Author: Lerato Tsebe

QCTO

QCTO                                        MICT SETA                                                 MICT SETA

QCTO

MICT SETA

QCTO                            QCTO                            QCTO

Fees charged will be used for:

• Annual Compulsory Provincial Quality assurance capacitation for all SDP and AC.
  • Recruitment, Vetting, Capacitation and Support of SMEs to improve quality

(Central Pool of Trained SME’s).

• Development of better Capacitation media.
  • Accreditations and Quality Assurance efficiency improvement projects.
  • Automation of Accreditation and Quality Assurance.
  • Investigations and elimination of unscrupulous Providers.
  • SETAs who want to be compensated for the site visits they conducted should write to the QCTO and will be compensated.

• Certification fees will be charged as follows:

Description	2025/2026	2026/2027	2027/2028
Certification Fees per certificate	R 149	R 160	R 170
Qualification Verification Fees	R 61	R 110	R 120

• The tariff structure is as follows:

Accreditation Tariff Per Qualification	2025/2026
Accreditation	R 6 000
Additional Site or Qualification/Programme (Max 5)	R 1 300
Additional Extension Site or Qualification/Programme (Max 5)	R 1 300
Extension of scope fee	R 4 700

• Fees will be charged for both Skills Development Providers (SDP) and Assessment Centres (AC)

per Application, Per Qualification, Per Site.

• • The current agreement between NAMB and Assessment Centres/Trade Test Centre (TTC) within the Artisan Community, will remain in place where Centres sign an MoU with NAMB and release SME for site visit at own cost, and in return are not charged for accreditations.

• Council Approval: The QCTO council initially approved the charging of accreditation fees

during its 38th Council meeting held on 09th March 2016.

• Initial Implementation: Accreditation fees were first implemented for NATED programmes, set at R4,000 per programme.
• Benchmarking Results: A benchmarking study of other Quality Councils revealed accreditation

tariffs ranging from R30,000 to R150,000.

• Recent Council Discussions :In the 13th March 2024 council meeting, the QCTO approved the introduction of accreditation tariffs across the board, effective from the 2025/26 Financial Year.

Definition: Appeal is the process where parties request a formal change to an official decision. Appeals also functions as a

process for error correction as well as a process of clarifying and interpreting the decision.

Procedure on Appeals

• The assessment centre may appeal the de-accreditation recommendation to the QCTO at a cost determined by the QCTO.
  • If de-accreditation is appealed, the QCTO will convene an appeals committee to consider any representations received and will notify the AQP and assessment centre of its appeal decision in writing.

The QCTO, may on reasonable grounds, withdraw on recommendation from the relevant AQP the accreditation of an assessment centre in respect of all or a specific occupational qualification or part qualification which it is accredited to assess.

Reasonable grounds include, but are not limited to:

1. Inability to meet the accreditation criteria;
2. Assessment irregularities;
3. Failure or refusal to fulfil accreditation responsibilities;
4. Failure or refusal to comply with the relevant QCTO policies and procedures; and
5. Failure to comply with the relevant AQP requirements including but not limited to:
   1. Poor record keeping and reporting on assessments;
   1. Any fraudulent activity uncovered within the Centre
   1. Poor internal moderation; and
   1. Ineffective reporting to the AQP