Excellence in People - The Institute of People Development

Post Graduate Certificate in OD-ETD Practices 

NQF Level 6 31 July 2008 to 31 July 2009 

The Institute of People Development is proud to present the first post graduate programme 

based on the NQF Level 6 

National Certificate in Occupationally Directed Education, Training and 

Development (OD ETD) Practices 

A year-long continuous professional development programme, customised to meet your needs and schedule, 

with assignments structured to help you in challenges you are facing in your daily work. 

Facilitated by leading practitioners, thinkers and policy makers in the field of OD-ETD in 

South Africa - drawn from major corporations, government departments, parastatals and 

universities. 

All learners on the programme are required to hold at least a primary degree and several 

years of relevant workplace experience; and to meet rigorous entry criteria. This is your 

opportunity to spend a year in dialogue with some of the most talented, senior OD-ETD 

professionals in South Africa. 

South Africa is focused on two key priorities for the early part of the twenty-first century – strengthening its position as a global 

economic player by achieving 6% per annum growth, and halving poverty and unemployment by 2014. Education, training and 

development practices in the country will either support these goals or increasingly be relegated to the sidelines. The nation’s 

accelerated and shared growth initiative (AsgiSA) has identified binding constraints on achieving the above targets. One of the 

key constraints is a lack of skills linked to priority growth areas. In order for Government to successfully spend the over R370 billion 

earmarked for AsgiSA, skills development in South Africa will have to undergo a revolution: 

- FET colleges are to be significantly strengthened 

- Institutes of sectoral and occupational excellence will be developed to support sector economic growth 

- Private providers will face increasing quality demands 

- Enterprise providers will become strategic partners measured against business growth 

All of these initiatives require leadership in education, training and development. Increasingly, Occupationally-directed ETD 

Practitioners will need world-class skills in the following fields: 

- Analysing organizational and learner needs and planning learning 

- Facilitating skills development and learning frameworks in organisations in support of business strategies 

- Managing ETD in organisations as an integrated part of human resource strategies 

- Designing and developing learning programmes and processes that make a difference 

- Facilitating and conducting efficient and effective learning and assessment 

- Understanding and working with unit standards, qualifications, learnerships and the NQF 

- Evaluating human resource development interventions 

The human resources in organisations will be key in facing up to these challenges 

and the competition for skilled leadership from ETD Practitioners will determine 

those that lead the market, those that follow, and those that fold. 

Excellence in People

Excellence in People 

Post Graduate Certificate in OD-ETD Practices (NQF 6) 

Analysing needs and planning learning 

Mark Orpen: (Lecturer) 

· Currently: CEO of The Institute of People Development 

· Qualifications in HR Management, Marketing & Sales Management and OD-ETD Practices 

· Sales, marketing, HR, company turn-around strategies, top management experience in a variety of companies 

and initiatives, including Barloworld 

· Consulting experience to more than 300 private and public sector organisations, parastatals, SMMEs, SETAs 

and ETQAs 

Ramabele Emily Magoma-Nthite: (Industry perspective) 

· Currently: Chief Executive of Shared Services for State Information Technology Agency (SITA) 

· Previously: GM for Talent Management and General Manager: Education, Training and Development. 

· Formerly manager for skills planning for the South African Reserve Bank 

· Masters Degree in Education Technology; various management and education qualifications 

· Extensive experience in developing strategies and systems for identifying and developing talent and skills 

linked to business value chains 

Designing and Developing Learning Programme and Materials 

John Tyers: (Lecturer) 

· Currently: Chief Executive of Learning Performance Link cc 

· Previously: Managing Director of Assessment Institute 

· B Ed and Hon Degree (CUM LAUDE) in Training Management 

· Field expertise include Qualifications & standards generation; capacity building and evaluation; training materials 

development; managing ETD and organisational leadership 

· Member of various Professional Bodies and has served on various Task Teams and National Training Board 

Committees 

Cecile Dick: (Industry perspective) 

