The National Artisan Moderation Body (NAMB) is an integral part of South Africa’s Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and not a public entity or a state-owned company.
In 2008, the Skills Development Act, Act 97 of 1998, was amended to strengthen national policy that governs artisan development in South Africa.
One of the critical outcomes of the amendment was the establishment of the National Artisan Moderation Body (NAMB) on 30th November 2010 in the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET).
The National Artisan Moderation Body is established in terms of Section 26A (1)(a) of the Skills Development Act , Act 97 of 1998 as an operational unit within the Department of Higher Education and Training with statutory functions.
The Director-General of the DHET has implemented the process to operationalise the NAMB by allocating the NAMB to the National Artisan Development (INDLELA) Chief Directorate which is a Chief Directorate located at Olifantsfontein, Ekurhuleni in the Gauteng Province and falls within the Skills Branch of the DHET.
The National Artisan Moderation Body (NAMB) is helping South Africa to move away from designations of a non-sector-based artisan training system for listed trades, to the benefit of all artisans in South Africa.
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) launched the National Artisan Moderation Body (NAMB) in order to coordinate artisan development in South Africa, and thereby strengthen the country’s skills base.
The following are the function of the National Artisan Moderation Body (NAMB):
- Monitor the performance of accredited artisan trade test centres
- Moderate artisan trade tests
- Develop, maintain and apply a national data base of instruments for assessing and moderating artisan trade tests
- Develop and maintain a national data base of registered artisan trade assessors and moderators
- Record artisan achievements
- Attend to appeals against assessment decisions
- Make recommendations to the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO) on the certification of artisans
- Perform any other prescribed function
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