The section 12H learnership tax rebate is one of the most under-claimed incentives in the South African tax system. A South African employer who places a learner on a registered learnership at NQF Level 4 can deduct R80,000 from taxable income over the course of that learnership — and considerably more if the learner has … Read more
The QCTO occupational qualification framework is the part of South Africa’s national qualifications system that governs trades and occupations — formally the Occupational Qualifications Sub-Framework, or OQSF. It sits alongside two sibling sub-frameworks under the NQF, and it is the one that every artisan, learnership, and trade qualification now lives inside. If you are trying … Read more
The external integrated summative assessment — known across the sector as the EISA — is the single national exam that stands between a learner and a QCTO occupational certificate. It is set and managed by an Assessment Quality Partner appointed by the QCTO, conducted at a separate accredited Assessment Centre, and it tests whether a … Read more
Dual system block release is the delivery model that lets a learner hold down a real workplace role while still completing the classroom and workshop phases of a QCTO occupational qualification. It alternates concentrated blocks at the training campus with concentrated blocks back in the workplace, rather than splitting every week between the two. For … Read more
Workplace based learning is the single component of every QCTO occupational qualification that employers most often misunderstand. It is not “workplace experience”. It is not “internship”. It is a structured, contractually governed phase delivered under the Workplace-Based Learning Programme Agreement (WBLPA) — a tripartite legal instrument that replaced the old Learnership Agreement and now sits … Read more
