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This page proves links to MERSETA-related projects. Current information relates to:

  1. Motor Chamber: BLack Economic Empowerment Project - Managing a Motor Retail Business (Motor Dealer Principal Qualification Series)
  2. SGB- Plastics Manufacturing
  3. Generic NQF Level 1 Qualification
  4. Previous work
 

Motor Chamber

 

Change in name

BEE Project – The Dealer Principal qualification is now known as Managing a Motor Retail Business.

 

2007-07-09

We have had the following feedback from the Generic Managment SGB.

The Motor Retail Level 5 and 6 qualifications were not registered but that the unit standards were. SAQA is trying to cut down on the proliferation of qualifications

The Generic Management qualifications Level 5 and 6 are being finalised in the coming 30 days or so and they hope to publish them for public comment in mid-September.

The Motor Retail option will be registered as *learning programme*. This means that your trainees will get access to a qualification as if we had written it. There will be a basic set of core unit standards and the motor retail unit standards will be the 'elective' but compulsory component for the motor retail learning programme.

This learning programme concept is a new one at SAQA. One qualification, the FETC Generic management, has already been registered in this fashion, follow this liink http://regqs.saqa.org.za/viewQualification.php?id= 59201

In addition the generic management SGB is going to use two of our standards as the basis for generic core unit standards. Both are at level 6

243351 - Enhance relationships with strategic partners of a motor retail business Level 6
243472 - Lead and develop human resources to meet the critical skills shortages and diverse needs of the motor retail business Level 6

The latter one will be retitled to include "talent management".

The Generic Management SGB was very impressed by the "excellent" quality of the unit standards we produced. They were "extremely well written".

There is now also an option to attach the L8 qualification to a generic MBA as a learning programme. The Motor Retail Chamber must make that call.

 

2007-05-16

Normally we would at this stage be thanking people for their contribution to a successful conclusion to the project - unfortunately the project was not successful. The Motor Retail, Level 8 was submitted to the Consultative Panel and rejected by the members of the panel. see below for details

As can been seen from the comments below this qualification was served at a time when SAQA is engaged in reducing the thousands of 'provider' qualifications currently registered on the NQF - their approach being to have one generic BA, one generic MBA etc.

The fact that no-one from the motor retail business was invited to attend (as far as I know) makes the comments on 'relevance' an opinion of no great weight.

The comment on the Assessment Criteria is even more bizarre - they were modelled on ACs in a newly registered qualification at the time (September 2005) recommended by a SAQA official as being 'best practice'.

I am deeply troubled by the process qualitatively and quantitatively; it has taken since Februay 2006 to get this far.

Ultimately this has been a systems failure - for a project launched in 2003 to wait until 2007 to get this far - it beggars the mind.

I can no longer afford to engage with this project for economic reasons. The extensive period of time required since the completion of the documents in 2005 to see the qualification to this point was not foreseen in my original proposal, nor allowed for in my contract.


If you want to pursue the issue please contact:

Motor Chamber Chairperson or the Motor Chamber Co-ordinator at 011 484 9310.

Feedback from the Consultative Panel at SAQA

Masters Degree: Business Management (Motor Retail), NQF Level 8

The Masters Degree: Business Management (Motor Retail) was generated under the auspices of the MERSETA, in response to a need for qualifications that would facilitate black economic empowerment in the sector. The qualification was conceptualised as an occupationally directed qualification. The consultative process followed focused mostly on the motor industry, and the need to extend the process to include comments from higher education was highlighted. It was noted that the qualification is not unit standard based.

Members of the panel had the following comments:
· A specific Masters degree for the Motor Retail industry is not required, and goes against the principle of consolidating qualifications registered on the NQF. The motor retail specialisation that this qualification aims to cater for could be included in a registered generic management qualification, and in any programme being offered by any of the HEIs in South Africa.
· The assessment criteria contained in the qualification were poorly constructed.
· The fact that no higher education institutions were consulted on the qualification was also of concern – if the consultation process had been more inclusive, the content of the qualification would have been more relevant.

The Consultative Panel agreed to inform the originators of the Masters Degree: Business Management (Motor Retail), NQF Level 8 that the specialisation on Motor Retail should be incorporated in the generic management qualification already registered on the NQF, and as such could be offered as a specialisation programme by a range of HEIs.

 

2007-03-23

Slipping on the NQF with little fanfare were the unit standards were for the unit standards for Motor Retail. I discovered this while I was chasing up (once again) the whole submission.

The Level 7 (now level 8) qualification is apparently moving again.

Attached is a list for the unit standards with the ID numbers. I have added hyperlinks to each unit standard so you should be able to open them directly from the SAQA web site

If you have been using the ones we developed (and posted on my web site) - please stop using these. There are some minor differences.

