1. NQF Classification System NQA Staff Training Brent Richardson Cue F Consulting Limited April 2006

2. What is the NQF Classification System • The Dewey Classification System gives consistent ‘order’ to libraries – it is easy to find books, or put them back on the shelves • The NQF Classification System does the same thing for the NQF – it gives ‘order’ to a “library” made up of qualifications rather than books • But, it is more than just a cataloguing system

3. Why a NQF Classification System? • Promotes consistency in the terms used to describe the subject area(s) covered by any qualification – consistency in naming qualifications • Allows qualifications and unit standards to be placed in an orderly location on the NQF • Helps people locate qualifications or unit standards on the NQF that may be of interest • Assists providers to describe the scope of services for which they want accreditation • Assists qualification developers to describe flexible attainment options within a qualification • Enables qualification attainment data sharing at a national, regional and international level

4. FIELD 3 FIELD 4 FIELD 5 FIELD 1 FIELD 2 FIELDS N Q F L E V E L S AGRICULTURE and NATURE CONSERVATION BUSINESS, COMMERCE, and MANAGEMENT STUDIES

5. Approved NQF FIELDS HUMAN and SOCIAL SCIENCES LAW, MILITARY SCIENCE and SECURITY HEALTH SCIENCES and SOCIAL SERVICES PHYSICAL, MATHEMATICAL and COMPUTER SCIENCES PHYSICAL PLANNING and CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AND LIFE SCIENCES AGRICULTURE and NATURE CONSERVATION BUSINESS, COMMERCE, and MANAGEMENT STUDIES COMMUNICATION STUDIES and LANGUAGE CULTURE and THE ARTS EDUCATION, TRAINING and DEVELOPMENT MANUFACTURING, ENGINEERING and TECHNOLOGY

6. Subfields Agriculture Horticulture Nature Conservation Livestock Etc. N Q F L E V E L S = sensible and logical subdivisions of the FIELD AGRICULTURE and NATURE CONSERVATION

7. Domains cattle breeding goat farming game farming poultry farming etc, N Q F L E V E L S = sensible and logical subdivisions of the Subfield Subfield: Livestock

8. The NQF Classification System N Q F L E V E L S FIELD 5 FIELD 2 FIELD 3 FIELD 4 FIELD 1

9. The NQF Classification System FIELD Subfields domains FIELD Subfields domains FIELD Subfields domains

10. Managing the Classification System Adding, deleting, renaming classification categories

11. Adding NEW items – Questionsneeding Answers • Do the new items describe an area of learning? • Are the new items sensible and logical in terms of where they are to be placed on the Classification System? • Would the items make useful names for qualifications? • Would people think of these terms if they were looking for a qualification on the NQF?

12. Changing or deleting items • Would the change or deletion: • Leave registered unit standards without a ‘home’? • Make any registered qualification unobtainable? • Dis-accredit any accredited provider? An IMPACT REPORTmust be provided to guide management of the changes within the NQF

13. Change requests • Please rename Communication Skills to Communication Strategies • Please deleteGeneric Computing • Please move Domain Sales from Subfield Retail, Distribution, and Sales to Subfield Management