TRAINING PROVIDERS

Training Providers / professional development partners (PDP)

The following Skills Development Providers are also recognized with the IWH PB as Professional Development Partners (PDP).

WHY SHOULD YOU USE AN IWH RECOGNISED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS (PDP) TO TRAIN YOUR WORK AT HEIGHT EMPLOYEES

The IWH Prof Body is the only professional body registered with SAQA (South African Qualifications Authority) for the work at height industry. As part of its scope, they recognises suitable, compliant PDP to conduct training. What this means, is that the skills development provider recognised by us, will be verified against the following:

Comply with all IWH compliance and audit requirements.
Ensure that the PDP uploads all learners to the IWH BMS, enabling the IWH to submit the relevant learner information to the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) for registration of their designation on the National Learners’ Records Database (NLRD).
Ensure that the PDP operates in good faith and in full compliance with all applicable regulations, legislation, standards and IWH policies.
Ensure that every learner who has successfully completed training is registered with the IWH Professional Body so that the learner may be issued with a License to Practice.

Why all the above is important…

We have found many providers who are accredited with one of the SETA's but will train outside their scope, issue competence certificates without the learners’ results being uploaded to the relevant SETA and also including an expiry date on the certificate. This is wrong and it is illegal according to the new National Qualification Framework Amendment Act, ie ‘misrepresented qualification’.

A provider cannot issue a certificate of competence to a learner with an expiry date on the certificate, as a qualification cannot expire. Only the license to practice can expire and a provider does not have the mandate to issue a license to practice – that mandate resides with SAQA recognised professional bodies.

Providers are also not allowed to issue certificates of competence to a learner before the SETA / QCTO has conducted an external moderation and a Statement of Results has been issued by the SETA – before that, the learner can only receive a letter of attendance. We verify that our providers are doing everything practical and reasonable with regards to their accreditation status and we also conduct our own external moderation/audit on their training before we issue a license to practice to any competent candidate. (Official letter issued by the IWH Professional Body)

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IWH CERTIFIED TRAINING VERSUS NON IWH CERTIFIED TRAINING

IWH CERTIFIED	NON-IWH CERTIFIED
IWH certified training is provided by PDPs who are registered with the IWH professional body and the quality assurance body for the specific regulated programmes they deliver.	Non-certified training is provided by organisations who may have accreditation but are not monitored by a professional body that continuously ensures quality as well as safety protocols within the organisation.
Certification is done via a controlled business management system and all uploads to the professional body are validated and quality checked before printing takes place. The professional body keeps record of all learners uploaded via this advanced system to ensure traceability. Information can also be validated online via an easy-to-access link.	Certification is usually done internally and without proper quality assurance checks. Record keeping of learner data is a concern, as certification is not done via a controlled and advanced business management system. Validation of learner information is therefore less secure.
IWH certificates have a unique certificate number as well as a learner registration number. The IWH also includes a QR code in order to authenticate learner details and the training completed.	Certification done internally does not always ensure a unique registration number and often does not contain a QR code, which increases the possibility of forgery.
IWH certified training is guaranteed to be compliant with relevant regulations and standards.	Non-certified training is not guaranteed to be accredited training, as the provider may not be accredited to train the specific programmes they advertise.
IWH certified training is guaranteed to be presented by registered facilitators and assessors who are quality assured by the professional body to ensure competence in their subject matter.	Non-certified training can be presented by individuals who might not be subject-matter experts. The credentials and competence of the training staff are not necessarily quality assured.
IWH certified training is presented by providers who follow a specific education and training quality assurance process, including fair assessments and internal moderation.	Non-certified training may be provided by organisations who are not accredited and are therefore not bound to follow formal processes such as fair assessment practices and internal moderation.

ACCREDITED TRAINING PROVIDERS LIST BELOW

IWH CERTIFIED	NON-IWH CERTIFIED
IWH certified training is provided by PDPs who are registered with the IWH professional body and the quality assurance body for the specific regulated programmes they deliver.	Non-certified training is provided by organisations who may have accreditation but are not monitored by a professional body that continuously ensures quality as well as safety protocols within the organisation.
Certification is done via a controlled business management system and all uploads to the professional body are validated and quality checked before printing takes place. The professional body keeps record of all learners uploaded via this advanced system to ensure traceability. Information can also be validated online via an easy-to-access link.	Certification is usually done internally and without proper quality assurance checks. Record keeping of learner data is a concern, as certification is not done via a controlled and advanced business management system. Validation of learner information is therefore less secure.
IWH certificates have a unique certificate number as well as a learner registration number. The IWH also includes a QR code in order to authenticate learner details and the training completed.	Certification done internally does not always ensure a unique registration number and often does not contain a QR code, which increases the possibility of forgery.
IWH certified training is guaranteed to be compliant with relevant regulations and standards.	Non-certified training is not guaranteed to be accredited training, as the provider may not be accredited to train the specific programmes they advertise.
IWH certified training is guaranteed to be presented by registered facilitators and assessors who are quality assured by the professional body to ensure competence in their subject matter.	Non-certified training can be presented by individuals who might not be subject-matter experts. The credentials and competence of the training staff are not necessarily quality assured.
IWH certified training is presented by providers who follow a specific education and training quality assurance process, including fair assessments and internal moderation.	Non-certified training may be provided by organisations who are not accredited and are therefore not bound to follow formal processes such as fair assessment practices and internal moderation.