 

REGISTRATION START DATE: 2007-02-22

END DATE

2010-02-21

The registration ID, Col A is a hyperlink to standard on the SAQA website.

 

ID

Unit Standard Title

NQF Level

Credits

243265

Manage assets of a business unit

Level 5

12

243266

Align activities of own business unit with others in the retail business

Level 5

12

243267

Apply and continuously improve company policies and procedures

Level 5

10

243268

Manage the capture, storage and retrieval of business unit information

Level 5

12

243269

Measure customer satisfaction within a business unit and recommend corrective action

Level 5

14

243270

Analyse market needs and trends and source and price pre-owned vehicles

Level 5

14

243351

Enhance relationships with strategic partners of a motor retail business

Level 6

14

243352

Develop a motor retail business brand

Level 6

14

243353

Develop the motor retail business to deliver brand promise

Level 6

16

243354

Provide, use and manage information and information systems for a motor retail business

Level 6

10

243355

Manage and improve motor retail business operations to optimise profit performance

Level 6

12

243471

Manage and improve communication processes for a motor retail business

Level 6

10

243472

Lead and develop human resources to meet the critical skills shortages and diverse needs of the motor retail business

Level 6

12

243473

Integrate, co-ordinate and optimise all the business units within a retail motor business

Level 6

10

243474

Contribute to and implement a marketing strategy for the motor retail business

Level 6

16

243475

Review and revise a performance management system for the motor retail business

Level 6

10
 

2007-01-18

The level 5 and 6 qualifications and unit standards were tabled at a meeting of the of the consultative panel today.

 

The unit standards have been approved for tabling at the meeting of the Qualifications & Standards Sub-Committee on 2007-01-23.

 

The qualifications have, however been withdrawn. The Generic Management SGB requested that they form a specialisation of the Generic Management Qualifications to be finalised later this year.

 

The Generic Management SGB is responding to the SAQA request to reduce the proliferation of qualifications. IF these motor retail qualifications were registered this would set a precedent that would result in a flood of other similar qualifications.

 

Providers

What this means for providers is that you can start training or assess learners against the unit standards.

 

2006-12-18

We had a meeting with SAQA on Friday 15th to discuss the issues related to registration of the above qualifications.

The outcome of the meeting is that all three qualifications will be prepared for tabling at the Qualifications and Standards Committee meeting on 23 January 2007. If all goes well they will then be submitted for registration to the Authority on 17 February 2007.

Additional details:

SAQA staff apologised for the delay in processing the qualifications and thanked stakeholders for their patience. A range or events conspired to knock these qualifications off the list to be processed earlier in the year. We agreed to the following changes in the interest of speeding up the registration process.

Level 5 and 6 - these are being submitted with the words "motor retail" removed from all the unit standards. SAQA staff indicated that: 
  • There is a policy of reducing the no. of qualifications on the NQF. Where qualifications are 'generic' ie where similar skills and knowledge are required in a variety of contexts they are 'generifying' either submissions or already registered qualifications.  
  • There are no generic level 5 and level 6 management qualification so they are recommending the qualifications for Motor Retail as is, but that these qualifications be used as a basis for generic management qualifications by the appropriate SGB 
  • The quality of the unit standards and the qualification were such that they could serve as the basis of generic unit standards and qualifications "as is". 
Masters qualification: These are no longer registered at level 7 they now become level 8.   
  • The quality of the qualification is sufficient for registration at level 8
  • This leaves a gap in the progression from 6 to 8.
  • It also creates an ETQA problem . There is now way in which a Masters qualification will be allowed where the Higher Education Qualification Committee is not the ETQA for the qualifications (or that any provider not accredited with the HEQC will be able to offer the qualification - this means public or private universities.

After discussion with the Motor Chamber and the SGB Co-ordinators at MERSETA I have requested SAQA to process the masters qualification based on the following:

  1. Change the level 7 to level 8

  2. Indicate that access will be via a generic management, marketing, business administration or other appropriate degree/B Tech at level 7

  3. Indicate that the likely ETQA would be CHE based on an MOU with the MERSETA for the workplace component

  4. Submit it together with the Level 5 & 6 to the Q&S Committee on 23 January, 2007

  5. Indicate that the SGB VM (Via MERSETA) would be happy to consider changing or allow the qualification to used as the basis for a more generic one at a future date - ie take out the motor retail specific mentions. If the stakeholders wish to develop a level 7 qualification for motor retail, that can be done at a future date without compromising or delaying the registration of these qualifications. 

The motor chamber co-ordinator will take up communication with interested companies and individuals next year to validate these changes.

 

2006-12-05

We received the following comments from SAQA.

