WORKSHOP ON ORGANISING FRAMEWORK FOR OCCUPATIONS (OFO)

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WORKSHOP ON ORGANISING FRAMEWORK FOR OCCUPATIONS
(OFO)
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Workshop objectives

• To understand the OFO as part of the skills
  development system, including the implications
  for WSP and ATR
• To understand the concepts and structure of the
  OFO and how to navigate the OFO
• To see how the OFO links to the new approach to
  occupational learning and
• To consider what needs to be done by companies
  and the MQA to align to the OFO.

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SESSION 2 THE OFO CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND
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Outline

• Locating the OFO
• Where has the OFO come from
• Why the OFO
• What are the applications of the OFO

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SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
Private
DHA DTI DoL
Opportunities
MMS Employers OFO Internal
Quota Other Permits Scarce Skills
WSP ATR
Adjustments
Community
External Supply
SFG EC
Published National Scarce Skills List
Draft National Scarce Skills List
SETA
Informal Sector Research NLP SME
ESSA
SSP
Internal Supply Side Link
WSP ATR
Annual DoL/MQA SLA
MMS Employers Providers
Opportunities
Opportunities
Government DME OFOInternal
Public
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Mining Minerals Sector Career Path Framework
NQF Level
10
Mining Engineers Technologists
2 PROFESSIONALS
395
1515
7
6
Mining Technicians Artisans
60
5
3259
74
0
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5 CLERICAL ADMINI- STRATIVE WORKERS

7 MACHIENERY OPERATORS DRIVERS
3
Drillers, Miners
2
2437
Support Workers
1
8 LABOURERS AND ELEMENTARY WORKERS
354
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SAQA NQF
The Integrated 3 in 1 Solution
N A T I O N A L S K I L L S Cs
N A T I O N A L O C C U P A T I O N A L Qs
Doctoral Degrees
OQF QCTO SETAS DOL
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HE-QF CHEHEQC DOE
Masters Degrees
9
Postgraduate Degrees (Honors) Professional
Qualifications
8
Bachelor Degree Advanced Diploma
7
ESSA
Diplomas Advanced Certificates
6
Advanced National Certificate Vocational
Higher Certificates
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F O U N D A T I O N
National Senior Certificate (Grade 12)
Adult National Senior Certificate
National Certificate Vocational Level 4
4
National Certificate Vocational Level 3
GETFET-QF UMALUSI DOE
3
National Certificate Vocational Level 2
2
General Education Training Certificate (Grade 9)
Adult Basic Certificate of Education
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CHILDREN
ADULTS in SCHOOL
ADULTS at WORKPLACES
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SDB Enables Demand-driven Occupational Learning
System
Economy
Society
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Where has the OFO come from?

• ILOs International Standard Classification of
  Occupations
• SA adopted ISCO/SASCO used by StatsSA for all
  national reporting, Labour force and household
  surveys
• 2000 2005 DoL, SETAs and employers using SASCO
  for
• WSPs and SSPs
• Employment Equity reporting
• By 2003 clear that SASCO
• Does not provide detail SA and SETAs require for
  good skills analysis, development planning and
  labour market interventions
• Major groups and occupation titles no longer
  consistent with labour market
• Only 625 distinct occupations insufficient
  detail

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Where has the OFO come from?

• Need a tool for identifying monitoring scarce
  critical skills
• SASCO used WSP/ATR formats - too high a level of
  generalisation (Managers not specific types of
  managers)
• In 2004 the DoL with the assistance of GTZ
  officially initiated the development of a tool
  for
• using a common language when talking about
  occupations
• collecting and codifying information about
  occupations

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Where has OFO come from ?

• Decided to work with developments in Australia
  and NZ (ANZSCO)
• End product known as OFO (based on ANZSCO)
• From February 2005 started testing OFO
• Refined over 3 consecutive years of SETA data
  collection processes and one cycle of HSRC
  verification process

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Why have an OFO ?

• Meaningful skills development is only possible
  if
• labour market needs are accurately defined
• there is alignment between
• National Growth and Development Strategies and
• Skills Development Strategies required to support
  it
• Principal tool for having a common language for
  collecting and analysing labour market
  information
• Defining needs and aligning strategies requires
  a common language to speak about and define
  occupations
• Occupations can provide a link between SAQA
  learning fields and economic sectors responsible
  for identifying and addressing needs

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What are the applications of OFO ?

• Core tool underpinning Department of Labours
  ESSA System
• Identification of scarce and critical skills-WSP
  SSP
• Linking job-seekers to job opportunities
• Capturing job-seeker information
• Career guidance
• Learnership Registration
• Core tool for all Workplace Skill Plans
• Core part of SETA MIS systems
• Core tool supporting functions of the QCTO
• Occupational Qualifications Framework (OQF)

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Implications Skills Planning

• Framework for WSP-ATR
• Basis for skills audit
• Collecting and evaluating information on scarce
  and critical skills
• Linking industry needs to training interventions
• Clarifies relevant qualifications and experience
  required by an occupation
• Basis for learning pathways
• Using the occupation as staring point would
  eliminate duplication i.t.o qualifications

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In short

• Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO) is a
  skills development planning tool
• OFO is a coded classification system which
  captures all jobs in the form of occupations
• OFO exists but is work in progress