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4.6 Staff profi les. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314.7 Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324.8 Ratings <strong>and</strong> compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 THEMES AND TRENDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345.1 Regulatory confusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345.2 The multi-purpose character of <strong>private</strong> FET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345.3 Relationships with industry/ workplaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345.4 Progression to higher education <strong>and</strong> the public sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355.5 Communities of practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355.6 Assessment issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365.7 Practices, challenges, improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366 CONCLUDING COMMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386.1 First steps: Mapping qualifi cations <strong>and</strong> programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386.1.1 The DoE qualifi cations (NATED, NCVs, GETC Adult <strong>and</strong> National Senior Certifi cate), orpart qualifi cations, registered on the NQF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396.1.2 Provider-based qualifi cations or legacy qualifi cations, or part qualifi cations, some ofwhich are registered on the NQF while some are not . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396.1.3 Occupational qualifi cations, or part qualifi cations (skills programmes),registered on the NQF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396.1.4 Short courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396.2 Underst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>and</strong> developing partnerships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396.3 Identifying minimum institutional criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.4 Identifying focus areas for scrutiny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.5 Consolidating <strong>report</strong>ing systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406.6 Identifying red fl ags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416.7 In conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42FIGURE 1: Background information on the provisional accreditation process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16FIGURE 2: Categories of qualifi cations <strong>and</strong> programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22FIGURE 3: Number of <strong>site</strong>s offering NQF qualifi cations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23FIGURE 4: Number of <strong>site</strong>s offering non-NQF qualifi cations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24FIGURE 5: Number of <strong>site</strong>s <strong>and</strong> quality assurance bodies for NQF qualifi cations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24FIGURE 6: Number of <strong>site</strong>s <strong>and</strong> agencies for non-NQF awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25FIGURE 7: Number of <strong>site</strong>s <strong>and</strong> agencies for external assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28FIGURE 8: Learner fi gures: enrolments <strong>and</strong> awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29FIGURE 9: Number of <strong>site</strong>s <strong>and</strong> forms of learner support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30FIGURE 10: Staff qualifi cations . . 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