*    Some comments ( 1.1, 1.2) indicate that the qualifications have been misunderstood

*    The generic vs context-specific will be the major challenge

*    Comment 1.5 is find difficult to understand and confuses issues of sector vs knowledge field

 

There are major conceptual  problems with the qualifications in question:

 

1.1.         The qualifications cover two fields:  Manufacturing and Management. This dual position leads to discussions and considerations about the final make up of the learning in the qualification


1.2.         Furthermore there is a issue about the subfield of the qualifications. Although the titles contain the word "management" in actual fact they do  relate to marketing and sales.
1.3.        We are not convinced that the competencies required from a Manager of a retail motor business  are specific in a way that  leads to a separate qualification.What should the balance be between generic management competencies and motor-retail knowledge and skills? Are the motor retail competencies in fact at levels 6 and 7?
1.4.        The Level 7 qualification  is  most questionable.  Wouldn't an MBA be more suitable?   Are there separate qualifications all level 7 for each type of business activity e.g. supermarket management, retail motor sales, insurance sales, restaurant management, funeral home management, fast food chain management?  At that level aren't we dealing with such issues as business sustainability, marketing, costing, resource acquisition and retention, financing, etc.  This is surely what a level 7 qualification in management involves with very little product knowledge.  This would be generic learning.  


1.5          If these are management qualifications they will probably fall into the domain of the services SETA rather than MERSETA.  

 

Conclusions:

The level 5 and 6 qualifications will be finalised and queries regarding content discussed with the SGB

We would request motivation for the level 7 qualification being a specific motor management qualification and not a generic management qualification.

 

Change in name

BEE Project – The Dealer Principal qualification is now known as Managing a Motor Retail Business.

The latest reports and qualifications frameworks, click on those with icons and save the file to your hard drive.

 

2006-01-21

The VM SGB has approved the submission and it is now being prepared for submission to SAQA

 

2006-01-10

We submitted the Motor Retail qualifications pack to the Vehicle Maintenance SGB during October 2005. They were reviewed at the SGB meeting during October.

From the comments made by the SGB it was clear that the L5 Qualification was not tabled. We therefore re-submitted the L5 qualification for the SGB to review. This happened in the last week of November. From the comments, received just before Christmas, it now appears that the L6 qualification was not tabled either. We shall re-submit this to the VM SGB for the end-January.

We can address the concern for lack of electives by selecting some of the unit standards which were rejected by the working group related to marketing, sales, logistics and retail management.

The following comment was made:
A key suggestion was made that the motor industry main agreement should be covered as a separate unit standards as this is a serious weak area with departmental managers. (the SGB did note the unit standard covering legislation but its range did not include the main agreement)

It's not clear how one turns the main agreement into a unit standard. Compliance to a range of criteria including regulations, legislation, industry agreements (which is where we envisaged the MG), manufacturers/ franchisors /importers/ and other principals is built into the qualification at all levels. The Main Agreement would just constitute one of the areas of knowledge. It would be far easier to include this specifically in a outcome/range statement/ assessment criteria. I haven't had the opportunity to do a scan to see this would best fit in but it would not be hard to find places since the working group actually emphasised the same point as the SGB is making. If it is really a key issue then we can even include it the exit level outcomes and associated assessment criteria.
The key requirement for managers would be to have:

  • a knowledge of the main agreement provisions
  • and the ability to apply it within their operations.

This skill is the same as for any other regulatory or legislative requirements or for implementing industry agreements or manufacturer/importer standards. It's an extension of what manager have to be able to do, nothing new. I shall represent this position to the SGB Chair when we meet. I had hoped to get this qualification in by the end of November 2005 but we will just have to be patient. The next steps, once the VM SGB has approved:

 

  • Submission to SAQA
  • Technical approval by SAQA staff
  • Publication in the Government Gazette for public comment
  • Review by a consultative panel
  • Approval by the SAQA Sub-committee
  • Approval by the SAQA Executive Committee
  • Approval by the SAQA Board

We will keep you updated on progress. Judging from submissions during 2005 this can be a slow, tedious process. I have, however had discussions with the Acting CEO (the CEO is on sabbatical) and he is looking at ways of expediting processes. So our timing could be right.

 

19 October 2005

The working documents have now been converted in the formal submission for the Vehicle Maintenance SGB and SAQA. They have been compressed into Zip archives to speed up downloads. Click on the item to download:

  1. Level 5 qualification and unit standards
  2. Level 6 qualification and unit standards
  3. Level 7 qualification
  4. SGB process report

Please note all working documents and meeting reports have now been removed from the server. If you need these please email us

 

Generic NQF 1

 

The Generic NQF 1 for Manufacturing, Engineering and Assembly

Qual ID Qualification Title NQF Level
23253 National Certificate (GETC): Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Activities Level 1

Click on the ID to access the qualification directly from the SAQA web site.

 

Previous work

 
2005-01-01

Other work which was previously posted here has now been removed.

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