SAQA 64069: FET Certificate: Archives and Records Management

Presentation to SARMAF Louisa Venter09.05.20

Background

11 January 2007 SAQA contact NARS for contact details of previous SGB members

22 February 2007  Archives and Records Management Task Team meeting at SAQA

– To generate a qualification o NQF 4– We disagreed – asked for scoping study– Agreed that we will generate a qualification for registry

clerks at NQF level 4– Scoped the work of the Registry clerks

– Agreed to provide contact details for wide peer review.

Background cont

20 August 2007 discussed the draft qualification– Offered to finalize and submit for peer review

10 December 2007 JIP meeting at SAQA – Decision to scope the records management and

archival services professions to determine the different areas of specialization job specific competencies correct exit levels

Background cont.

7 April 2008 FETC qualification for archives and records management on 6-8 May 2008

October 2008 64069 Further Education and Training Certificate: Archives and Records Management were published for comment

– No wide peer review as promised– C@W and NARS commented

13 November 2008 SAQA informed NARS that no qualifications will be generated for this field

February 2009 SAQA published the qualification.

A few issues with SAQA 60649

No positioning of archives and records management in the broader information and knowledge management environment– Is it not good to know the basics about the bigger

picture?

A few issues with SAQA 60649 cont.

One size fits all approach – Is a records creator and user, a registry clerk, a records

manager and an archivist one and the same?– Does the public sector and private sector function the

same? Management qualifications are different for these two sectors,

why can’t archives and records management qualifications not be different?

– Too generic? Extensive on the job training required Archives services in such dire straits that they require people

with already acquired skills.

A few issues with SAQA 60649 cont.

International comparability study– What about archives and records management

qualifications in Africa and SADC?– Realities of a developing country?

Innovative records and archives management with limited resources.

A few issues with SAQA 60649 cont.

Overlapping unit standards– 114530 vs 259440, 13933 vs 259437 vs 242866

and 259457 vs 259457 Is 6 + 6 =12 or 6 + 6 ( is actually) = 9?

– Limiting the subject matter content Irrelevant outcomes

– US 11009: Manage Administration Records Specific Outcome 2 and Specific Outcome 3.

worth 4 credits, but 2 outcomes problematic?

A few issues with SAQA 60649 cont.

What about Registry clerks?– What happened to the NQF level 4 qualification

that the original task team worked on? Detailed scoping was done 14 areas identified for which unit standards should have

been generated to form a qualification.

– can we expect them to practice specialized preservation techniques? (US 259440)

What is expected of you?

Think about your own career– What is your career path options?– How would you like to see your career develop into an

acknowledge profession?– What are the training gaps?

Critically evaluate the qualification and unit standards

Give feedback to SAQA– Qualification only valid for 3 years

Assist with request for a proper scoping study