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CV for consultancy services
Project: Establishment of an occupational learning system
Explanatory Notes:
Please note that the information you provide in the CV should be of relevance to skills development
in South Africa and as detailed as possible, but should not exceed 8 pages.
Education and qualifications: This should include information on formal education obtained from
school and university; and should also provide information on other education and training
received, such as through attending courses, workshops, etc.
Language skills: Please rate your language skills from 1 to 5, with 5 given for mother tongue or
excellent language skills.
Other skills: Please include all other skills which might be of relevance, such as computer skills.
Years within the present firm: This should state the years you work for your current employer. If
you are working on short-term assignments, please note the number of years you have been
involved in this kind of work.
Relevant professional experience: This should provide information on professional experiences.
For short-term assignments, please note the month and year when you began/ended your
assignment.
Membership of professional bodies: Please list your memberships.
Objectives of the Project: Please indicate whether you are qualified and experienced to contribute
to each of the project objectives and if yes, motivate.
The Department of Labour has initiated a project to establish an occupational learning system
which will include research and development work as well as project management in terms of the
following objectives:
Objective 1: Development of (a) qualifications, (b) curricula frameworks and (c) learning material for
occupational learning
Objective 2: Development and streamlining of quality assurance processes with regard to
occupational learning
Objective 3: Development of structures, processes and procedures required for the Occupational
Learning System
Objective 4: Advise the Minister of Labour on education, training and skills development and workintegrated learning policy matters within its jurisdiction and recommend necessary legislative
requirements
Objective 5: Piloting of concepts developed through the above-mentioned objectives
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Annex A
Annex A provides the evaluation criteria and scoring that will be used during the evaluation of CVs.
Annex B
Annex B provides more information in terms of the specific objectives.
Submission of CV and other documents
The CV, Annex A as well as certified copies of your ID, work permits (where applicable) and
qualifications need to be submitted to the Department of Labour by the closing date. Delete
explanatory notes and Annex B from the CV document for submission.
NB: To qualify to be placed on the database a score of 50% or more must be obtained.
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Curriculum vitae
1.
FAMILY NAME:
2.
FIRST NAME:
3.
DATE OF BIRTH:
4.
NATIONALITY:
5.
IDENTITY /PASSPORT NO:
6.
RACE:
7.
8.
9.
GENDER:
CONTACT NUMBER AND EMAIL ADDRESS:
EDUCATION and QUALIFICATIONS:
Institution:
Date:
Degree(s) or Diploma(s)
obtained:
Institution:
Date:
Degree(s) or Diploma(s)
obtained:
Institution:
Date:
Degree(s) or Diploma(s)
obtained:
Institution:
Date:
Degree(s) or Diploma(s)
obtained:
10.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Language
Reading
English
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Speaking
Writing
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11.
OTHER SKILLS:
12.
PRESENT POSITION:
13.
YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE:
14.
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Organisation Date:
Position Job Description
15.
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES:
16.
REFERENCES
NAME AND SURNAME
DESIGNATION
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CONTACT
NO
WORKING
RELATIONSHIP
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17.
PLEASE INDICATE WHETHER YOU ARE QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED TO
CONTRIBUTE TO EACH OF THE FOLLOWING PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND IF YES,
MOTIVATE (See Annexure B for more information)
Objective 1(a): Development of qualifications for occupational Yes
learning
No
Motivation:
Objective 1(b): Development of curricula frameworks for Yes
occupational learning
No
Motivation:
Objective 1(c): Development of learning material for Yes
occupational learning for each learning component
(knowledge, skills and work experience)
No
Motivation:
Objective 2: Development and streamlining of quality Yes
assurance processes with regard to occupational learning
No
Motivation:
Objective 3: Development of structures, processes and Yes
procedures required for the Occupational Learning System
No
Motivation:
Objective 4: Provide research support on education, training Yes
and skills development and work-integrated learning policy
matters
No
Motivation:
Objective 5: Piloting of concepts developed through the Yes
above-mentioned objectives
Motivation:
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Name of consultant: _____________________________________
Annex A
ID number:
Do not complete. The rest of this page is for office use only.