· Currently: CEO Ikamva Business Solutions Institute (Pty) Ltd 

· Specialising in curriculum and skills programme design, design and development of outcomes based learning 

interventions both for distance education (e-learning) and classroom training; focuses on integrated assessment 

design 

· BA Degree majoring in Psychology and Communication; presented Business Management Simulations for 

MBA and other post-graduate students both in South Africa, the UK, Europe and China 

· Designed learning materials for a project sponsored by USAID in Zimbabwe 

Facilitating learning in complex and routine situations 

Professor Wally Morrow: (Lecturer) 

· Former Professor of Education at UWC; Dean of Education at UWC and UPE 

· Former Chair of the Ministerial Committee on Teacher Education 

· Has published widely, including two books of essays: Chains of Thought, and Learning to Teach in South 

Africa 

· Has taught on a wide variety of education and training topics 

· Member of the Council of HSRC 

Karen Hobbs: (Industry perspective) 

· Currently: Portfolio Specialist Skills Development for Standard Bank 

· Qualifications in training and development 

· Extensive experience in SA and UK in identifying training needs; establishing and managing learning programme 

and learning centers 

Engaging in and promoting assessment practices 

Dirk Lotriet: (Lecturer) 

· Previously: Lectured and currently an assessor in Training and Development at Unisa; 

· Masters in Human Resource Development; holds various education and HRD qualifications 

· Extensive work experience across various ETD contexts in South Africa 

Melanie Bushney: (Strategic views) 

· Currently: Contract Lecturer in Training and Development Strategies at Unisa 

· B A (Hon) in Human Resource Management, 

M A in African Languages; D Phil (Ed) in An Assessment Framework in Human Resource 

Management for specific higher education institutions 

· Extensive lecturing, research and assessment experience in wide variety of ETD contexts 

· Has published extensively in the field of HRD and ETD and registered with SABPP

Post Graduate Certificate in OD-ETD Practices (NQF 6) 

Facilitating skills development within organisations 

Linda Cooper: (Lecturer) 

· Currently: Senior Lecturer, Higher and Adult Education Studies Development Unit, Centre for Higher Education 

Development, UCT 

· Various publications in peer reviewed journals and contributed to chapters in books 

· Member of various national and International committees since 1992 

Gill Conellan: (Strategic views) 

· Currently: CEO of Eclipse Consulting 

· Extensive experience in the services sector – head of Labour Recruitment Quality Assurance in Services SETA 

· Direct work experience in establishing and running learnerships 

· Founder and Chairperson of the Association of Skills Development Facilitators of South Africa 

Managing ETD within an organisation 

Eugene Lebele: (Lecturer) 

· Currently: Senior Manager Learning and Development at Telkom SA 

· B Soc Sci (Hon); post-graduate qualifications in marketing; Senior Management Development Programme and 

Global Executive Development Programme at Gordon Institute of Business; currently completing Masters in 

Knowledge & Information Management at Stellenbosch 

· Extensive experience in establishing and running workplace learning centers; internships, learnerships and skills 

programme; talent development programme and workplace HR assessments 

Len Turner: (Industry perspective) 

· Currently: Head of Talent and Skills Management at Transmission Eskom; former head of HRD Eskom Transmission 

· Currently completing PhD on “Aging Workforce - Knowledge and Wisdom Continuity Across Generations” 

· M Com in Strategic Project Leadership and Business Management; Hon in Human Resource Management 

· Has published extensively in the field of HRD and management, as well as extensive work experience in managing 

learning and workplace transformation 

Defining and Evaluating Standards and Qualifications 

Daryl McLean: (Lecturer) 

· Currently: Director of eQuality Solutions 

· Has taught at Rhodes University, UCT, Wits, Fort Hare, UWC and Peninsula Technikon in linguistics; education; 

adult education; sociology 

· Formerly Conceptual Coordinator of the ETD Practices Project (lead pilot project for the NQF); coordinated 

various inter-SETA and inter-ETQA task teams 

· Has worked with all 22 SETAs; more than 1000 public, private and development sector organisations; more than 

600 education and training providers in systems, tools and skills development 

Samuel Isaacs: (Strategic views) 

