SCARCE AND CRITICAL SKILLS
As the sector’s skills development intermediary, the MQA has two key responsibilities in respect of identifying and reporting scarce and critical skills across the sector. The first is to
provide a reliable set of skill shortage signals to the sector. The second is to direct strategic interventions and activities to address these shortages.
In relation to the first responsibility, this information is contained in Chapter 4 of the Sector Skills Plan and in the MQA Guide’s below.
In relation to the second responsibility, the MQA has a set of support strategies in place to support the development of skills against the identified MMS Scarce and Critical Skills which include:
• Development and registration of Unit Standards and Qualifications;
• Development and registration of learnerships and sSkills programmes for the registered qualifications and unit standards;
• Development and availability of learning materials;
• Training and registration of assessors and moderators able to assess and grant credit to learners against the registered unit standards and qualifications;
• Accreditation of training providers;
• Information management system and database to issue certificates of achievement to successful learners;
• Incentivising delivery of and participation in learnerships and Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) through discretionary grants; and
• Supporting targeted programmes including bursaries and the Graduate Development Programme/internships.
MQA Guides and Lists:
3. Scarce Skills List for the Mining and Minerals Sector 2009 4. Scarce Skills List for the Mining and Minerals Sector 2008
National Scarce Skills List
National Scare Skills List 2008 |
