Keynote Address

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SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
Road Pavements Forum
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Objectives

• Processes required for Skills Development
• Application of Unit Standards and Qualifications
• NQF Structures and SGBs
• Learnership Matrix and Possible Qualifications in
  Road Construction

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Skills Development Process for FormalSkills
Development
Department of Labour SETAs
Learnerships / Skills Programmes
Contracted Learning culminating in a qualification
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Uses of Unit Standards Qualifications
Recruitment and Promotion
Career Pathing
Performance Management
Learnerships Skills Programmes
Unit Standards and Qualifications
Job Profiling
Assessment
Learning Programmes
Competency Based Remuneration
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NSB 12Physical Planning and Construction
Registered SGBs Surveying Quantity
Surveying Planning (Town Regional
) Architecture Water Sector Building
Construction Civil Engineering Construction Electr
ical Engineering
NSB Sub Fields Physical Planning, Design and
Management Building Construction Civil
Engineering Construction Electrical
Infrastructure Construction
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Civil Engineering SGB Overview

• Civil Engineering Construction SGB was officially
  registered on 12 March 2000
• The SGB comprises of 20 Members representing key
  stakeholders employer / employee bodies,
  construction specialists, government and
  non-governmental organisations and training
  providers
• SGB Scope covers levels 1 to 8 of the NQF /
  emphasis on levels 1-4 currently
• SGB Brief
• Develop learning pathways
• Generate unit standard-based qualifications
• Recommend unit standards and qualifications
• Recommend criteria for registration of assessors
  / moderators or moderator bodies

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  CIVIL ENGINEERING LEARNERSHIP MATRIX  
 
 
  CIVIL ENGINEERING LEARNERSHIP MATRIX  
 
 
Learnerships / Skills Programmes
Learnerships / Skills Programmes
NQF Level
NQF Level
 
 
SGB Structure
NSB 12
SGB
Executive Committee
Qualifications Committee
Structures
Earthworks
Water Sewerage
Refractories
Road Rail
Earth Crust Drilling
Geotechnical
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4
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Cross-Linkages within SAQA
SAQA Board
Inter-NSBs
NSBs
Inter-SGB 12
Civil Eng SGB
Surveying SGB
Other SGBs
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Cross-Linkages with other SGBs
Mining Minerals SGB
OHS SGB
Surveying SGB
Generic Management SGB
Building SGB
Quantity Surveying SGB
Civil Engineering Construction SGB
Engineering SGB
Planning SGB
Architecture SGB
Manufacturing, Engineering Technology SGB
Project Management SGB
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SGB Domains Working Groups
Water Sewerage
Road Rail
Structures
Earthworks
Shuttering Concrete Precast Reinforcing Structural
Steel Structural Timber Piling Jacking Cable
Stay Bridges

• Layering
• Finishing R R
• Maintenance R R
• Surfacing
• Black Top
• Concrete Gravel
• Rail

Water Reticulation Surface Drainage
Excavate Relocate Compact Bulk Retain
Refractories
Earth Crust Drilling
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Civil Engineering Learnership Matrix
 
 
 
 
 
 
Learnerships / Skills Programmes
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4
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SGB Progress in Road Construction
Qualification
Electives
Core Generic / Core
Fundamentals
Surfacing unit standards (black top) have been
completed National Certificate in Civil
Engineering Construction Level 1 National
Certificate in Road Construction Level
2 National Certificate in Road Construction
Level 3 National Certificate in Road Construction
Level 4
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Thank You