INSETA SDP SESSION APRIL 2016 QCTO UPDATE

BACKGROUND INFORMATION INSETA was first appointed as a DQP by the QCTO on 14 July 2011 INSETA AQP SLA for the Insurance Agent: Insurance Underwriter qualification (91784) was signed on 31 January 2013 INSETA is playing the role of QAP for all the legacy qualifications in the Insurance sector ETQA division is transitioning over 2016 to 2018 to fulfil the AQP functions for occupational qualifications

Occupational Qualifications: Rules of Combination

Practical Skill Modules STRUCTURE OF OCCUPATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS : INSURANCE AGENT : INSURANCE UNDERWRITER Knowledge Modules 48 credits Practical Skill Modules 40 credits Workplace experience 68 credits

Occupational Qualification Entry requirements, ELOs, AACs and EISA ENTRY REQUIREMENTS academic and/or practical learning, and/or work experience that a learner must have completed in order to be admitted to a qualification. Includes RPL EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES (ELO) stated in terms of the integrated assessment focus areas which are recorded in the Assessment Specifications Document. Determines whether the learner can be declared competent in terms of the occupation or specialisation. ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA (AAC) The assessment criteria reflect the evidence that the qualifying learner has to produce to demonstrate the acquisition of the required expertise and level of complexity relevant to the ELOs. This expertise reflects: Applied competence. Theoretical and applied knowledge enhanced by experience. Integrated Summative Assessment An external integrated summative assessment, conducted through the relevant QCTO Assessment Quality Partner is required for the issuing of occupational qualifications. The external integrated summative assessment focuses on the ELOs and AACs, and takes into consideration experience gained in the workplace. Entry requirements are interpreted to mean the academic and/or practical learning, and/or work experience that a learner must have completed in order to be admitted to a qualification. This may include recognition of forms of prior learning such as non-formal and informal learning and work experience deemed as comparable for entry. In the South African context, entry requirements also take into account the broad socio-political issue of access.

UPDATE ON INSETA OCCUPATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS DEVELOPMENT Insurance Agent: Insurance Underwriter – registered as 91784 with SAQA Claims Administrator Qualification – April 2016 review by QCTO for submission to SAQA Health Administrator Qualification – submission to QCTO in May 2016 for approval Financial Services Representative qualification – curriculum out for public comment on INSETA website December 2015 to March 2016. Further development commences this month Survey for input on new qualification to be developed in second half of 2016 per scarce and critical skills of sector

IMPLEMENTING AN OCCUPATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS So…. What is required to implement an occupational qualification????

OCCUPATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS - IMPLEMENTATION QCTO accredited SDPs Approved Assessment Centres Employers for workplace component AQP guidelines and procedures to manage the implementation and external summatives Funding for Pilot RPL strategy Capacitation of SDPs Ongoing monitoring Evaluation and review

AQP FUNCTIONS – PROGRESS MADE Learning materials and assessment tools were developed during 2014 for the Underwriter qualification: Program Strategy Alignment Matrix for learning modules, internal assessments and external assessments Materials for 4 learning Modules Formative assessment instruments and marking memos Workplace Coach/Supervisor Guide Question Banks for EISA ( KR, SA,LA &Case Studies) Assessment and Moderation Guides RPL Guidelines and Criteria MATERIALS WILL BE REVIEWED FOR CURRENCY AND ASSESSMENT TOOLS REDESIGNED TO MEET MOST RECENT QCTO REQUIREMENTS Pilot Project to commence – second half of 2016 Plan first EISA to be written November 2017

INSETA QCTO Qualification Development and AQP Contacts: INSETA CONTACT INFORMATION INSETA QCTO Qualification Development and AQP Contacts: Tumi Peele (Tumip@inseta.org.za) Nasreen Ravat (Nasreenr@inseta.org.za) Tel: 011 381 8900