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| SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY |
| REGISTERED QUALIFICATION: |
| Occupational Certificate: Fish and Seafood Processor |
| SAQA QUAL ID | QUALIFICATION TITLE | |||
| 124348 | Occupational Certificate: Fish and Seafood Processor | |||
| ORIGINATOR | ||||
| Development Quality Partner - FoodBev (Man, Eng) | ||||
| PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY | NQF SUB-FRAMEWORK | |||
| QCTO - Quality Council for Trades and Occupations | OQSF - Occupational Qualifications Sub-framework | |||
| QUALIFICATION TYPE | FIELD | SUBFIELD | ||
| Occupational Certificate | Field 06 - Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology | Manufacturing and Assembly | ||
| ABET BAND | MINIMUM CREDITS | PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL | NQF LEVEL | QUAL CLASS |
| Undefined | 78 | Not Applicable | NQF Level 02 | Regular-ELOAC |
| REGISTRATION STATUS | SAQA DECISION NUMBER | REGISTRATION START DATE | REGISTRATION END DATE | |
| Registered | EXCO 0632/25 | 2025-06-03 | 2030-06-03 | |
| LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT | LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT | |||
| 2031-06-03 | 2034-06-03 | |||
| In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise. |
This qualification does not replace any other qualification and is not replaced by any other qualification. |
| PURPOSE AND RATIONALE OF THE QUALIFICATION |
| Purpose:
The purpose of this qualification is to prepare a learner to operate as a Fish and Seafood Processor. Fish and Seafood Processor will help learners to use equipment, including handheld equipment, and performs tasks to process fish or seafood products by de-icing, cleaning, sorting and grading, preparing and processing white and pelagic fish as well as seafood for consumption, to ensure that customer standards and specifications are met. Learners will benefit from knowing the safety measures of preparing fish and seafood for consumption to ensure standards and specifications are met. A qualified learner will be able to: Rationale: This part qualification satisfies the needs for the processing of fish and seafood on shore. For this part qualification, fish includes pelagic fish species namely, sardines and pilchards, and whitefish species, sometimes referred to as line fish. It is not an industry preference to use the term line fish as this presupposes that fish under this term would all be caught by line, while fish can also be caught by the method of trawling. For this reason, a more generic term for whitefish is used by the industry. Seafood is a generic term that incorporates shellfish, squid, octopus and molluscs. This part qualification has been developed in collaboration with the industry to ensure access to the smaller plants that still require to develop their employees in manual processing. The part qualification will be recognised nationally and for the manual processors in various contexts (white fish, pelagic and seafood) ensuring consistency and quality across the fish and seafood industry and ensuring that all interested learners will have access to the right level of skills and experience. |
| LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING |
| Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL):
Learners may use the RPL process to gain access to training opportunities for a programme of learning, qualification, part-qualification, or skills programme if they do not meet the formal, minimum entry requirements for admission. RPL assessment provides an alternative access route into a programme of learning, qualification, part-qualification, or skills programme. Such an RPL assessment may be developed, moderated, and conducted by the accredited Skills Development Provider which offers that specific qualification/part qualification/skills programme. Such an assessment must ensure that the learner is able to display the equivalent level of competencies required for access, based on the NQF level descriptors. For exemption from modules through RPL, learners who have gained the stipulated competencies of the modules of a programme of learning, qualification, part-qualification or skills programme through any means of formal, informal or non-formal learning and/or work experience, may be exempted from certain modules. Learners who have gained the stipulated competencies of the modules of a programme of learning, qualification, part-qualification, or skills programme through any means of formal, informal or non-formal learning and/or work experience, may be awarded credits towards relevant modules, and gaps identified for training, which is then concluded. A valid Statement of Results is required for admission to the EISA in which confirmation of achievement is provided that all internal assessment criteria for all modules in the related curriculum document have been achieved. For a Skills Programme, the accredited Skills Development Provider (SDP) must ensure all modular competency requirements are met prior to the EISA and keep record of such evidence. Upon successful completion of the EISA, RPL learners will be issued with the QCTO certificate for the qualification. Quality Partners are responsible for ensuring the RPL mechanism and process for qualifications is approved by the QCTO. Entry Requirements: |
| RECOGNISE PREVIOUS LEARNING? |
| Y |
| QUALIFICATION RULES |
| This qualification is made up of compulsory Knowledge, Practical Skill and Work Experience Modules:
Knowledge Modules: Total number of credits for Knowledge Modules: 44 Practical Skill Modules: Total number of credits for Practical Skill Modules: 10 Work Experience Modules: In the Work Experience Modules, the learner will complete two compulsory work experience modules (16 Credits) and choose a further two modules from one of the three electives, namely pelagic fish processing, white fish processing or seafood processing (8 credits). Compulsory modules: Choose between Category A, B or C. Elective Modules (Category A) Elective 1: Pelagic Fish Processing Elective Modules (Category B) Elective 2: White fish processing Elective Modules (Category C) Elective 3: Seafood Processing Total number of credits for Work Experience Modules: 24 |
| EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES |
| 1. Describe the fundamental knowledge and concepts required of an employee in the workplace including communication, interpersonal relations, business understanding, manufacturing, quality and food safety in the fish and seafood processing and related products manufacturing environment. |
| ASSOCIATED ASSESSMENT CRITERIA |
| Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:
ELO 1: Describe the fundamental knowledge and concepts required of an employee in the workplace including communication, interpersonal relations, business understanding, manufacturing, quality and food safety in the fish and seafood processing and related products manufacturing environment. Integrated Assessment: Formative Assessments conducted internally Formative assessments are conducted throughout the training of learners. A range of formal, non-formal, and informal ongoing assessment activities are used to focus on teaching and learning outcomes to improve learner attainment. Formative assessments are conducted continuously by the facilitator to feed into further learning, to identify strengths and weakness, and to ensure the learner's ability to apply knowledge, skills and workplace experience gained. Formative Assessments are conducted by the accredited Skills Development Provider (SDP), and a variety of ongoing assessment methods may be used, for example, quizzes, assignments, tests, scenarios, role play, interviews. Continuous feedback must be provided. Integrated Summative Assessments conducted Internally Integrated Assessment involves all the different types of assessment tasks required for a particular qualification, part-qualification or occupational skills programme, such as written assessment of theory and practical demonstration of competence. To achieve this, the Internal Assessment Criteria (IAC) for all modules as found in the QCTO curriculum document must be followed. An accredited SDP should implement a well-designed, formal, relevant, final internal Summative Assessment strategy for all modules to prepare learners for the EISA. These assessments evaluate learning achievements relating to the achievement of each module of the relevant components of the qualification, part-qualification or skills programme. Internal Summative Assessments are developed, moderated and conducted by the SDP at the end of each module or after integration of relevant modules, e.g. applied knowledge tests, workplace tasks, practical demonstrations, simulated tasks/demonstrations, projects, case studies, etc. The results of these final formal summative assessments must be recorded. These results, which include the Statement of Work Experience results, where applicable, contribute to the Statement of Results (SoR) that is a requirement for admission to the EISA. An SoR, using the template provided by the Quality Partner, is issued by the accredited SDP for qualifications and part-qualifications. The SDP must produce a valid Statement of Results for each learner, indicating the final result and the date on which the competence in each module, of each component, was achieved. Learners are required to produce this SoR, together with their ID document or alternative ID document, at the point of the EISA. External Integrated Summative Assessment (EISA) - a national assessment The Quality Partner is responsible for the management, conduct and implementation of the External Integrated Summative Assessment (EISA), in accordance with QCTO set standards. Competence in the EISA is a requirement for certificating a learner. For entrance into the EISA, the learner requires a valid Statement of Results issued by the accredited institution indicating the attainment of all modules for the Knowledge, Practical and Work Experience modules. |
| INTERNATIONAL COMPARABILITY |
| This qualification was compared to the following international qualifications:
Numerous discussions with experienced subject matter experts in the field of fish and seafood processing as well as research through the qualification's frameworks of many countries the decision was made to compare with countries that not only a significant fishing industry but also have a dynamic qualification framework with accreditation process for providers of such qualifications. For this reason, the countries of New Zealand and Australia were chosen. In New Zealand there is the New Zealand qualifications framework, and all training providers are required to be accredited by the New Zealand Accreditation Body. Similarly in Australia they also have a dynamic occupational qualifications accreditation body and the Australian qualifications framework. The qualifications identified and offered by accredited providers in both countries have significant similarities with the South African qualification. New Zealand The New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) has a level 2 Certificate in Food and beverage Processing on their database. The Seafood and Maritime Training Inc offers this qualification. The Purpose of the qualification is to provide the seafood processing sector with people who can work as operators conducting routine operations involving seafood processing on sea or land under limited supervision. There are no entry requirements for the qualification other than a school leaving certificate which equates to grade 9 NQF Level 1 in South Africa. Similarities: Differences: Australia Certificate 11 in Seafood Processing (equivalent to NQF 2). Certificate 11 in Seafood Processing reflects the role of individuals who work as process workers in the seafood processing sector of the seafood industry. These individuals have responsibilities in seafood preparation, packaging and storage. There are no entry requirements other than a school leaving certificate which would be equivalent to South Africa's. The contexts in which the learners of this qualification would work in listed as follows: Similarities: Differences: Conclusion: Both New Zealand and Australia make provision for a processor that is responsible for the manual processing of fish and seafood and have qualifications that are comparable in level, content and duration to this qualification. |
| ARTICULATION OPTIONS |
| This qualification provides opportunities for horizontal, vertical and diagonal articulation options.
Horizontal Articulation: Vertical Articulation: Diagonal Articulation: |
| NOTES |
| Additional Legal or Physical Entry Requirements:
Physical requirements: Meet legal, health and medical requirements. Legal requirements: Meet all organisation and legal requirements to enter the training programme. Criteria for the accreditation of providers Accreditation requirements, against which Skills Development Providers (SDP) and Assessment Centres, will be accredited, is found in the Curriculum Document, as listed below. The curriculum title and code are: Part Qualification Fish and Seafood Processor: 716112-001-00-01. Encompassed Trade: Assessment Quality Partner (AQP) Food & Beverages Manufacturing Sector Education and Training Authority's (FoodBev SETA). |
| LEARNING PROGRAMMES RECORDED AGAINST THIS QUALIFICATION: |
| NONE |
| PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS QUALIFICATION: |
| This information shows the current accreditations (i.e. those not past their accreditation end dates), and is the most complete record available to SAQA as of today. Some Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionaries have a lag in their recording systems for provider accreditation, in turn leading to a lag in notifying SAQA of all the providers that they have accredited to offer qualifications and unit standards, as well as any extensions to accreditation end dates. The relevant Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionary should be notified if a record appears to be missing from here. |
| NONE |
| All qualifications and part qualifications registered on the National Qualifications Framework are public property. Thus the only payment that can be made for them is for service and reproduction. It is illegal to sell this material for profit. If the material is reproduced or quoted, the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) should be acknowledged as the source. |