Dr Florus Prinsloo

Topic: Systems perspective - Artisan development
Company: Acting Chief Director, Department of Labour

Known among his staff by his nickname “Doc”, his academic stuff includes an MBA from Henley and DPhil degree from RAU (now UJ), having started studying with a standard nine at age of 40 and arrived at Doctorate level at 50.  He is a living example of an RPL process through SAQA and the NQF – it does work when you eventually understand it.

Doc spent his schooling life in Nairobi, Kenya followed by 25 working years in a single Anglo American subsidiary in Eukhuruleni. This was followed by a short 4 year entrepreneurial stint but since 2004 is full blooded bureaucrat in Government. Doc works 12 hours a day just to show people that not all government servants go home at 4pm every day.

He is an acting senior executive manager or acting chief director in Department of Labour primarily responsible for all SETA activities in the country. He also coordinates the work on artisan development and the skills development legislation. He serves as a Ministerial appointee on the National Skills Authority as a Skills Development Expert.

Doc is a migrant worker as he works in Pretoria but his home is in George, Southern Cape where you will find him either on the Wilderness beach with his Daschunds called Gigi ad Cheri or walking up Craddock Peak with Pops his old man.