EVOLUTION OF ARTISAN RECOGNITION OF PRIOR

LEARNING IN

SOUTH AFRICA

SAQA RPL CONFERENCE JHB 23 FEB 2014DR F PRINSLOO

EVOLUTION STAGES(EARLY ARTISAN DEVELOPMENT : EUROPEAN AND BRITISH INFLUENCE)

Middle Ages – master craftsman and learner- Traces of informal learning evident

Industrial Revolution – journeyman/apprentice- Early stages of recognition of prior learning (RPL)y g g p g ( )

Colonial Era – imported tradesman - Large numbers (discovery of diamonds and gold)Large numbers (discovery of diamonds and gold)- Mining sector (predominates)- Production focus (tradesman assistants, no formal recognition)

Apartheid Era Apprenticeship (dominant)Apartheid Era – Apprenticeship (dominant)- Mining, manufacturing and services sector- Entrenched apprentice system, culmination MTA, 1981

T d i t t ith t iti (P t ti i t i )- Tradesman assistants without recognition (Protectionist regimes)

Democratic Era – Apprenticeship (initial stage)- Mining (declining), manufacturing and services(growing),energy- Skills Development urgent as a result of open & participatory democracy, accelerated economic growth, p p y y, g ,employment creation and poverty, globalisation.

- Broadened participation in the artisan environment though (Protectionist regimes persist in tacit forms)(Protectionist regimes persist in tacit forms)

- Skills Development Act, 1998 (learnership and SETAs)

RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING FOR ARTISANS

- Surfacing of RPL as National Policy, SAQA 2003, GL : 2004 - Unambiguous official surfacing of RPL (SDA, 2008): section 26D (a) – (d)

TRADE TEST /FINAL ASSESSMENT PRACTICETRADE TEST /FINAL ASSESSMENT PRACTICE

ON THE FRINGES

SSECTION 13 (CONTRACT)       LEARNERSHIP SECTION 28 (INFORMAL)         RPL

DIFFERENTIATED LEARNING APPROACHESSAME TRADE TEST

ARPL SYSTEM LOCATION

ADMISSIONCRITERIA

Trade theoryPrac/Sim

W k i

FINAL ASSESSMENTSummative(TT) 

AndCERTIFICATIONWork experience

RPL(gap closure)CURRICULUM DELIVERY

CERTIFICATION

PROVIDERS QUALITY ASSURANCE TRADE TEST CENTRES & QCTOPROVIDERS QUALITY ASSURANCE TRADE TEST CENTRES & QCTO

PURE ARPL(access)(access)

ADMISSIONCRITERIA

Trade theoryPrac/SimWork 

ARTISANRPL PRACTICE

experienceRPL

Hardly practicedDifferentiated policiesShort ‐ circuited as Section 28Scarcely ring f d f dfenced funds

ARPL COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN 2004 – 2012

(CHIETA, MERSETA, TETA)- ADMISSION CRITERIA THE SAME (TRADE THEORY + EXPERIENCE (DIFFERENTIATED, MINIMUM 4YEARS)

PORTFOLIO OF EVIDENCE COMPILED GRADED AND USED AS ACCESS- PORTFOLIO OF EVIDENCE COMPILED, GRADED AND USED AS ACCESS REQUIREMENT TO A TRADE TEST

- BETWEEN 2004 – 2012 LESS THAN 30% OF THE CERTIFICATION TOTAL AND LARGELY THROUGH SECTION 28THROUGH SECTION 28

- SECTION 28 ENJOYED NO PARITY OF ESTEEM IN INDUSTRY.

SECTION 28 OBTAINED AT INDLELA- SECTION 28 OBTAINED AT INDLELA.

- SAME PERIOD LESS THAN 1% OF TOTAL CERTIFICATION AS A RESULT OF PURE ARPL

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS(IN ANTICIPATION OF THE TRADE TEST REGULATIONS, 2012/TOTAL REPEAL OF MTA, 1981)

THE ARTISAN RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNINGTHE ARTISAN RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNINGPILOT PROJECT

2012

QCTOATD‐TTT Artisan DevelopmentNAMB

Quality Assurance & CertificationQuality Assurance & Certification

DevelopmentRPL Model 

February 2012

NAMBModerator

NAMBTrade Test 

NAMB Assessor“Blind” Assessment

FET College and/or TrainingCentre and/or Workplace

DHET ArtisanDHET Artisan RPL AdvisorRPL Advisor RPL Toolkit RPL Toolkit 

P.O.E.sP.O.E.s Gap Training Gap Training 

DHET  ArtisanDHET  ArtisanDHET  ArtisanDHET  ArtisanRPL Unit RPL Unit  DevelopmentDevelopment DevelopmentDevelopment RPL Unit RPL Unit 

RPL LearnerRPL Learner RPL Learner

RPL Advisor Progressively Compiles Portfolios of EvidenceRPL Advisor Progressively Compiles Portfolios of Evidence** These full timeRPL Advisors can be

Employers, Labour, State = ATD ForumsDatabase, Criteria, Selection,Targets

DHET or Employer or Labour based.

PROGRESSIVE RESULTS OF THE PILOT PROJECTPROGRESSIVE RESULTS OF THE PILOT PROJECT

- 267 ARTISAN ASSISTANTS ENLISTED NATIONALLY

- 5 TRADES TOOLKITS PRODUCED (ELEC, DM, WEL, BM, F) and USED

- 267 THEORY/KNOWLEDGE ASSESSED

(INCLUSIVE FINAL RESULTS OF THE PILOT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN 2015)

NATIONAL CRITERIA FOR ARTISAN RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING, 2013

(OPERATE IN CONJUNCTION WITH TRADE TEST REGULATIONS 2012)(OPERATE IN CONJUNCTION WITH TRADE TEST REGULATIONS, 2012)

CONTENTS1. Vision2. Mission3. Scope4. Definitions5. Principles6. Purpose of the National Criteria for ARPL7. ARPL based Trade Testing8. ARPL Framework 9. ARPL Admission Requirements10. ARPL Process Procedures11. ARPL Assessment Criteria12. ARPL Competency Grid13. Disputes and Appeals 14. Acronyms

INTENDED FUTURE IMPACT

1. Standardised and quantifiable national artisan development with respect to RPL.

2. Standardised ARTISAN RPL trade testing practices.

3. Free flowing pipeline on ARTISAN RPL.

4. Exponential growth of artisan supply – demand  RPL curve.p g f pp y

5. Generally:  career progression, economic growth, employment and social stability.and social stability.

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