDUSTRIES IN SOUTH AFRICA AND

LET US IMPROVE SOUTH AFRICA’S STANDING GLOBALLY.

He who rejects change is the Architect of decay.The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery – Harold Wilson

Where do I find additional information?Visit www.serviceseta.org.za , click on SSICTO.

How do I reach the Management Committee of the Quality Management Industry?

Contact Kelello Thusi, SSICTO Co-ordinator, Services SETA Head Office – (011) 276-9600.

KelelloT@serviceseta.org.za