Please note: The document has been sent to the minister of Labour for
gazetting. For any additional details please email
mike@theta.org.za.
The ETQA department has revised the Assessor Registration
form to correlate with THETA's database. In addition, the
newly formatted Moderator/Verifier registration form is now
available for download. Select ETQA from the Standard
Documents menu to access ETQA forms.
Click here to download the Assessor Registration form. Click here to download the Moderator/Verifier Registration
form.
The following qualification has been registered with the Department
of Labour as a Learnership on 8 March 2005.
The EEF meeting held on the 9th September
at Theta was a huge success and attendance from the industry and
training providers was amazing. To all delegates a big thank for your
attendance and participation. Kindly check this folder for the
presentations as per your request. Feedback on the meeting and project
proposal must be emailed to
muzi@theta.org.za
Click here for
Gauteng Evaluation Report. Click here for
2nd Gauteng Evaluation Report. Click here for Cape
Town Evaluation Report. Click here
for KwaZulu-Natal Evaluation Report.
Theta announces the above project which aims to train 400
Assessors and 200 Moderators with a bias towards Sport, Recreation and Fitness
providers and, if space available, other Theta providers.
Click here for
more information. Click here
for THETA Assessor/ Moderator Development Project Questionnaire.
Please visit the
ETQA
Notices page to download the latest ETQA correspondence:
Learner Achievement registration Forms – RPL Assessment
Database Capturing of Learner Registration and Achievement
Letter to all Skills Development Facilitators -
click
here to download.
Click
here to download the Update on Grants applications and Disbursements
document. Click
here to download the Evidence Requirements for the discretionary 2004
- 2005. Click here
to download the SETA Grant Regulations.
Discretionary Grant Letter 2004-2005
Click
here to download the Discretionary Grant Letter for the year 2004-2005.
Theta will be running Qualification scoping and review workshops for all
providers, chamber and stakeholders with a vested interest in THETA
qualifications and unit standards.
Click here
to download background information, a list of the qualifications included in
the process and the RSVP documents for the workshops.
The purpose of the project is to facilitate the conversion of 400 alternative and
TD trained assessors to the generic ASSMT01 unit standard,
through a focused RPL assessment intervention.
The project has:
Confirmed the gap between the 2 sets of unit standards,
Developed a generic RPL assessment strategy that will facilitate the formal
recognition of 400 “TD” trained assessors against the ASSMT01 & related ETD
unit standards.
How to participate in this intervention:
Qualifying Criteria
What to do
1.
Were you trained through the TLP project on TD unit standards?
Please contact theta@theta.org.za
(0860 100 221 to ensure that you be placed on the list of learners that are
invited to attend a Portfolio workshop
2.
Did you train Assessors on the TD unit standard through the TLP project?
Please contact theta@theta.org.za
(0860 100 221 to provide THETA with the contact details of the learners that
you have trained to ensure that the learners are placed on the list of learners
that are invited to attend a Portfolio workshop
How will the intervention work?
Learners will be invited to attend Portfolio workshops in 3 areas:
a. Gauteng
b. Durban
c. Cape Town
Learners will be allocated to one of three Providers that will be responsible
for the assessment of the portfolio submitted
Learners will receive the generic RPL portfolio guide
Learners must complete and submit portfolio to allocated provider
Provider will assess portfolio and provide feedback to learner
Allocated Provider will ensure registration and certification through ETDP SETA
Closure
In line with SAQA Policy, all assessors must be competent against
ASSMT01/SAQA7978 in May 2004.
The conversion will assist you in renewing your THETA assessor registration in
accordance with our Assessor Registration Policy (see THETA website
www.theta.org.za
– under ETQA Policies
SUCCESSFUL SAQA AUDIT
The recent SAQA audit was completed successfully and THETA is currently
addressing identified development areas to ensure compliance.
Says ETQA manager Leone Whateley: “The audit provided an opportunity for
benchmarking against the results and served as a guideline for the management
of our own processes, as it indicated strengths on which to build and
vulnerabilities to be addressed.”
IIP ON THE CARDS
THETA will launch an Investors in People (IIP) project during 2004 to assist 20
tourism enterprises to implement the standard.
The IIP standard sets a level of good practice for training and development of
people to achieve business goals. It provides a framework for improving
business performance and competitiveness through a planned approach to
development.
The standard has proved its worth in 14 countries worldwide.
Success stories may be viewed at
www.investorsinpeople.co.uk
SMMEs IN THE SPOTLIGHT
A number of exciting projects aimed at developing small, medium and micro
enterprises (SMMEs) will be launched during 2004.
The South African Tourism Institute (SATI) is to partner the Tourism Enterprise
Project to deliver training to tourism SMMEs nationwide. SATI will develop a
range of training modules on core business skills and operational skills.
Delivery will start in July 2004.
Two ETQA department projects, to be sponsored by SATI, involve capacity
building small providers towards accreditation, and assisting up to 1 000
trained assessors to convert their assessment qualifications to the required
ETDP standard on NQF 5.
The skills development department is to contract 50 skills development
facilitators (SDFs) countrywide to assist levy-paying SMMEs to participate in
the skills development system.
TLP ENROLMENTS TOP 9 000
To date, the Tourism Learnership Project (TLP) has enrolled a total of 6 113
unemployed learners. Of those who remain active in the programme, 1 885 have
completed their programmes and 3 217 are still in the learning process.
Of the 3 029 employed learners, 371 have graduated and 1 197 are still
involved.
SA HOST REACHES THOUSANDS
SA Host has trained 12 546 individuals in customer care since December 2001.
Some 9 099 of these were Gauteng based.
INTAC ON TRACK
THETA’s NSF-funded Integrated Nature-based Tourism and Conservation Management
project (INTAC) is on track to meet, and even surpass, its overall target – to
train 6 500 individuals, SMME operators and community representatives in the
transfrontier conservation areas.
By December 2003, 1 761 people has been trained, against a target of 1 500.Of
the 473 non-employed learners in the total figure, 245 have been placed in
permanent employment or have started own businesses.
In terms of the SMME component of the project, 100 learners in 80 SMMEs have
been trained, and thirty emerging PDI providers trained.
The second phase of the project will be launched in April, with targets of 4
000 skills programmes and 1 000 learnerships.
