Addressing the challenges of skills shortages
 
South African Qualifications Authority


German Federation for Qualification

Preliminary Programme

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  22 November 23 November  
Plenary

09:00
Welcome: German Ambassador to South Africa, Dieter W. Haller

Welcome by Samuel Isaacs (Executive Offi cer, SAQA)
and Wolfgang Reuter (Executive Director, German Q-Federation)

Sam Morotoba (Deputy Director-General, Employment and Skills Development Services and HRD, Department of Labour)

Cornelia Pieper (Vice Chairperson, Committee Education and Reserach, German Parliament)
Quality Council for Trades and Occupations Process
Elizabeth Thobejane: Chief Director Department of Labour

Innovation at Work: The European Human Capital Index:
Dr Peer Ederer, Zeppelin University/GTZ, Germany
10:30 - 11:00 Tea Break Tea Break
Themes Quality assurance
perspective
Industry
perspective
Systems
perspective
Quality assurance
perspective
Industry
perspective
Systems
perspective
Discussion streams
11:00 - 11:35

Benchmarking
between training
providers as a
permanent and
effective quality
assurance tool



Improving artisan
training in SA:
A view from Daimler
Chrysler


National and Sectoral
Qualifications
Frameworks




The Generation
Contract:
Elder and experienced
people as mentor for
school to work
transition
The need for qualified
artisans in the motor
industry: A view from
BMW SA



Quality Assurance
Framework for the
Occupations

 

Dr. Mark Sebastian Puetz

Director Research,
Central Agency for
Continuing Vocational
Education and Training in
the Skilled Crafts (ZWH)
Henry Lovell

Head: HR Training and
Development

Paul Burnand

Policy Consultant

Sector Skills
Development Agency

United Kingdom

Klaus Schloesser

President of
Initiative Future
Gideon Malan

Manager

Technical Training
Meg Pahad

GTZ Consultant

Quality Council for
Trade and Occupations
task team,
Department of Labour
11:40 - 12:15 SAQA’s role in the
quality assurance
of occupationally
directed qualifications

The role of CETA
in developing
occupational
qualifications



Qualifications
framework and credit
systems:
European initiatives –
national responses

Developing
Engineering
qualifications within
the South African NQF:
A view from ECSA
EduNet –
Developing an
international higher
education network
on high tech

Umalusi perspective
on occupational
qualifications



Christo Basson

Director

Quality Assurance
Teboho Thejane

CEO

Construction Education
& Training Authority
Wolfgang Reuter

Executive Director

German
Q-Federation
Prof Hu Hanrahan

Consultant on
Standards and
Procedures
Engineering Council
of SA
Klaus Hengsbach

Head of Phoenix
Contact College
Dr Stephanie-Jo Allais

Senior Manager

Research and
Development
12:20 - 12:55 The role of
non-statutory bodies in
developing and quality
assuring occupational
qualifications
Online-Courses
– made in Germany:
Master artisan
training



SADC country
experience





Practical
Entrepreneurs






What is an
occupational
qualification?
A MERSETA
perspective



A critical reflection
on the proposed
quality assurance
framework for
occupations

Chris De Villiers

CEO

Institute of
Chartered Secretaries
Southern Afica
ICSA
Frank Pawlik

CEO
BZB

Construction Sector
Training Centre
Dr James Keevy
SAQA

Hilda Julie
Seychelles
Qualifications Authority

Dugmore Mphuthing
SAQA

Jean-Michel Domingue
Seychelles
Qualifications Authority
Dr. Puetz,

Director Research,
Central Agency for
Continuing Vocational
Education and Training
in Skilled Crafts

Wolfgang Reuter,

Executive Director,
German
Q-Federation
Helen Brown
on behalf of Dr Patel

CEO

Manufacturing,
Engineering, & Related
Sector Education &
Training Authority
Dr Jeffy Mukora

Research Specialist

Education, Science
& Skills Development
Human Sciences
Research Council
12:55 - 13:45 Lunch Lunch
Plenary
13:45 – 14:30
JIPSA
Gwede Mantashe, Chairperson of JIPSA Technical Working Group
SAQA and Q-Federation
Samuel Isaacs, Executive Officer SAQA
& Wolfgang Reuter, Executive Director,
German Q-Federation
Themes Quality assurance
perspective
Industry
perspective
Systems
perspective
Quality assurance
perspective
Industry
perspective
Systems
perspective
14:30 - 15:05 Recognition of foreign
occupational
qualifications


The Switch Cabinet
Concept
Automation technology
training in practice
and theory
Occupational
Qualifications
Framework



Information
Management for
Occupational
Qualifications


e-profiling:
Talent-management
via the Internet




Organising Framework
for Occupations




Nadina Coetzee

Deputy Director

SAQA
Klaus Hengsbach

Head of Phoenix
Contact College
Chris Vorwerk

GTZ Consultant
Quality Council for
Trade and Occupations
task team,
Department of Labour
Yvonne Shapiro

Director
National Learners’
Records Database

SAQA
Klaus D. Wittkuhn,

CEO
e-profiling Ltd.
Santa de Jager

Technical Advisor

German Technical
Co-operation
GTZ
15:10 - 15:45 Progress in a small
Commonwealth State
to recognise foreign
qualifications
The role of INSETA
in developing
occupationally directed
qualifications in the
insurance sector

DOE
perspective on
occupational
qualifications




Do health profession
qualifications need to
have an occupational
focus? A view from
HPCSA
MQA’s approach in
developing
occupational
qualifications -
Lessons learnt from private & public
partnerships
Artisan development




Shandukani Manyaka
SAQA

Clement Biong
Seychelles
Qualifications
Authority
Shirley Steenekamp

ETQA Manager

Insurance Sector
Education & Training
Authority
Penny Vinjevold

Deputy
Director-General

FET
Dr Themba Mosia


Senior Manager

Health Professions
Council of South Africa
Xolisa Njikelana

Learnership Manager

Standards Generation
Mining Qualifications
Authority
Dr Florus Prinsloo

Acting Chief Director

Department of
Labour
15:50 - 16:25 Q-Federation

The quality of
qualifications in the
mining sector
CHE
perspective on
occupational
qualifications
 
(TBC) Vusi Mabena

Skills Development
Advisor

Chamber of Mines
Theo Bhengu

Acting Deputy
Executive Director

HEQC
Higher Education
Quality Council
16:30 Cocktail Party