Strengthening collaboration to be the leading force in the skills revolution The role of RPL in advancing skills development: A case of SANDF Dr Braam Coetzee SUMMIT PROGRAMME: BREAK AWAY SESSIONS 30 October 2013
SCOPE 1. Southern Business School 2. Centre Safety in Society 3. South African National Defence Force case study: Project Scoping 4. Strategy 5. Immediate Obstacle 6. Entry Assessment / Recognition of Prior Learning 7. Conceptual Process Flow 8. Diploma Route 9. Bachelor Route 10. Delivery Flow 11. Cost Implications 12. Cost Structure 13. Way forward & Conclusion
SOUTHERN BUSINESS SCHOOL Vision The Business School where the managerial and leadership competencies of students are developed to the utmost Mission Southern Business School provides higher education and training in a framework where quality, recognition, affordability and customer service play a central role
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ABOUT SOUTHERN BUSINESS SCHOOL CONT Southern Business School is registered and accredited under the Department of Higher Education and Training as a private provider of higher distance education. Registration Certificate number 2002/HE07/015, Council on Higher Education (CHE), National Qualifications Framework by the South African Qualifications Authority, Safety and Security Sector Education and Training Authority (SASSETA), Namibian Qualifications Authority (NQA), and BEE Status level 2 (125% compliance)
ABOUT SOUTHERN BUSINESS SCHOOL CONT Established in 1996 Currently Southern Business School offer the following qualifications *Masters of Management (research-based) accredited by the CHE (HEQC) Await registration with the Department of Higher Education and Training and SAQA *Masters of Policing Practice (research-based) Awaiting feedback from CHE Qualification HEQF Level Credits Certificate in Management HEQF level 5 120 credits Diploma in Management HEQF level 6 360 credits Advanced Diploma in Management HEQF level 7 120 credits Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) HEQF level 7 360 credits Bachelor of Policing Practice (BPP) HEQF level 7 394/360 credits BBA/BPP Honours HEQF level 8 120 credits *Masters of Management (research-based) HEQF level 9 180 credits
ABOUT SOUTHERN BUSINESS SCHOOL CONT Current student numbers for 2013 2013 New students for 2013 1 490 Subjects 15 448 Headcount 4 576
ABOUT SOUTHERN BUSINESS SCHOOL CONT Southern Business School - examination centres Aliwal North Beaufort West Bethal Bethlehem Bloemfontein Cape Town Douglas Durban East London Empangeni Francistown George Giyani Gobabis, Namibia Graaff-Reinet Helderstroom Katima Mulilo, Namibia Keetmanshoop, NamibiaKempton Park Kimberley Klerksdorp Kokstad Kroonstad Luderitz, Namibia Mariental, Namibia Melmoth Mmabatho Modimolle Mozambique Nelspruit Newcastle Okiep Ongwediva, Namibia Opuwo, Namibia Oranjemund, Namibia Otjiwarongo, Namibia Outapi, Namibia Phalaborwa Pietermaritzburg Polokwane Pongola Port Elizabeth Porterville Potchefstroom Pretoria Queenstown Robertson Roodepoort Rosh Pinah, Namibia Rundu, Namibia Rustenburg Sibhayi Taung Thohoyandou Tsumeb, Namibia Umtata Upington Vanderbijlpark Virginia Walvis Bay, Namibia Windhoek, Namibia Witbank
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Purpose of the Centre Safety in Society To support the Safety in Society Environment in order to promote and achieve individual professional competence, maintenance and enhancement of said competence by Security Professionals.
