E-learning provider's accreditation extended

E-learning provider of freight forwarding learnerships, Global Trade Training (GTT), has had its scope of accreditation extended to include all unit standards in the two learnerships used by the industry, the National Certificate in International Trade and the National Certificate in Freight Forwarding. “This means that Skills Development Levy refunds in respect of training which was previously completed with us and for training commenced in the latter part of last year may now be finalised,” explained GTT MD Charles Dey. In a separate development, a 51.25% shareholding in GTT was acquired by Roshni Bhemnarayan, a designated black woman, in December last year. “This is important for those who bought from us from last year and who support us in the future,” said Dey, “since we qualify as a level 3 contributor to BBBEE with 75 points and have a procurement recognition level of 110%.” The company has formalised and documented its quality management system and will shortly be in a position to submit this for ISO compliance certification, according to Dey. “We employ an extensive team of qualified assessors and moderators who are SETA registered and who bring a wealth of subject matter expertise to our programmes. We also have two qualified Skills Development Facilitators on the team who are equipped to advise on SETA funding issues.” As for the future, GTT has seen huge interest in two programmes which Teta is busy registering as learnerships and which will be the first stepping stones towards acquisition of the Fiata Diploma.