Evaluation criteria and score sheet
Evaluation criteria
Max
score
Score
achieved
Weight
Weighted
score
Comments
SECTION A: GENERAL CRITERIA
Education and qualifications
10
20
Promote Equity
2
20
Language skills
3
10
Other skills
10
20
Professional experience
10
20
Membership of professional bodies
1
4
General impression
4
6
Total: General criteria
40
100
100
1
100
1
100
1
100
1
100
1
100
1
100
1
SECTION B: SPECIALISATION
Objective 1(a)
Qualifications development
Objective 1 (b)
Curricula Framework development
Objective 1 (c)
Development of learning material
Objective 2
Quality Assurance
Objective 3
Structures, processes and procedures
Objective 4
Research support
Objective 5
Piloting and project management
Total General
Objective 1
Objective 1
TOTAL SCORES
Objective 1
Objective 2
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Objective 3
Objective 4
Objective 5
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weighted score
(a)
(b)
(c)
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Annex B
Background information
It is envisaged that the objectives above would require at least the following key activities, skills,
knowledge and experience:
Objective 1(a): Development of qualifications for occupational learning
Skills, Knowledge and experience needed:
 In depth knowledge of SAQA, the NQF and skills development related legislation
 Knowledge and experience in generating unit standard qualifications
 Knowledge and experience in writing non unit standard based qualifications
 Cutting edge knowledge of the international trends in qualifications development
 Subject matter expertise
 Good facilitation skills
 Effective conceptual and communications skills
 Effective management and leadership skills
 Ability to work with a range of stakeholders
 Monitoring and evaluation skills
 Research skills
 Excellent writing skills
 Knowledge of the Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO)
Objective 1(b): Development of curricula frameworks for occupational learning
Skills, Knowledge and experience needed:
 In depth knowledge of SAQA, the NQF and skills development related legislation
 Cutting edge knowledge of the international trends in curriculum development
 Knowledge of different curriculum development models
 Specific knowledge of the action-oriented learning model
 Knowledge and experience in adult teaching methodologies
 Subject matter expertise
 Knowledge and experience in developing curricula for unit standard qualifications
 Knowledge and experience in developing curricula for non unit standard based
qualifications
 Good facilitation skills
 Effective conceptual and communications skills
 Effective management and leadership skills
 Ability to work with a range of stakeholders
 Monitoring and evaluation skills
 Research skills
 Excellent writing skills
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Knowledge of the Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO)
Objective 1(c): Development of learning material for occupational learning
Skills, Knowledge and experience needed:
 Knowledge and experience in learning material and resource design
 Knowledge and experience in working with unit standard qualifications
 Knowledge and experience in working with non unit standard based qualifications
 Research skills
 Excellent writing skills
 Effective conceptual and communications skills
Objective 2: Development and streamlining of quality assurance processes with regard to
occupational learning
Skills, Knowledge and experience needed:
 Adequate knowledge of SAQA, NQF, SDA and related legislations
 Cutting edge knowledge of the international trends in the quality assurance area
 Adequate knowledge of the quality assurance systems in SA (including relevant policies on
accreditation, assessment and certification)
 Effective conceptual and communications skills
 Effective management and leadership skills
 Ability to work with a range of stakeholders
 Research skills
 QMS skills
Objective 3: Development of structures, processes and procedures required for the Occupational
Learning System
Skills, Knowledge and experience needed:
 Advanced skills, knowledge and experience of Organizational Development (OD)
 Business Financial Modelling
 Finance systems development
 Management Information Systems (MIS) development
 Business and strategic planning
 Marketing
 Research skills
 Advanced computer skills (Word. Excel, Power Point, Project)
 Communication skills (verbal and written)
 Project management skills
 Management experience
 Knowledge of the Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO)
Objective 4: Provide research support on education, training and skills development and work-9-
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integrated learning policy matters
Skills, Knowledge and experience needed:
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Extensive knowledge of all the skills development legislation
Understanding of the legislative processes
In depth knowledge of the workings of SAQA and the NQF
Experience in developing systems for business processes
Good facilitation skills
Effective conceptual and communications skills
Effective management and leadership skills
Ability to work with a range of stakeholders
Monitoring and evaluation skills
Research skills
Excellent writing skills
Objective 5: Piloting of concepts developed through the above-mentioned objectives
Skills, Knowledge and experience needed:
 In depth knowledge of SAQA and the NQF
 Knowledge and experience in generating unit standard qualifications
 Knowledge and experience in writing non unit standard based qualifications
 Knowledge of different curriculum development models
 Specific knowledge of action-oriented learning model
 Knowledge and experience in developing curricula for unit standard qualifications
 Knowledge and experience in developing curricula for non unit standard based
qualifications
 Good facilitation skills
 Effective conceptual and communications skills
 Effective management and leadership skills
 Ability to work with a range of stakeholders
 Monitoring and evaluation skills
 Research skills
 Excellent writing skills
 Project management skills
 Good report writing skills
 Knowledge of the Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO)
In general consultants also need to demonstrate under „Other skills“ that they have consultancy
skills including:
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Project management skills
Time management skills
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Conflict management skills
Negotiation skills
Facilitation skills
Interpersonal skills
Report writing skills
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