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Policy on Accreditation of Skills Development Providers

GLOSSARY OF TERMS Accreditation Accreditation scope Amendment of scope Assessment Assessment Quality Partner (AQP) Institutional Audit Extension of Scope Formative Assessment Internal Assessment Occupational Qualification Official approval awarded to a Skills Development Provider that meets the minimum quality standards by QCTO to offer qualification registered on the OQSF The list of occupational qualifications and part qualifications for which a SOP is accredited to provide learning and internal assessment. This refers to reducing the number of qualifications in the accreditation scope of skills development provider The process of collecting evidence of…

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Policy for the implementation of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Policy

Glossary of terms Access An entry to education and training of a particular qualification or part qualification or entry to a final external summative assessment. Assessment The process of collecting evidence of learner’s work to measure and make judgements about the competence or non-competence of specified National Qualifications Framework occupational standards or qualifications and part qualifications. Assessor A person who is registered by the relevant AQP in accordance with established criteria to conduct internal and/or external assessments for registered occupational qualifications and part qualifications. Candidate A person whose performance is…

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Policy on Accreditation of Assessment Centres

Policy on Accreditation of Assessment Centres Verification The process managed by the relevant AQP for externally checking moderation processes and confirming or overturning moderation findings. Preamble The Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO) was established in 2010 in terms of section 26G the Skills Development Act of 1998 as a juristic person. It was listed as a public entity in Government Gazette No 33900 of 31 December 2010 effective from 1 April 2010 to establish the sub-Framework for Trades and Occupations. The QCTO is responsible for the development, maintenance…

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Policy for the certification of learner achievements for trades and occupational qualifications on the Occupational Qualifications Sub-Framework (OQSF)

Glossary of terms In this document, any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the National Qualifications Framework Act, 2008 (Act No 67 of 2008), as amended, and the Skills Development Act, 1998, (Act No 97 of 1998), as amended, has the same meaning unless the context otherwise indicates. Achievement Appeal Assessment Assessment centre Assessment Quality Partner (AQP) Certificate Development Quality Partner (DQP) External Integrated Summative Assessment (EISA) Foundational Learning The recognition granted to a learner when all required learning outcomes have been successfully demonstrated. The…

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Assessment Policy for Qualifications and Part Qualifications on the Occupational Qualifications Sub-Framework (OQSF)

Glossary of terms Accreditation The certification, usually for a particular period, of a person, a body or an institution as having the capacity to fulfil a particular function in the quality assurance system set up by the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO). Administrative errors Means irregularities that are of a technical nature, where the student or an assessment official unintentionally fails to follow the prescribed administrative procedures. Assessment The process of collecting evidence of learner’s work to measure and make judgements about the competence or non-competence of specified National…

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Open Learning Policy Methods

Blended learning: The provision of structured learning opportunities using a combination of contact, resource- based, and/or distance education methodologies, with different levels of ICT support to suit different purposes, audiences, and contexts. Distance education: A mode of education provision based primarily on a set of teaching and learning strategies (or educational methods) that are used to overcome spatial and/or transactional distance between educators and learners. It is not necessary for learners to attend classes fr equently and for long periods. Instead, it may use a combination of face-to-face interactions, different…

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Private Policy

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