· Currently: CEO of South African Qualifications Authority 

· B Sc; Dip for Educators of Adults 

· Currently completing PhD in Education Policy 

· Member of a number of Boards, inter alia, Vice-Chairperson of the National Access Consortium Western Cape 

Trust 

Evaluating HRD Interventions 

Dr Marius Meyer: (Lecturer) 

· Currently: HRD Section Head and Senior Lecturer in HRD at Unisa and guest lecturer at Univ. of Twente and 

Monash University 

· M HRM currently completing PhD 

· Author of many books and articles on HRD, incl Measuring Return on Investment in Training 

· Clients include major corporations; public and development sector organisations as well as SETAs 

· Recipient of several local & international HR awards, a regular conference speaker at local & international events 

· Board member of ASTD Global Network South Africa; Advisory board member of several companies 

· Master HR practitioner and mentor with SABPP 

Sebolelo Mokhobo-Nomvete: (Strategic perspective) 

· Previously: CEO of MAPPSETA; 

· Director for Quality Assurance and Development at SAQA 

· PGCE, M Ed (Curriculum Research and Development) from the Univ. of Leeds (UK) 

· 15 years experience in Public Policy Research and Development in education training and skills development 

· Developed policies, systems and structures for various government departments; incl. various SETAs relating 

to skills development; SAQA and recently the Quality Council for Trades & Occupations (QCTO) 

· Offered specialist ETD services in Zambia, Lesotho and Copenhagen 


Post Graduate Certificate 

in OD-ETD Practices (NQF 6) 31 July 2008 to 31 July 2009 

Purpose: 

To equip ETD practitioners who operate in FET colleges, private providers, institutes of sectoral and occupational excellence or 

enterprise training departments with the latest developments in policy, theory and practice, in South Africa and abroad. This 

programme aims to enable them to implement best practice in each process in a skills development environment. It will also 

help them to develop their OD-ETD practice as a strategic partner to business development; and to integrate ETD practice as 

a key component of Government’s accelerated and shared growth initiative by building on the experience of the professional 

ETD practitioner toward raising a new generation of ETD leadership in South Africa. 

Course content: 

· Analysing needs and planning learning 

· Designing and developing learning programme and materials 

· Facilitating learning in routine and complex situations 

· Engaging in and promoting assessment practices 

· Facilitating skills development within the organisation 

· Managing ETD in an organisation 

· Defining and evaluating standards and qualifications 

· Evaluating HRD interventions 

Course admission requirements: 

· A tertiary qualification in any discipline with any reputable university, university of technology 

(including all previous technikons) or 

· A National Diploma in OD-ETD Practices through a university, university of technology or the 

Institute of People Development (IPD) and 

· More than 2 years of experience in a HRD, HRM or ETD role in a 

skills development environment. 

Course fee includes: 

· Tuition, guidance & support fees 

· Lecture materials and electronic library materials access 

· 1 x OD-ETDP textbook 

· 1 x portfolio of evidence and assessment guide 

· Training venue, including standard equipment 

· Sandwich platter lunch, fruit juices, teas and coffees on scheduled training days 

· Assessment of competence 

· Certification and graduation 

Course module composition: 

1 module · Identifying individual needs and planning your learning programme (2-days) 

8 modules · Attend two full days of lectures by subject matter experts each month (18-days) 

· Attend one Saturday working group session each month (8-days) 

· Attend 1-hr support session with an assessor each month (1-day) 

· Attend one Saturday review / formative assessment session each month (8-days) 

· Self-study of articles and books (5 hours weekly) 

· On-the-job application of skills learned (2 days weekly) 

· Submit learning journal and research papers and undergo summative assessment (1-day) 

· Contact Days: 40 · Qualification: 50331 - NQF Level 6 (120 Credits) 

· Hours per Day: 8 · Facilitation Medium: English 

· Days per Month: 4 · Course Fee: R 29,900.00 + VAT 

Enquiries & registrations: 

Programme Leader: Mark Orpen 

Coordinator : Izelle Bester 

E-mail: 

izelle@peopledev.co.za 

Telephone: (011) 315-2913

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