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National Qualifications Framework Act, 2008 (Act No. 67 of 2008)

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Occupational Qualifications Sub-Framework Policy

10. Qualification Descriptors

 

10.1 The QCTO occupational qualifications as per Ministerial Determination in Government Notice 1391 published in Gazette No. 44031 of 24 December 2020 will be registered from Levels 1 to 8 of South Africa’s 10-level NQF.

 

10.2 Part Qualifications will be registered at any level of the NQF.

 

10.3 The South African NQF Level Descriptors provide coherence for applied competences and learning outcomes in qualifications and part-qualifications, at particular levels of complexity; they provide guidelines for differentiating the increasing levels of complexity, for qualification development and delivery, for assessment, and for international comparability.

 

10.4 Ten categories are used in the NQF Level Descriptors, to describe the applied competences at the 10 NQF levels. The 10 categories of competence at each level are:
(a) scope of knowledge,
(b) knowledge literacy;
(c) method and procedure;
(d) problem-solving;
(e) ethics and professional practice;
(f) accessing, processing and managing information;
(g) producing and communicating information;
(h) understanding systems and context;
(i) managing learning; and
(j) accountability.