liasa professional body status
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Welcome to the Webinar onLIASA Professional Status – what does
it mean?
Presented by Annamarie Goosen
Thursday 18 June 2015
10:00 – 11:00
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LIASAas a SAQA registered
Professional Body
18 June 2015
1. Context and purpose of a: Professional Body
Designation
2. Immediate implications
3. Long term implications
4. Examples of applying the process
Professional Body Status is not
Statutory Status
Purpose of Professional Bodies
• Promote public understanding of the profession
• Encourage social responsibility
• Promote pride in the association
• Promote the protection of the public
• Facilitate access to data related
• Support the development of a national career advise system
• Encourage the development and implementation of CPD
What is a Professional Body?
• The NQF Act 67 of 2008 defines:
The NQF Act 67 of 2008 defines:
“Professional Body” means any body of expert practitioners in an
occupational field, and includes an occupational
body
What is a Professional Body?
Criteria for the recognition of Professional Bodies
• Legally constituted entity with the necessary human and financial resources
• Governed either by a statute, charter or a constitution
Constituted
• Protect public in relation to the services provided by its members
Protect public
• Develop• Award• Monitor• Revoke• In terms of own rules,
legislation and/or international conventions
Professional designations
• Publish a Code of conduct
• Operate a mechanism for investigating members that contravene the code of conduct
Code of Conduct
• Set criteria for CPD• Promote CPD• Monitor CPD
CPD
• Submit a list of members in a form acceptable to SAQA
Data
Recognised for an initial
period of 5 years,
renewable for subsequent 5 year periods
Recognised for an initial
period of 5 years,
renewable for subsequent 5 year periods
Designations
What is a Professional Body?
• The NQF Act 67 of 2008 defines:
The NQF Act 67 of 2008 defines:
“Professional Designation” means a title or status
conferred by a Professional Body in recognition of a
person’s expertise and/or right to practice in an
occupational field.
What is a Designation?
A designation is not a qualification
Criteria for a Professional Designation
A Professional Designation is awarded in recognition of proven
competence.
Going forward …
• Database to the NLRD
– SAQA: “very aware of the dire consequences if [we] contravene POPI Act”
• Register a second designation
• PB Committees
– Revise CPD policy
– Forms of assessment
– Endorsing service providers
• Award designations
SAQA through the NQF Act has awarded LIASA the right to:
• Set and ensure standards for:
– Professional Librarian
– LIS related qualifications
• Same competencies
• Manage CPD
Implications for the members
Immediate:
• Update of and upload to the LIASA membership database
• International qualifications
• Draft CPD documentation for the members
• Professional Development Plans
Long term:
Participation in CPD -
• Capacitated and empowered
• Best LIS services
• High quality and standards
• Relevant and current knowledge
• Same competencies for the various job titles
How is it going to work?
Examples only!
Scope of application:
• “The CPD programme applies to all LIS professional and practitioner members who are registered with LIASA. The requirement to engage in professional development activities begins on the date one becomes registered with LIASA.”
Exemptions:
• “Only students, exam candidates or members in training as well as retirees are exempted from the CPD activities.”
“It is compulsory for any person registered with LIASA under the following Professional Designated membership to accumulate a total of 20 CPD points for a period of 12 months.”
Activities that doesn’t qualify for CPD points“Not all activities will qualify for CPD ratings; there are however, certain activities which are part of the process of the CPD points but are not actual CPD.”
“The following activities will not qualify for CPD:• Attending a meeting and preparing for the meeting.• Preparing for the conference, workshops, and seminar• Mentoring/ supervision activities which is not relevant
to the LIS profession”
Requirements:
• “In order to meet the requirements of the CPD programme, you will be required to:
– Maintain a written record of CPD activities.
– Report CPD hours annually, and
– Submit a detailed activity record on request”
• It is important to ensure that you have a detailed activity record include the following critical information:
– the date(s) that the activity occurred
– a description/ title of the activity
– the organiser/ provider of the activity
– the CPD category in which the activity belongs
– the number of hours (duration) spent on the activity
Let’s work towards an informed and empowered profession.
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