SETA Accredited Training Provide

Requirements to become a SETA Accredited Training Provider:

The document Criteria and Guidelines to become a SETA Accredited Training Provider sets out the requirements for accreditation.

  • The programmes (and/or assessments) offered by the TrainYouCan PTY LTD Accredited Training Network and training provider must culminate in unit standards and/or qualifications registered on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF).
  • The curriculum (design, content and learning materials) is aligned to the unit standards and/or qualifications.
  • There are suitably qualified staff (facilitators and registered assessors).
  • The learners have access to adequate learning support services.
  • The assessment methods and tools used to measure the requirements for the unit standard and/or qualification are fair, valid and reliable, and are used to enhance learning.

What is accreditation?

Accreditation is the certification, usually for a certain period of time of a body or an institution, as having the capacity to fulfill a particular function within the quality assurance system set up by SAQA in terms of the SAQA Act, 1995.

SAQA accredits all Education and Training Quality Assurance bodies (ETQA’s) who in turn accredit Education and Training Providers.

Accreditation Process

The following documents and equipments are required to get accreditation with PSETA:

Company CK documents

Tax clearance certificate

Company profile with Objectives, Mission and vision statements, quality control measures and services offered

Learning materials consisting of: Learner, Facilitator and Assessment guides, rollout plan and programme strategy

Quality Management System (QMS), which are your policies and procedure documents including working tools (templates). Policies to be submitted are:

Management of assessment

Management of impact assessment

Learner entry, guidance and support

Learning programme development and delivery

Physical resources

Certification

Financial Management

Recruitment, selection and appraisals (HR)

Health and Safety

Management of workplace learning

Names of Assessor/s and Moderator/s linked to the applied unit standards or qualifications

CV’s of facilitators (if different from above)

Office and training resources:

Office with desk, Working computer, fax line and machine, telephone, printer and lockable cabinet/s

Training rooms (If Provider is intending to train at own premises) with comfortable desks, desk tables, writing equipment or projector, properly ventilated/heating equipment when cold, clean toilets and proper access for disabled persons

OR Lease agreement if Provider will be utilising rented space for training

OR and indication if Provider will be training at clients premises

2. What are the advantages of being an accredited training provider?

Advantages of becoming an accredited provider:

To provide quality training and development to learners

To receive support from the relevant authority

To be able to deliver education and training that leads to nationally registered Unit Standards and Qualifications. Accreditation therefore provides Education and Training Providers with a valuable tool with which they can market their services to potential clients.

3. What are benefits of attending accredited training?

Learners, departments and private companies who use the services of an accredited training provider are assured that the accredited training offered complies with the required standards for learning and assessment.

All learners are assured of a quality learning experience and that the credits they acquire will be nationally and internationally recognized.