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What is a Final Integrated Summative Assessment (FISA)
Just when you felt you knew all the acronyms associated with training and development, new acronyms appear, such as FISA and EISA. They did not joke when they said the NQF supports Lifelong Learning. So what does the acronym FISA represent? It is merely an acronym...
Becoming a Facilitator
What are training skills? Wikipedia defines a training skill as: “Training is teaching, or developing in oneself or others, any skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful competencies. Training has specific goals of improving one's capability, capacity,...
Why go through the accreditation process?
It is a lot of bother attempting to become an accredited training provider. Is it worth it? Being an accredited training provider offers you the opportunity to assist with the skills upliftment in South Africa by giving your learners the opportunity to study either...
Who is CIPPT:
CIPPT is an independent non-profit quality-focused company for learning and development professionals that encourages high standards of performance and professionalism in all aspects of ETDP and the broader training community through sharing of relevant information,...
What is the purpose of the QCTO?
Taken from the QCTO website http://www.qcto.org.za/index.php/about-us/history The Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO) is a Quality Council established in 2010 in terms of the Skills Development Act. Its role is to oversee the design, implementation,...
How Learnerships can change the employment landscape
What is a Learnership? A learnership is a work based learning programme that leads to an NQF registered qualification. Learnerships are directly related to an occupation or field of work, for example, electrical engineering, hairdressing or project management....
What is a learnership?
Learnerships can be funded or unfunded, we will be discussing the funded learnerships in this article. Learnerships are available for young people who have completed school, college or learning at other training institutions. You must be older than 16 and younger...
RPL Process
What is the difference between a certified and a registered assessor or moderator?
You have completed your assessor and/or moderator course and have received your certificate and your SoR. What now? This is a question that many newly qualified assessors and moderators ask. The best way to answer this is to look at the difference between being...