Webinar presented to LIASA members.

1. Welcome to the Webinar on
LIASA Professional Status – what does
it mean?
Presented by Annamarie Goosen
Thursday 18 June 2015
10:00 – 11:00

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3. LIASA
as a SAQA registered
Professional Body
18 June 2015

4. 1. Context and purpose of a:
 Professional Body
 Designation
2. Immediate implications
3. Long term implications
4. Examples of applying the process

5. Professional Body Status
is not
Statutory Status

6. Purpose of Professional Bodies

7. • 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

8. 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?

9. Criteria for the recognition of
Professional Bodies

10. • 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

11. Recognised for
an initial
period of 5
years,
renewable for
subsequent 5
year periods

12. Recognised for
an initial
period of 5
years,
renewable for
subsequent 5
year periods
Designations

13. 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?

14. A designation is not a
qualification

15. Criteria for a Professional
Designation

17. A Professional Designation is
awarded in recognition of proven
competence.

18. Going forward …

19. • 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

20. 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

21. Implications for the members

22. Immediate:
• Update of and upload to the LIASA
membership database
• International qualifications
• Draft CPD documentation for the members
• Professional Development Plans

23. 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

24. How is it going to work?
Examples only!

25. 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.”

26. “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.”

30. 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”

31. 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”

32. • 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

33. Let’s work towards an informed and
empowered profession.
Questions?

34. Annamarie Goosen
LIASA Manager
012 324 6096
manager@liasa.org.za