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Amabele e-RPL Project
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The Amabele e-RPL project was managed and delivered by
Deloitte Consulting: Skills Development Solutions on behalf
of the Grain Silo Industry (Pty) Ltd and co-funded by
February 2014
Presented by: Johannie Bayman
of the Grain Silo Industry (Pty) Ltd and co-funded by
AgriSETA and the grain silo industry employers

Rationale for a Grain Silo Industry RPL Programme
The Industry The Challenges The Need The solution
Associate body with 17
member organisation
Resource constraints:
• Limited accredited
providers
• registered
Certification of grain handling
personnel
Recognition of Prior Learning
Programme including:
• Reward to all participants
irrespective of race age
Occupation aligned
certification of grain
silo employees
registered
assessors/moderators
restricted mainly to large
employers
• Funding
irrespective of race, age,
gender or literacy levels
• Industry consultation and
technical expertise
• Quality assurance by
AgriSETA and SAQA
Compliance to regulatory
environment
Limited time available per
person away from the job
front
Establishment of an industry
competency framework and
workplace skills standard
User friendly and cost effective
solution
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Business environment
Large geographical area
Seasonal and Regional
Demands
Collection of evidence Capacity building of industry
resources
Replication across all employers
sites and regions
Demands
Employees skills levels
equivalent to NQF Level 1‐3
Grain handling personnel
consists of illiterate‐; semi‐
literate; and literate
Transformation and
succession planning
Cognisance of business
environment i.e. limited
personnel at grain silos and
literate; and literate
employees operating at skills
levels equivalent to NQF L1‐
3 respectively
personnel at grain silos and
seasonal‐ & geographic
workplace specific skills demands
Quality assured and Limited funding Co funding Funding proposal to AgriSETA and
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Quality assured and
AgriSETA accredited training
material available to all
stakeholders
Limited funding Co ‐ funding Funding proposal to AgriSETA and
sliding scale funding model for
industry

The Amabele e-RPL Programme Framework
Main Stakeholders
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Our e-RPL Structured Quality
Criteria
and
Beneficiaries
Our
Approach
e RPL
Planning
Structured
Delivery
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Assurance
RPL to certify
employed grain
handling
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SAQA,,
AgriSETA,
Industry Body
and member
Pre Assessment
& Gap Analysis
incl. industry
competency
Geographic
areas,
candidate
numbers,
Structured
preparation
programme for
RPL facilitators
Workplace and
CBA evidence
collection and
POE
employees
Occupationally
and member
Employers
Employed
competency
standard
Industry
resources ,
awareness
Strategic
partnerships
RPL facilitators
and candidate
e RPL
POE
Evidence
p y
directed RPL
programme
accommodating
all challenges
Employed
grain silo
workers
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consultation
and subject
matter
expertise
partnerships,
industry
capacity
building,
system etc.
e‐RPL
programme and
evidence
collection
assessment and
moderation for
presentation to
SETA
Industry, SAQA,
AgriSETA
approved
The agriculture
sector
Design and
Development
of e‐RPL and
Logistical
planning and
industry
Quality
Assurance
SETA & NLRD
upload
Certification &
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programme
design and QA
sector of e RPL and
POE
awareness
programme
Assurance Certification &
award

Characteristics:
Approach & Methodology: DELOITTE e-RPL Model
Characteristics:
• Systematic approach ‐ Quality Management System (QMS)
• Collaboration with Industry and QA bodies
• Capacity building & awareness programme
Deloitte e‐RPL Model
Computer Based Assessment Instrument
(CBA), Workplace component programme
design and development
Capacity building & awareness programme
• Data collection and industry subject matter expertise – audio and visual
material from industry working environment
• Portability: simultaneous delivery at multiple sites across a wide
geographical area
• Cost and time savings: limited assessment time, resources and costs
• Literacy levels: accommodates literate‐, semi‐literate and literate
did t
Mapped against:
• Unit standard/qualification outcomes
d l i i l candidates
• Language – can accommodate 11 official SA languages, business
language and terminology,
• 80% (CBA) computer based assessment and 20% workplace evidence
• Industry learning material
• Occupation competency requirements
• Workplace processes and procedures
• Legislative & regulatory compliance 80% (CBA) computer based assessment and 20% workplace evidence
collection (% may vary based on industry requirements)
• Fit‐for‐purpose assessment instrument design ‐ matched to eRPL
candidate skills levels
Legislative & regulatory compliance
• Industry norms & standards, etc.
• Assessment results, POE and reporting facilitated by a computer based
Learner Management System (LMS)
• Other applications of the CBA: Pre‐, formative and summative
assessments; Recruitment and selection; Performance management;
Evidence Collection, facilitated
development & presentation of POE and
recording of results on secure LMS
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assessments; Recruitment and selection; Performance management;
Skills gap analysis; Succession planning; Career path planning and
development

Amabele e-RPL Programme Design and Development
Amabele e RPL Programme Design and Development
• Alignment to policy and procedure
• Industry norms/standards and occupational competency requirements
Determine RPL
Scope
• Industry norms/standards and occupational competency requirements
• Determine critical/scarce skills and occupationally specific industry needs
• Regulatory and other requirements
• NQF registered qualification/s relevant to occupations and industry requirements
Develop competency
matrix and map unit
Define evidence
collection rules and
Develop POE, design
RPL resource kit and
RPL Programme standards design CBA &
Workplace evidence
collection instruments
capacity building
programme
Administration and
logistical planning
Develop Learner
Management System
incl. data management
Develop logistical and
implementation plan in
consultation with all
Design training
programme for all
system users
logistical planning
system
incl. data management
process and user
profiles & security
consultation with all
relevant stakeholders
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The Success Story
1. Equal access to all workers irrespective of race, gender and literacy levels ‐ 80%
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computer based evidence collection + 20% workplace evidence collection.
2. Computer based assessment available in 4 official SA languages
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3. 15 AgriSETA levy paying employers ‐ 8 provinces ‐ 18 rural and urban RPL sites
4. 39+ Assessors, moderators and evidence collectors = increased industry workplace
assessment capacity = new AgriSETA registrations
5. 1187 e‐RPL candidates receiving certification
6. Learner Management System (LMS) and database: Electronic storage of individual
learner records = assessment results + Portfolios of Evidence
7. Quality Management System (QMS) – Policy & procedure: Evidence collection; roles
& responsibilities; competency norms & standards incl. SAQA, AgriSETA ETQA, Grain
silo Industry occupational/workplace requirements, assessment & moderation etc.
8. Legislative/Regulatory requirements ‐ Compliance with national/international Food
Health & Food Safety competency requirements
9 Deloitte e RPL model is found to be suitable for application across
9. Deloitte e‐RPL model is found to be suitable for application across
cognitive/occupational levels and customisable to not only other agricultural
subsectors, but the Amabele project can be replicated with equal success in other
economic sectors
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10. Amabele e‐RPL project was nominated in 2008 by AgriSETA for the "DoL Skills
Development Best Practice” award

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Implementation and Support
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Anticipation of results and celebrating success
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Thank You
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Contacts:
Johannie Bayman
Deloitte Skills Development Solutions
Deloitte Consulting
Tel/Direct: 0124820353 | Mobile: 0834526076
jbayman@deloitte.co.za
Madi du Toit
Associate Director
Associate Director
Deloitte & Touche
Tel/Direct: 0124820353 | Mobile: 0829285184
maddutoit@deloitte.co.za