South Africa
Disaster Management Act, 2002
Directions for Re-opening of Institutions Offering Qualifications Registered on the Occupational Qualifications Sub-Framework (OQSF) as Part of a Risk-adjusted Strategy for a Phased-in Return of Skills Development Activities
General Notice 355 of 2020
- Published in Government Gazette 43486 on 29 June 2020
- Assented to on 25 June 2020
- Commenced on 1 June 2020
- [This is the version of this document from 29 June 2020.]
1. Definitions
In these Directions, a word or expression bears the meaning assigned to it in the Disaster Management Act (Act No. 57 OF 2002) (the Disaster Management Act) or in the Regulations, and unless the context indicates otherwise."Institution" means any training provider accredited by the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO) or its Quality Assurance Partners (SETAs and Professional Bodies) to offer an occupational qualification or occupational learning programme on the OQSF and includes accredited assessment centres and accredited trade test centres, including sites of learning and approved workplace based training sites."Stakeholders" means different branches within the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs), the National Artisan Moderation Body (NAMB), Registered Professional Bodies (as delegated by the QCTO to perform quality assurance functions), Skills Development Providers (SDPs), Assessment Centres (ACs), Trade Test Centres (TTCs), Assessment Quality Partners (AQPs), Development Quality Partners (DQPs), Quality Assurance Partners (QAPs), Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Qualification Development Facilitators (QDFs), Verifiers, Moderators, Facilitators, Mentors and Workplace based training sites, amongst others.2. Background and principles
3. Scope
4. Key factors to consider
5. Institutional readiness and preparation
6. Return to the institution for contact classes
7. Risk-adjusted strategy for the return of learners to the institution
8. Risk-Adjusted Strategy: Alert Level 4
9. Risk-Adjusted Strategy: Alert Level 3
10. Risk-Adjusted Strategy: Alert Level 2
11. Risk-Adjusted Strategy: Alert Level 1
12. Learner Orientation
13. Trade Test Centre or Assessment Centre Specific Measures
14. Short title
History of this document
29 June 2020 this version
25 June 2020
Assented to
01 June 2020
Commenced