Occupational Certificate: Learning and Development Advisor – QCTO Accredited

Duration: 20 contact days, typically completed in 24 months
Curriculum: Knowledge 39 credits · Practical Skills 84 credits · Work Experience 72 credits
SAQA I.D. 118774
NQF Level 07
Credits: 195 – Full Qualification

Introduction

This is BOTI’s highest-level qualification. It prepares learning and development professionals to advise an organisation on its skills strategy — analysing needs, designing and commissioning learning solutions, managing providers and budgets, and evaluating the impact of learning on business performance. It is aimed at practitioners moving from delivery into an advisory and strategic role.

Qualification Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this qualification, learners will be able to:

• Conduct organisational and occupational skills needs analyses
• Advise management on learning and development strategy and priorities
• Design, commission and quality-assure learning interventions
• Manage learning budgets, providers and the workplace skills planning cycle
• Evaluate the impact and return on investment of learning interventions
• Apply the NQF, QCTO and SETA regulatory framework in an organisational context

Qualification Outline

Module 1: Skills Needs and Analysis

• Organisational and occupational needs analysis
• Job profiling and competency frameworks
• Skills audits and gap analysis
• Linking skills needs to business strategy

Module 2: Designing Learning Solutions

• Learning design principles for adults
• Selecting delivery modes and blended approaches
• Commissioning and briefing providers
• Quality assurance of learning materials

Module 3: The Regulatory Environment

• The NQF, QCTO, SETAs and quality partners
• Workplace Skills Plans and Annual Training Reports
• Learnerships, apprenticeships and skills programmes
• B-BBEE skills development and grant funding

Module 4: Managing the L&D Function

• Learning budgets and cost management
• Provider and stakeholder management
• Learning management systems and records
• Governance, ethics and reporting

Module 5: Evaluation and Impact

• Evaluation models and levels
• Measuring transfer of learning to the workplace
• Return on investment and business impact
• Continuous improvement of the learning portfolio

The work experience component is completed in your current role. Existing practice may be recognised against the workplace component through RPL.

Assessment

Assessment is based on a combination of the following methods:

• Assignments and projects
• Practical assessments and workplace simulations
• Written examinations
• Portfolios of evidence

The qualification concludes with an External Integrated Summative Assessment (EISA), conducted under QCTO rules, which integrates the knowledge, practical and workplace components.

Who Should Attend

Learning and development managers, skills development facilitators, HR and training professionals moving into an advisory or strategic role, and consultants advising organisations on skills development.

Enquire

Contact BOTI on 011 882 8853 or [email protected] to discuss intake dates, learnership options and group pricing.