curriculum scoping workshop 3 february 2011 enabling skills development in the banking sector...
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Curriculum Scoping Workshop 3 February 2011
ENABLING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN THE BANKING SECTOR
BANKSETA
WHAT IS AN OCCUPATIONAL QUALIFICATION
• SDA: 2008 • “a qualification associated with a trade or occupation, resulting from work
based learning and consisting of knowledge unit standards, practical unit standards and work experience unit standards” and developed and registered through QCTO processes
• Characteristics of occupational qualifications:– linked to the Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO)– ‘fit-for-purpose’
• reflects Labour Market requirements, i.e. demand-led & not supply driven
– reflect all three forms of learning• knowledge and theory (minimum 20%) (within the knowledge area
there is disciplinary, applied and contextual knowledge)• practical skills (minimum 20%)• work experience (minimum 20%)
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WORKPLACE LEARNING• Is a different learning modality• Characterised by:
– Focus on producing work, rather than learning in and of itself– Focus on practice– Structuring activities in order to achieve the purposes of the job
• Focus on co-ordinating efforts within a larger purpose - working with others– performing components of a larger task
• Focus on the senses– Learning to read cues and clues from the environment– Shift from the reading the ‘perfection’ of text to the ‘messiness’
of real life– Shift from formally espoused theories to theory-in-use
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TYPES OF QUALIFICATION
• Education– QualifiedQualified inin
• Some sort of knowledge domain• World of praxis
– QualifiedQualified asas• Belonging to the guild of practitioners
• Labour market– Qualified Qualified toto
• Do something useful for the economy & society
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In November 2009, the Skills Development Act and Skills Development Levies Act were transferred from the Department of Labour to the Department of Higher Education
and Training
Overview of Education and Training Structures and Relationships
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QUALITY ASSURANCE OF QUALIFICATION DEVELOPMENT
• Creating opportunities for co-operation and alignment
• Enhancements in the system– A: Occupational Qualifications – type of qualification which focuses on
occupations with work experience as integral part of the qualification and 3 types of occupational unit standards
– B: Occupational Curricula - focus on coherent provision and internal assessment– C: Occupational Qualification Assessment Specifications – focus on external
assessment of occupational competence
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Quality Assurance of development and design of ASSESSMENT
PROCESSESBy applying nationally standardised processes and systems
• Qualification Assessment Specifications (QAS)
• Nationally standardised assessment instruments
Quality Assurance of development and design of CURRICULA
By applying nationally standardised processes and systems• Occupational Curricula• Foundational Learning Competence• Occupational Qualifications & US
QUALITY PARTNER
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A: OCCUPATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
• Aim of Occupational Qualification is to qualify a person to practice an occupation / occupationally relevant skills set– NOT to qualify a person in a field of learning
►Occupational Qualifications are– linked to an occupation defined on the Organising Framework for
Occupations (OFO) – based on demand, not supply & comprise
• all three forms of learning reflected as three kinds of unit standards
• assessable learning outcomes– derived from Occupational Curricula
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B: OCCUPATIONAL CURRICULA ► Process managed and funded by Development Quality Partner
(appointment and functions covered in Draft Regulations)► Facilitated by QCTO registered facilitator (training manual and system to
capture registered facilitators available)► Characteristics of occupational curricula –
not educational model - includes more a curriculum document covers the following:
• occupational profile - based on occupational tasks• learning process design (components = knowledge, practical skills & work
experience)• internal assessment guidelines per component, including work experience
record• Skills Development Provider accreditation requirements and workplace
approval requirements per component • summary of
scope of coverage of curriculum exemptions
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Scoping of Occupational Qualification
– ORGANISATIONAL RISK MANAGER– UNIT GROUP INFORMATION– OCCUPATIONS THAT MIGHT BE RELEVANT– RELATION TO THE NOPF– OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION
• Alternative Titles– OCCUPATIONAL PROGRESSION AND PROPOSED SCOPE OF THE
CURRICULUM• Occupational progression
– APPLICATION– ASSOCIATED LEARNING PROGRAMME INFORMATION– LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST QUALIFICATION– STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION– ISSUES TO BE CLARIFIED (OQDF;DQP;AQP)
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Design Quality Partner Activities of the Development Quality Partner include:-• manage the development and revision of occupational
qualifications and curricula, for the approval of the QCTO; • manage the development and revision of qualification
assessment specifications, in co-operation with the assessment quality partner, for the approval of the QCTO;
• compile a database or coordinate the process of identifying relevant expert practitioners, educationalists and assessors (not limited to own constituency or stakeholders) to participate in the development and verification of occupational curricula and qualification assessment specifications and associated occupational qualifications;
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• convene working groups consisting of:–– expert practitioners to develop the occupational profile;– expert practitioners to develop Practical Skills Modules and Work
Experience Modules; – educationalists to develop Discipline Knowledge Subjects;– expert practitioners, educationalists and assessors to develop
qualification assessment specifications;• develop a qualifications development process report outlining:-
– the processes and participants involved in the development and verification of the occupational curriculum;
– the processes and participants involved in the development and verification of the qualification assessment specifications; and
• identify existing learning programmes and qualifications that will be effected by the occupational qualification; and
• Conduct quality audits of Skills Development Providers if requested by the QCTO.
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Assessment Quality PartnerActivities of the Assessment Quality Partner include the following:a) Co-operate with the development quality partner appointed by the QCTO
on the development of qualification assessment specifications; b) Facilitate the development, validation and maintenance of assessment
instruments for the external assessment of the occupational qualifications; Develop and publish exemplars of external assessments;
d) Propose fees for external assessment for approval by the QCTO;e) Establish and maintain a register of occupational assessment practitioners
for the external assessment and moderation of the occupational qualifications;
f) Promote the continuous professional development of registered occupational assessment practitioners;
g) Develop criteria for the accreditation of assessment centres or the approval of assessment sites;
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h) Make recommendations to the QCTO on applications for the accreditation of assessment centres;
i) In accordance with the form and manner required by the QCTO:-i. report on the external assessment results and recommend
certification to the QCTO within 20 working days after receiving results;
ii. analyse assessment results in terms of the quality of occupational learning provision and report on Skills Development Provider trends; and
iii. conduct learner tracer studies.j) An assessment quality partner must, in respect of assessment
centre’s accredited to assess the occupational qualifications falling within its scope:-i. monitor the performance of their functions;ii. promote their quality;iii. conduct external moderation;iv. report to the QCTO on their performance in the form and manner
required; andv. Make recommendations to the QCTO on the withdrawal of
accreditation.
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Occupational Qualifications for career development
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341101Electrician (General)
3123Electrical Engineering
Draftspersons & Technicians
Foreman
Specialist manager
223302Occupational
Instructor
223301 Training &
development professional
132302 Business Training Manager
241413 Electrical Technology
Teacher
2491 Ed & Training
Advisors & Reviewers
Wireman’s license
Small business manager
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