SDF - Skills Development Facilitator

Duration

Three Days in the classroom and up to 180 days to compile a Portfolio of Evidence

Overview

  • 15217 - Develop an organisational training and development plan - NQF Level 05, 6 Credits.
  • 15218 - Conduct an analysis to determine outcomes of learning for skills development and other purposes - NQF Level 06, 4 Credits.
  • 15227 - Conduct skills development administration in an organisation - NQF Level 04, 4 Credits.
  • 15228 - Advise on the establishment and implementation of a quality management system for skills development practices in an organisation - NQF Level 05, 10 Credits.
  • 15232 - Coordinate planned skills development interventions in an organisation - NQF Level 05, 6 Credits.

1. Outcomes-based Education and Training

  • Introduction to OBET
  • Types of Outcomes
  • The Philosophy of OBET
  • Advantages and Disadvantages of OBET
  • OBET vs. Traditional Methods

2. National Qualifications Framework

  • About the National Qualifications Framework
  • The Principles Underpinning the NQF
  • Unit Standards and NQF Levels
  • The Mechanisms of the NQF
  • Skills Development Levies
  • Unit Standards and Assessment
  • Benefits of the NQF

3. Learnerships, Skills Programmes and Qualifications

  • About Learnerships
  • Learnerships vs. Apprenticeships
  • Skills Programmes and Qualifications
  • Implementation and Benefits

4. Recognition of Prior Learning

  • About Recognition of Prior Learning
  • RPL Process

5. Skills Development Legislation (Overview)

  • Developing Legislation
  • SAQA Act
  • Skills Development Act
  • NQF Act
  • Skills Development Levies Act
  • Labour Relations Act
  • Basic Conditions of Employment Act
  • OHS Act
  • Employment Equity Act

6. The National Skills Development Strategy

  • The need for change
  • The NSDS
  • Scarce and Critical Skills
  • Skills Development Levies Act

7. Role of the SDF

  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Appointing an SDF
  • The Training Committee

8. Analysing Needs and Planning Skills Development

  • About Skills Planning
  • Skills Planning Flow
  • Gathering Data
  • SWOT Analysis
  • Developing a Skills Profile
  • Closing the Skills Gap

9. The Workplace Skills Plan (WSP)

  • Purpose of the WSP
  • Occupation Groups
  • Data Requirements

10. Coordinate and Evaluate Interventions

  • ETD Explained
  • Principles of Learning
  • Types of Learning and Learners
  • Compiling Learner Profiles
  • Planning and Coordinating
  • Selecting Providers
  • Monitoring Interventions
  • Kirkpatrick's Model of Evaluation

11. QMS for Skills Development

  • Purpose and Definitions
  • Quality Assurance
  • Developing a QMS
  • Policies and Procedures
  • The QMS Manual

12. Skills Development Administration

  • Introduction
  • The National Learner Record Database
  • Managing Data
  • Training Records
  • Reporting Clients