What is QCTO accreditation and Why It Matters
What is QCTO accreditation:
In order to offer nationally recognised certification, every Skills Development Provider must be accredited by the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO). This accreditation confirms that you are a high-quality provider and that your programmes are NQF-aligned, include in-depth assessment and that your learners have every chance at success in their EISA and FISA exams. It will allow you to stay compliant within South Africa’s evolving education framework and furthermore, in today’s competitive training landscape, earning a QCTO accreditation will set you apart as a professional and reputable provider.
Thrive provides expert guidance so that Skills Development Providers gain QCTO accreditation with confidence and clarity.
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How can Thrive support your company to become QCTO accredited?
- We manage and facilitate your company and programme accreditation application, compliance and documentation.
- We co-ordinate and streamline the process so that your application is completed as efficiently and expediently as possible.
- We use proven techniques and templates to improve and formalise quality management in your organisation.
Throughout your QCTO journey, Thrive will:
- Project manage and capacitate you every step of the way so that you can confidently run your SDP business beyond accreditation,
- We ensure a smooth handover and on-going support once you’re accredited.
- We will be with you throughout the process and at the site visit to ensure your comfort and understanding.
“We are so confident that we can help you that our last invoice is only payable once you have your accreditation!”
Kind words from clients who have received successful QCTO accreditation
“We are so happy!!! Tears of joy this morning. We appreciate all the time and support provided by you (long conversations and guidance and connecting with your contacts)”
“I will definitely consider Thrive for future work. Andrea thank you for genuinely keeping to your word. The day we met, I was very nervous as I had met other consultants who could not deliver. You and your team got my accreditation 🙂 To the Thrive team and Izelle…A BIG THANK YOU”
“On behalf of Altitude extend our gratitude to Thrive and especially Alida for the support that was provided in the accreditation of Altitude by the QCTO. The site visit last week went very well and from the initial feedback from the individual who conducted the site visit she had no issues. She was very impressed in how we answered regarding the training material. The professionalism displayed by Alida who not only assisted us throughout the process but also was present for the site visit is greatly appreciated. She was always available to help and I will recommend anyone wanting to be accredited to consider Thrive.”
Why QCTO accreditation Gives You a Competitive Edge
- Affordability: Clients can claim your training in grant applications, lowering their costs.
- BEE Points: Your training helps clients earn Skills Development points on their scorecards.
- Credibility: Accreditation proves your training meets national quality and compliance standards.
Knowledge: Programmes are aligned with the National Qualifications Framework for recognised certification.
Recognition: Supports employee career growth, retention, and transformation goals.
Our accreditation service entails all or some of the following activities:
Quality Management System Development
- Full understanding of current tacit quality management within your organisation.
- Design and compilation of your training quality management system, including all necessary policies and procedures required by the QCTO for accreditation.
QCTO Accreditation Application Support & Project Management
- Quality controlling of company documents/policies and suggesting changes to ensure compliance with QCTO and SAQA criteria.
- Explanation and capacitation throughout.
- Design of templates and evidence not currently in place in the organisation.
- Project planning and progress meetings.
- Co-ordination of communication between the QCTO and the company.
- Completion and submission of the QCTO application and document upload for company and programme accreditation.
Evaluation of Subject Matter Experts
- All facilitators & assessors need to be evaluated against the programmes they’d like to offer.
- Co-ordination and support of contracts, SLAs and documentation required.
QCTO-Aligned Training Materials
- Research and guidance in the selection of suitable qualifications, part qualifications and/or skills programmes in alignment with your ambitions and training programmes.
- Providing high-quality off-the-shelf or developed QCTO-compliant materials based on the QCTO requirements found in the following QCTO documents:
- QCTO Qualification Document,
- QCTO Curriculum Document,
- QCTO Assessment Specifications Document.
- Assistance and support to ensure your compliant materials include:
- Alignment document (Form 4 – Alignment matrix)
- Statement of Results (Formal SOR)
- Record of Assessment Results (for internal use)
- Knowledge Module consisting of:
- Learner Guide,
- Facilitator Guide with Memorandum and additional tools for facilitation & assessment,
- Learner Formative Assessment Workbook.
- Practical Module
- Practical Skills Guide with activities.
- WE Module
- Learner Work Experience Portfolio.
Site Visit Co-ordination and Support
- We will co-ordinate this site visit ensuring seamless evaluation of your application and evidence to the point of site visit scheduling.
- We will prepare you for your site visit by doing a “mock” site visit with you, to ensure your comfort and confidence.
- We will be with you at the site visit to facilitate any questions that may arise – we will be with you every step of the way!
- We will then follow up with the QCTO to the point at which you receive your correct QCTO accreditation report.
Making Business Sense Of Your Accreditation
- How to use your accreditation and all your marketing and company documentation to ensure a quick return on investment.
- How to ensure your frontline and sales staff use the accreditation to maximum benefit for your organisation.
- How to offer assessment services in a sensible and cost-effective way.
- Workshops and mentoring offered to ensure full training provider ownership and maintenance of your accreditation status.
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