Skills Development Act, 1998 (Act No. 97 of 1998) Regulations Trade Test Regulations, 2014 1. Definition

 

In these regulations, any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act has that meaning unless the context indicates otherwise; and

 

"accredited trade test centre"

means a test centre accredited by the QCTO to conduct a trade test for any listed trade and may include a workplace;

 

"artisan qualification"

means an occupational qualification approved by the Minister for the purpose of certifying a person as an artisan;

 

"curriculum"

means a statement of the training structure and expected methods of learning and teaching that underpin a qualification or part qualification to facilitate a more general understanding of its implementation in an educational system;

 

"curriculum components of an artisan qualification"

means the knowledge, practical and structured work experience components of a curriculum;

 

"listed trade"

means an occupation that is listed as a trade in terms of s. 26B(a) of the Act;

 

"Manpower Training Act"

means the Manpower Training Act, 1981 (Act 56 of 1981);

 

"NAMB"

means the national artisan moderation body contemplated in s. 26A of the Act;

 

"national trade certificate"

means a certificate issued by the QCTO to a learner who has passed a trade tests;

 

"pre-trade test evaluation"

means a written evaluation and an integrated practical assessment approved by NAMB to determine whether a learner may proceed to take a trade test;

 

"professional body"

means a body of expert practitioners in an occupational field recognised by SAQA in terms of s. 29 of the NQF Act;

 

"the Act"

means the Skills Development Act, 1998 (Act 97 of 1998);

 

"RPL"

means recognition of prior learning as defined and described in the national policy for the implementation of recognition of prior learning as issued by the South African Qualifications Authority;

 

"SETA"

means a Sector Education and Training Authority established in terms of s. 9 of the Act;

 

"trade test"

means an final integrated summative assessment for an artisan qualification for a listed trade that is conducted at an accredited trade test centre by an assessor registered with NAMB;

 

"verify"

means a process whereby the NAMB will confirm the accreditation status and scope of the trade test centre including the registration status and scope of the assessor and internal moderator of a specific trade test prior to the recommendation of certification