QCTO Accredited Occupational Qualification:
Training and Development Practitioner
Full Qualification | NQF Level 5 | SAQA ID – 101321
Full Qualification | NQF Level 5 | SAQA ID – 101321
Equip your staff to plan, facilitate, assess and evaluate workplace learning with the Training and Development Practitioner Occupational Qualification.
Equip your staff to plan, facilitate, assess and evaluate workplace learning with the
Training and Development Practitioner Occupational Qualification.
- Credits: 190
- Duration: 18 months
- Internationally Recognised QCTO Certificate
Understanding the Training and Development Practitioner Qualification
Training & Development Practitioner Overview
The Training and Development Practitioner qualification develops the people who drive learning inside your organisation. Learners gain the full practitioner skill set — analysing skills needs, planning and coordinating learning, facilitating training, assessing competence and evaluating impact — so they can run occupationally directed education and training from end to end. It is the complete pathway for building professional training and development capability in the workplace.
What individuals will learn
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Navigate the statutory learning and development environment
(SAQA, QCTO, SETAs and skills funding) - Manage learning and development functions, budgets and resources
- Conduct organisational learning and development needs analyses
- Facilitate learning in occupational contexts using adult learning principles
- Apply assessment principles and practices
- Plan, evaluate and report on workplace learning and development (WSP and ATR)
- Design and support work based learning interventions
- Plan and deliver occupational learning interventions
- Coordinate logistics, facilities and financial resources for training
- Evaluate the impact of learning within an occupational context
Details to know
Our occupational qualifications are conducted with maximum use of practical application of the skills acquired. After facilitator led training has taken place via the course material, group work and scenario driven exchanges, learners will have the opportunity to relate the information back to their workplace. We offer a fun and relaxed learning environment, where participants will learn from each other, gain knowledge and acquire skills that will result in improved work performance.
This qualification is designed for any individual who is, or wishes to be, part of the education, training and development sector. It will give students the skills they need to excel in this area of your organisation.
Learners will need competency in the following areas:
- NQF Level 4 with Communication
After completing a Training and Development Practitioner Occupational Qualification an individual can work in the following roles:
- Training and Development Practitioner
- Learning and Development Practitioner
- Learning and Development Facilitator
- Skills Development Facilitator
- Training Officer
- Training Coordinator
- Assessment Practitioner
This Occupational Qualification is fully accredited with QCTO. By choosing an Occupational Qualification that is accredited with QCTO, you can ensure you obtain BEE points for your Skills Development efforts and your students receive an education that is of high quality.
Businesses that we have done staff training for:
How to make the most of a Training and Development Practitioner QCTO Qualification
Why choose this Skills Programme?
Full-spectrum practitioner capability. The qualification covers the entire learning and development cycle, from statutory frameworks and needs analysis through facilitation, assessment and impact evaluation, so your staff can run training end to end rather than in fragments.
Heavily weighted towards practice. With 76 of the 190 credits in practical modules — including 16-credit modules for planning interventions and conducting needs analyses — learners spend most of the programme applying skills, not just studying theory.
Built-in workplace experience and SDF competence. 64 credits of structured work experience, including conducting the skills development facilitation (SDF) processes required for mandatory grant payments, means your practitioner can directly support your WSP, ATR and grant recovery.
Training and Development Practitioner NQF Level 5 Module Breakdown
Training and Development Practitioner Qualification Breakdown
KM-01 The statutory learning and development environment (Credits 8)
KM-02 Learning and development management functions (Credits 8)
KM-03 Organisational learning and development needs analysis (Credits 8)
KM-04 Facilitation of learning in an occupational context (Credits 8)
KM-05 Assessment principles and practices (Credits 4)
KM-06 Workplace learning and development planning, evaluation and reporting (Credits 8)
KM-07 Work based learning (Credits 6)
PM-01 Manage and coordinate logistics, facilities and financial resources (Credits 8)
PM-02 Plan, conduct and report on a learning and development needs analysis (Credits 16)
PM-03 Plan the delivery of an occupational learning intervention (Credits 16)
PM-04 Facilitate different methodologies, training styles and techniques within an occupational learning context (Credits 12)
PM-05 Facilitate experiential work based learning (Credits 8)
PM-06 Plan and conduct the assessment of learner competencies (Credits 8)
PM-07 Evaluate the impact of learning within an occupational context (Credits 8)
WE-01 Conduct learning and development management practices (Credits 12)
WE-02 Conduct skills development facilitation (SDF) processes as required for mandatory grant payments (Credits 8)
WE-03 Conduct learning and development planning and implementation processes (Credits 12)
WE-04 Facilitate an occupational learning session (Credits 8)
WE-05 Facilitate a work based learning and development process (Credits 8)
WE-06 Conduct assessments of learner competence (Credits 8)
WE-07 Conduct an evaluation of the impact of learning within an occupational context (Credits 8)
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