QUALIFICATIONS PLATFORM FOR SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE Appointments will be made based on vacant positions and Regulatory requirements, and according the Recruitment and Selection Policies Career Deployment Generic Academic Qualifications Operational Experience Learning programmes MAJ-, LT- & GENERAL PhD Degree NQF Level 10 7 years Brigadier Masters Degree NQF Level 9 7 years Executive Development Learning Programme Level 9 COLONEL Bachelor Honours Degree - NQF Level 8 or Postgraduate Diploma LIEUTENANT COLONEL NQF Level 8 LIEUTENANT MAJOR CAPTAIN Bachelor Degree NQF Level 7 or Advance Diploma NQF Level 7 7 years 7 years 7 years 7 years 7 years Middle Management Learning Programme Level 8 Junior Management Learning Programme Level 7 WARRANT OFFICER SERGEANT CONSTABLE Diploma NQF Level 6 Certificate NQF Level 5 7 years 7 years 7 years Learning Programmes linked with Credit accumulation towards Qualification delivered by Southern Business School Entry Assessment towards learning Programmes and Recognition of Prior Learning towards Qualifications delivered by Southern Business School Basic Management Learning Programme level 2 Level 6 Basic Management Learning Programme level 1 Level 5
QUALIFICATIONS PLATFORM FOR INSTITUTE FOR MUNICIPAL PUBLIC SAFETY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA Appointments will be made based on vacant positions and Regulatory requirements, and according the Recruitment and Selection Policies Specific Career Steps Generic Academic Qualifications Operational Experience Generic learning programmes or courses Executive Director / Director Public Safety Manager Law Enforcement / Security Services Chief Law Enforcement / Security Services Bachelor Honours Degree - NQF Level 8 or Postgraduate Diploma NQF Level 8 10 years 10 years 10 years Southern Business School Public Safety Programme Level 9 Southern Business School Public Safety Programme Level 8 Deputy Chief Law Enforcement / Security Services Assistant Chief Law Enforcement / Security Services Bachelor Degree NQF Level 7 or Advance Diploma NQF Level 7 7 years 7 years Southern Business School Public Safety Programme Level 7 Commanders 5 years Regional Inspectors 5 years Principal Inspector: Law Enforcement & Security Diploma NQF Level 6 5 years Southern Business School Public Safety Programme Level 6 Senior Inspector: Law Enforcement & Security 5 years Inspector: Law Enforcement & Security Trainee LEO & Security / LEO & Security Officer / Senior LEO & Security Officer Certificate NQF Level 5 4 years 2-3 years Southern Business School Public Safety Programme Level 5 Public Safety Programmes linked with Credit accumulation towards Qualification delivered by Southern Business School Entry Assessment towards Public Safety Programmes and Recognition of Prior Learning towards Qualifications delivered by Southern Business School
QUALIFICATIONS PLATFORM FOR METRO POLICE Appointments will be made based on vacant positions and Regulatory requirements, and according the Recruitment and Selection Policies Career Deployment Generic Academic Qualifications Operational Experience Learning programmes DEPUTY CHIEF AND CHIEF Masters Degree NQF Level 9 5 years Executive Development Learning Programme Level 9 DIRECTOR COMMANDER Bachelor Honours Degree - NQF Level 8 or Postgraduate Diploma NQF Level 8 5 years 5 years Middle Management Learning Programme Level 8 SENIOR SUPERINTENTENT SUPERINTENTENT Bachelor Degree NQF Level 7 or Advance Diploma NQF Level 7 5 years 5 years Junior Management Learning Programme Level 7 INSPECTOR Diploma NQF Level 6 5 years Basic Management Learning Programme level 2 Level 6 CONSTABLE/SERGEANT Certificate NQF Level 5 5 years Basic Management Learning Programme level 1 Level 5 Learning Programmes linked with Credit accumulation towards Qualification delivered by Southern Business School Entry Assessment towards learning Programmes and Recognition of Prior Learning towards Qualifications delivered by Southern Business School
NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY - Division - One Brigade - One Brigade - Two Brigade - Three Battalion - One Battalion - Two Battalion - Three Battalion - One Battalion - Two Battalion - Three Battalion - One Battalion - Two Battalion - Three Company - One Company - Two Company - Three Company - One Company - Two Company - Three Squadron - One Squadron - Two Squadron -Three Squadron - One Squadron - Two Squadron -Three Unit /Sell - One Unit /Sell - Two Unit /Sell - Three Unit /Sell - One Unit /Sell - Two Unit /Sell - Three Company - One Company - Two Company - Three Squadron - One Squadron - Two Squadron -Three Unit /Sell - One Unit /Sell - Two Unit /Sell - Three
Political Head Commander in Chief Secretary of Defence Chairman of the Military Area Committee General Commander Head of the Army Lieutenant General Level 9 Deputy General Chief Political Commissar Chief Logistics Chief Security Chief Intelligence Major General Brigadier General - Level 9 - Division Commander Deputy Commander Political Commissar Logistics Brigadier General Colonel - Level 9 - Brigade Commander Deputy Commander Political Commissar Logistics Colonel Lieutenant Colonel - Level 8 - Battalion Commander Deputy Commander Political Commissar Logistics Lieutenant Colonel Major Level 8 - Company Commander Deputy Commander Political Commissar Logistics Major Lieutenant Level 7 - Squadron Commander Deputy Commander Political Commissar Logistics Supervisor Team Leaders - Level 6 Unit /Sell 2 x Troops Troop Level 5
South African National Defence Force case study: PROJECT SCOPING TO PROVIDE A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR OFFICERS THAT HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE JUNIOR COMMAND AND STAFF COURSE PROGRAMME WITHOUT THE NECESSARY ENTRY REQUIREMENT INTO THE JOINT SENIOR COMMAND AND STAFF POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA PROGRAMME
STRATEGY To provide an academic framework in support of officers that do not meet the necessary entry requirements of a Postgraduate Diploma.
