National Qualifications Framework Act, 2008 (Act No. 67 of 2008)NoticesOccupational Qualifications Sub-Framework Policy18. Certification |
| 18.1 | Certification is the formal recognition of the learner having completed all aspects of an occupational qualification or part-qualification or skills programme. |
| 18.2 | The requirements to achieve the qualification, part-qualification and skills programme inform the certification process. |
| 18.3 | The entire quality assurance cycle culminates in the issuing of a certificate. |
| 18.4 | The QCTO is responsible for the issuing of certificates for all occupational qualifications, part-qualifications and skills programmes and to ensure that the certificates issued are credible. |
| 18.5 | An integral part of the QCTO certification responsibilities is to: |
| (a) | Develop, maintain, implement and monitor policies and directives for certification; |
| (b) | Maintain acceptable standards for awarding certificates, and |
| (c) | Maintain a certification system and infrastructure that includes appropriate security arrangements. |
| 18.6 | The QCTO is further responsible for verifying the authenticity of the certificates that it has issued. |
| 18.7 | Language of qualification certificates and statement of results issued: |
| (a) | The QCTO promotes multilingualism; and |
| (b) | To enable employers, skills development providers, parents and others to understand the achievements and attributes represented by a qualification title, a certificate must be issued in English, or on special request with valid reasons, in any other official language. |