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Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)

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Directions for reopening of institutions offering qualifications registered on the Occupational Qualifications Sub-Framework (OQSF) as part of a risk-adjusted strategy for a phased-in return of skills development activities

4. Key factors to consider

 

4.1 The return of staff and learners to institutions, their sites of learning, contact tuition, and to workplace-based training sites will be phased in as provided for, in terms of the Alert Levels. Institutions must consider, amongst others, the following key factors when developing their plans for the return to their institutions; sites of learning and/or workplace based training sites:
4.1.1 To ensure that learners and staff who are able to work remotely should be encouraged to do so. Learners and staff should only come to sites of learning as prescribed in the Risk Adjusted Strategy Alert Level Regulations.
4.1.2 The social impact of the lockdown requires consideration for learners whose living conditions at home are such that they are not in a position to participate meaningfully in remote teaching and learning.
4.1.3 The institution, site of learning, including the numbers of learners requiring practical training, workplace based learning, and access to workshops and equipment.
4.1.4 The design of learning spaces at the institution, site of learning and workspaces and their conduciveness for physical distancing and social solidarity.
4.1.5 The readiness of institutions, SDPs, sites of learning and workplaces to practice non-pharmaceutical interventions (such as the wearing of cloth masks, physical distancing, hand hygiene, etc.) to prevent the spread or outbreaks of COVID-19.
4.1.6 Ensure that physical distancing in public areas are maintained.
4.1.7 An assessment of the physical infrastructure of each institution's site of learning and workplaces to ensure that reintegration is managed within the necessary protocols.

 

4.2 The criteria in these Directions are:
4.2.1 For institutions, SDPs, sites of learning and workplaces for training, to develop specific phased-in plans for the return of learners and staff to institutions, after a risk assessment has been conducted.
4.2.2 Phase-in plans must be readily available for verification or inspection; and
4.2.3 Phase-in plans must be communicated to staff and learners and implemented at the institutions, sites of learning or workplace based training site.