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The PAB ETQA is delighted
to report that it has concluded co-operative agreements with the
following organizations:
PAB - the Professional Accreditation Body for the Health & Skincare Industry
Education
and Training in South Africa is governed by legislature. This Legislation
comprises of numerous acts such as the Skills Development Act (Act No. 97 of
1998), the SAQA Act (Act No. 58 of 1995) and other acts such as the Higher
Education Act (Act No.101 of 1997) and Further education and Training Act
(Act No. 98 of 1998).
There is associated legislation such as SDL Act (Skills Development Levies
Act), which basically enforces the Human Resources Development issues within
the LRA (Labour Relations Act), which impacts on all organizations.
The SD Act is based on the NSDSI (National Skills Development Strategy
Initiative) and references the governance of skills development in South
Africa. These legislative documents are available under the Legislation
section of www.saqa.org.za )
SETAs
Organizations known as SETAs (Sector Education and Training Authority)
were established in accordance with the above Act. There is a SETA for each
economic sector.
You
may be registered with a particular SETA and these SETA's may quality assure
your education and training initiatives themselves, if the education and
training is registered as part of their primary focus, or enter into a MOU
(Memorandum Of Understanding) with another ETQA such as PAB which is a
professional body.
PAB is the ETQA for all Health and Skincare Therapy and Therapeutic modality
training such as Therapeutic Aromatherapy, Therapeutic Reflexology and
Therapeutic Massage related training.
SAQA (South African Qualifications Authority) will devolve its quality
assurance function to these ETQA bodies after they too have been accredited
by SAQA (South African Qualifications Authority Act, Act No. 58 of 1995).
One of the primary functions of the ETQA is to ensure that education and
training is delivered against set standards. SAQA is responsible for
overseeing the development and implementation of the NQF.
The objectives of the NQF are to:
• create an integrated national framework for learning achievements
• facilitate access to, and mobility and progression within, education,
training and career paths
• enhance the quality of education and training
• accelerate the redresses of past unfair discrimination in education,
training and employment opportunities, and thereby
• contribute to the full personal development of each learner and the social
and economic development of the nation at large
Education
and Training Institutions not coupled to a specific economic sector may
acquire accreditation from the quality assurance bodies registered and
accredited under the auspices of the DoE (Department of Education).
These are the ETQA bodies known as CHE/ HEQC (Council on Higher Education/
Higher education Quality Committee) and Umalusi who will quality assure
Higher education and training and Further education and training
respectively.
The PAB ETQA (Professional Accreditation Body) is responsible for the
assessment and accreditation of providers offering Health and Skincare
Therapy and Therapeutic modality training such as Therapeutic Aromatherapy,
Therapeutic Reflexology and Therapeutic Massage related training or
qualifications registered with SAQA on the NQF.
The PAB ETQA is mandated through our accreditation by SAQA to quality assure
the delivery of education and training within these qualifications.
Therefore providers offering training in any field falling within the PAB
ETQA scope of practice must be accredited by the PAB ETQA.
The ETQA Regulations (1998) clearly define the functions of ETQAs and can be
viewed under the Legislation/ETQA Regulations section of
www.saqa.org.za .
