Chris de Villiers

Topic: Industry perspective - The role of non-statutory bodies in developing and quality assuring occupational qualifications
Company: CEO Institute of Chartered Secretaries Southern Afica ICSA

Chartered Secretaries Southern Africa is a division of the International institute that for over 100 years has provided global professional training and benchmarking of standards, competencies and ethical requirements for Company Secretaries.

Chartered Secretaries are generalists who operate at the highest levels in public, private and state organisations, as company secretaries, financial and administrative managers and governance professionals. Its driving force is the maintenance and assurance of professional competency within an environment of a strict code of ethical conduct that is supported by a disciplinary structure that has international industry credibility.

The role of non-statutory professional bodies in developing and quality assuring occupational qualifications.

Introductory comments on the history of non-statutory professional bodies and to what extent and how they have been involved in the development of professional or occupational qualifications. Some comparisons are made with current international experiences – UK, Australia, New Zealand, Malasia and Hong Kong.

An outline of the work achieved by some South African professional institutes in the development of qualifications linked to specific occupations, including learnerships, and how these are managed and quality assured – with some notable differences. Allusions are used to make specifc points relevant to this topic.

Proposals as to how these instiutes can be (more) profitably harnessed to assist in the attainment of National skills development objectives, the further development of occupationally driven qualifications, the rapid response to environmental changes in the revision of these qualifications, and the quality assurance of the processes and qualifications, usually in partnership with other relevant organisations (SGBs, ETQAs, etc).

EDUCATION
BA; HDE (PG); Ed Man Dip (SAIM)
Executive/Business Coach – Results Coaching Systems

Professional Membership
Chartered Institute of Business Management (CIBM) - Associate
Institute of Directors (IoD)
SA Council of Educators

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

March 2002 to present
Chief Executive Officer – Chartered Secretaries Southern African
ICSA is an International organisation providing the CIS qualification (Company Secretaries and Accounting Officers)
Director - Board of the Institute of Business Studies (IBS).
CEO – Chartered Institute of Business Management (CIBM)
CEO – MENTOR (Business Leaders Development Bursary Trust)

Jan 2001 – Feb 2002
Independent Examinations Board: Deputy Director (Curriculum and Assessment Specialist) – working with Independent Schools and Government agencies in various aspects relating to the new assessment and curriculum requirements

Member of the management team: development of project and tender proposals, funding reports, policy development, assisting with budget construction and departmental financial control.

1989 – 1996
IEB Examiner: English First and Second Language

1986 – 2000
Managing educational institutions (Principal), including public and private sector secondary Colleges in South Africa and Swaziland.

RECENT COMMITTEES:

2003: Association of Professional Institutes of Southern Africa (APISA) Chairman
2004: SAQA: Administration Standards Generating Body (SGB)
2006 - 2007 SAQA: Member of NQF Review Panel for Professional Qualifications

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