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ITEM 7 BODY TO MANAGE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS 2012 October 29-31 QCTO 1 FUNCTIONS OF A DEVELOPMENT QUALITY PARTNER • • • A development quality partner must, in respect of the occupation/s specified in the Service Level Agreement: coordinate the design, development and/or revision of specified occupational standards and qualifications and/or part qualifications according to the QCTO procedure; deliver to the QCTO the following documents: – occupational qualification document – curriculum document, including recommended criteria for the accreditation of skills development providers – external assessment specifications document – qualification development process report • • report to the QCTO on the performance of its functions in the SLA; and collaborate with QCTO on the evaluation of this process. QCTO 2 FUNCTIONS OF A DEVELOPMENT QUALITY PARTNER • Recognise qualifications or part qualifications registered on the NQF which shall carry credit towards the achievement of one or more of the curriculum components. • 2.3 Nominate learner qualification development facilitator/s with equity consideration for training on qualification development facilitation. 2012 October 29-31 QCTO 3 CRITERIA FOR THE APPROVAL OF A DEVELOPMENT QUALITY PARTNER • • • • • • A party wanting to perform the functions of a development quality partner (DQP) must satisfy the following criteria: must be recommended by stakeholders in a QCTO facilitated scoping meeting; have access to communities of expert practitioners in the occupation/s; have the financial resources necessary to perform its functions as specified in this policy; and have the human resources necessary to perform the DQP functions as specified in this policy 4.2 Upon approval the QCTO will sign a SLA (refer to Annexure A) with the development quality partner to perform the functions as specified in this policy for a period, not exceeding five years, which may be extended by the QCTO if it so determine. 2012 October 29-31 QCTO 4 DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS ► Responsibilities include: – Convene working groups – Manage verification process – Fund development process • Venues • Registered facilitator ► This means – Compile a database of relevant expert practitioners (CEP) – Manage working group identification process – Provide admin support to working groups – Distribute outputs for comment at required stages – Collect comments and submit to facilitator 2012 October 29-31 QCTO 5 Job vs. Occupation Both ISCO and the OFO distinguish between them: •a “job” is a particular set of tasks and duties uniquely performed by an individual for a single employer (including self-employment), normally for profit or pay •an “occupation” is a cluster or group of similar jobs whose main tasks and duties are characterised by a high degree of similarity of purpose and performance across a variety of relevant working sites. They are grouped together for the purposes of classification. QCTO 6 FUNCTIONS OF AN ASSESSMENT QUALITY PARTNER • • • • • • • • • The assessment quality partner must, in respect of the occupation/s specified in the Service Level Agreement: develop, maintain and apply a national data-bank of instruments for external assessment; develop and publish exemplars of external assessments; coordinate and manage external assessment processes; develop and maintain a national database of registered assessors and moderators from which assessors/moderators for the external summative assessments will be selected; record learner achievements; develop criteria for the accreditation of assessment centres or the approval of assessment sites; recommend to the QCTO assessment centres for registration; make recommendations to the QCTO on the withdrawal of accreditation of an assessment centre; recommend to the QCTO the accreditation of skills development providers for the knowledge and/or practical skills component using criteria and guidelines provided by the QCTO; 2012 October 29-31 QCTO 7 APPROVAL OF AN ASSESSMENT QUALITY PARTNER – The QCTO will consider an AQP application upon receipt of a completed AQP schedule 1 document as well as on meeting the criteria outlined in this policy. – An AQP applicant must submit for consideration by the QCTO a funding model aligned to the QCTO “Fee Structure Policy”. – The QCTO will evaluate the applicant against the criteria outlined below and determine whether it meets the required standards. – The decision whether or not to delegate the functions of an AQP to an applicant is exclusively the right of the QCTO. – For listed trades NAMB will be an AQP. 3 June 2011 QCTO 8 DISCUSSION ON: PROCESS BODY TO MANAGE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS . VERIFICATION 2012 October 29-31 QCTO 9 2012 October 29-31 QCTO 10