101321_1: The statutory learning and development environment

Topics Covered

Chapter 1: The Statutory Learning and Development Environment

• Sector Education and Training Authorities
• Legislation impacting on skills development
• The National Qualifications Framework (NQF) and role players in skills development

Chapter 2: The Organisational Learning and Development Needs Analysis

• The Skills Development Facilitator
• Update the employment profile for learning and development Requirements
• Planning the method and scope of the skills analysis
• Establish and refine learning and development needs within an occupational context
• Establishing a workforce equity and affirmative action profile
• Plan, conduct and report on a learning and development needs analysis
• Definitions
• Checking and verifying information
• Influencing key stakeholder participation in the skills development of the enterprise(s)
• Managing group processes and dynamics
• Basic research design and methodology related to the needs analysis of the organisation
• Research principles and applications
• The research process
• Research ethics and practices in relation to the needs analysis
• Methods, techniques and design principles when compiling a needs Analysis
• Collect, analyse data and report on workplace learning and development needs
• Conduct an analysis of formal learning programs that will address competency gaps
• Adult Basic Learning and development (ABET)
• The Occupational Learning Framework
• Foundational learning competence part-qualifications

Chapter 3: Organisational Learning and Development Needs Analysis Concepts

• Sources and use of information on competency gaps: Skills Audits
• Information gathering and liaison: the environmental analysis
• Key functional areas and roles
• The gap analysis: The skills requirements of the organisation
• Approaches to a needs analysis
• Refining learning and development needs
• Completing the section on strategic priorities in the Workplace Skills Plan
• The employment profile of the organisation
• Staff retention and utilisation
• Planning training
• Considerations and precautions
• The purpose of skills development interventions
• Training providers available
• Training facilities available
• Quality assurance
• Preparing the WSP for submission
• Requirements for learning and development
• National skills development targets
• The value of skills development
• Gathering information from relevant sources
• Organising change and skills development
• The process of control
• Gathering and storing information on skills development
• Considerations when choosing your data collection method
• Gathering information
• Storing information
• Communicating skills development results
• Justification for learning programmes
• Confirming learning outcomes with stakeholders
• Prioritise and motivate planned learning programs
• Deciding on learning programmes
• The report on the difference between planned and completed training
• Calculating the cost of training
• Training supported with discretionary funding

Chapter 4: Develop a Workplace Skills Plan

• The Training Strategy
• The Workplace Skills Plan
• The Annual Training Report
• The Implementation Report
• Requirements for learning and development
• Accreditation of training centres
• The workplace skills planning and reporting processes
• Where do learning requirements come from?
• Consult with stakeholders and finalise the skills development plan (WSP)
• The training provider
• In-house training
• Data capturing requirements
• Capture the final plan in accordance with statutory workplace skills planning requirements
• Monitoring the implementation of a workplace learning and development plan
• The provider matrix
• The learning programme evaluation and monitoring tool
• The Training Implementation Report
• Recording the strengths and weaknesses of the learning interventions
• Formulating recommendations
• Reviewing outcomes
• Recording learning data
• Submitting Workplace Skills Plan Reports
• Providing information and advice concerning occupational learning

This course is part of the following qualifications that we offer:

1. Core 101321 - Occupational Certificate: Occupational Certificate: Training and Development Practitioner Level 5, 190 Credits