IMMEDIATE OBSTACLE Joint Senior Command and Staff Programme (JSCSP) = Postgraduate Diploma Postgraduate Diploma = entry requires a minimum of a Bachelor Degree Government Gazette Vol. 508 No. 30353 DD 5 October 2007, The Higher Educations Qualifications Framework [Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997) (see page 26) Negotiate for special dispensation for Advance Diploma through a RPL process Junior Command and Staff Course Programmes = Officers completed the JCSCP without a Bachelor Degree Bachelor Degree = entry requires a minimum of a National Senior Certificate with appropriate subject combinations and level of achievement Government Gazette Vol. 508 No. 30353 DD 5 October 2007, The Higher Educations Qualifications Framework [Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997) (see page 23/24) Special dispensation for entry = 23 years of age with 5 years work.
CONCEPTUAL PROCESS FLOW a. SANDF present Training and Assessment material to Southern Business School for evaluation (linked to RPL) b. SANDF identifies the officers for the project. b. Officers apply for Entry Assessment/Recognition of Prior Learning. c. Officers complete Portfolio of Evidence. Competence Coaching: Guideline to the Completion of a Portfolio. d. SANDF/Southern Business School approve Recognition of Prior Learning recommendation. e. Officers register for Bachelor of Business Administration and close the identified gaps.
Diploma in Management SAQA QUAL ID QUALIFICATION TITLE 57222 National Diploma: Management ORIGINATOR QUALITY ASSURING BODY CHE - Council on Higher Education ORIGINATING PROVIDER Southern Business School NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Subframework QUALIFICATION TYPE FIELD SUBFIELD National Diploma Field 03 - Business, Commerce and Management Studies Generic Management ABET BAND MINIMUM CREDITS NQF LEVEL QUAL CLASS Undefined 360 NQF Level 06 Regular-Provider-ELOAC
RPL Junior Command and Staff Course Programmes / Status Diploma in Management YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 Management Practice I (40) Management Practice II (40) Management Practice III (45) Defence Management I (20) Defence Management II (25) Defence Management III (35) Business Communication I (15) Leadership in Safety in Society Environment I: Team Leading (20) Public Sector Management I (20) End user computing (5) Project Management I (20) Human Resource Management I (20) Leadership in Safety in Society Environment II: Supervisory (25) Public Sector Management II (25)
ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT SAQA QUAL ID QUALIFICATION TITLE 79586 Advanced Diploma: Management ORIGINATOR QUALITY ASSURING BODY CHE - Council on Higher Education ORIGINATING PROVIDER Southern Business School NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK HEQSF - Higher Education Qualifications Subframework QUALIFICATION TYPE FIELD SUBFIELD National Diploma Field 03 - Business, Commerce and Management Studies Generic Management ABET BAND MINIMUM CREDITS NQF LEVEL QUAL CLASS Undefined 120 Level 7 Regular-Provider-ELOAC
ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT Cont. Advanced Diploma in Management Management Practice IV (20) Leadership IV(20) Research Methodology IV(20) Project Management IV(20) Organisational Behaviour IV (20) Defence Management IV(20)
BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SAQA QUAL ID QUALIFICATION TITLE 59850 Bachelor of Business Administration ORIGINATOR ORIGINATING PROVIDER General SGB 03 QUALITY ASSURING BODY NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK The individual Quality Assuring Body for each Learning Programme recorded against this qualification is shown in the table at the end of this report. The individual NQF Sub-framework for each Learning Programme recorded against this qualification is shown in the table at the end of the qualification report. QUALIFICATION TYPE FIELD SUBFIELD National First Degree Field 03 - Business, Commerce and Management Studies Generic Management ABET BAND MINIMUM CREDITS NQF LEVEL QUAL CLASS Undefined 360 NQF Level 07 Regular-ELOAC
BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Cont. YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 Business Management I (25) Management Practice II (25) Management Practice III (35) Defence Management I (20) Defence Management II (20) Defence Management III (25) Economics IA & IB (20) Information Management I (20) Business Communication I (15) Governmental Economics II (15) Developmental Economics II (15) Accounting I (20) Business Law I (15) Leadership I (20) Research Methodology I (30) Public Sector Financial Management I (30) Corporate Governance I (20)
RPL Junior Command and Staff Course Programmes / Bachelor of Business Administration YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 Business Management I (25) Management Practice II (25) Change Management Defence Management I (20) Management of Defence Economics IA - Micro (10) & Economics IB Macro (10) Information Management I (20) Business Communication I (15) / Command Staff Work Business Law I (15) / Military Law Defence Management II (20) Management of Defence Governmental Economics II (15) Developmental Economics II (15) Management Practice III (35) Strategic Management Defence Management III (25) Management of Defence Research Methodology I (30) Public Sector Financial Management I (30) Accounting I (20) Corporate Governance I (20) Leadership I (20) / Leadership and Command
BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DELIVERY FLOW YEAR 1 1 ST Semester YEAR 1 2 nd Semester YEAR 2 1 st Semester YEAR 2 2 nd Semester Business Management I (25) Economics IA - Micro (10) Economics IB Macro (10) Governmental Economics II (15) Information Management I (20) Developmental Economics II (15) Accounting I (20) Public Sector Financial Management I (30) Corporate Governance I (20) Research Methodology I (30)
COST IMPLICATIONS Activity Entry Assessment Recognition of Prior Learning Registration Fee (All new students) Re-registration Fee (Only current students) Cost full qualification Exemption per subject Sub-activity for Advanced Diploma Include coaching (Compiling an acceptable portfolio) Advanced Diploma R1200 Sub-activity for Business Administration Include coaching (Compiling an acceptable portfolio) Bachelor of Business Administration R1200 14 x subjects R10610 (Status) 8 x subjects R5200 2 x Re-registration @ R450 (18 months) 6 x subjects = R9900 Study material = R0 Text Books = R3350 Subject CD s = 0 120 hours x contact sessions = R0 240 hours x contact sessions = R12000 Total = R25250 (-20%) R940 R900 R20200 3 x re-registration @ R450 (24 months) 9 x subjects = R13600 Study material = R0 Text Books = R5370 Subject CD s = 0 180 hours x contact sessions = R0 360 hours x contact sessions = R18000 Total = R36970 (-30% = 1-500) (-40% = 500+) R940 R1350 R25879 - R22182 0 8 x R350 = R3150 0 Total per learner (R39050) R33850 (R48810) R34569 \ R30872
COST STRUCTURE Activity = 1 st payment Advanced Diploma Bachelor of Business Administration Advanced Diploma Bachelor of Business Administration R11810 R6400 Activity = 2 nd payment Advanced Diploma Bachelor of Business Administration Advanced Diploma Bachelor of Business Administration R11020 R14084.50 (1-500) R12236 (+500) Activity = 3 rd payment Advanced Diploma Bachelor of Business Administration Advanced Diploma Bachelor of Business Administration R11020 R14084.50 (1-500) R12236 (+500) Total per learner R33850 R34569 (1-500) R30872 (+500)
Way forward Conclusion Creating Leaders
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