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Originally posted 2013-10-03 23:14:14. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Become Accredited
Jeanine Topping & Associates is a consulting organisation that is passionate about empowering Training Providers and Assessors/Moderators to perform at their peak. Our core focus is to assist Training Providers with their SETA accreditation. The Owner, Jeanine Topping has been involved in Training and Development since 2001 and recently completed a contract with the Services […]
Originally posted 2013-09-23 12:41:08. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Can you get certified without formal training?
Many experienced workers have had to forego a formal education because of challenging circumstances and financial constraints. For these people obtaining formal recognition in their trade or profession is made possible through the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) process.
In today's competitive labour market, being certified in your field of practice is essential. This is not only necessary to obtain employment but to advance one's career.
Sadly, there are many proficient and knowledgeable workers that have never had the opportunity to secure a qualification that expresses their competencies. This trend is rife in the artisan trades where training in fields like plumbing, mechanical and electrical work is often delivered in informal ways.
Going back to a university or technical college to obtain a recognised qualification can be a daunting prospect, especially for people who are well beyond the average age of study.
RPL was developed to cater for this unique group of individuals who have the skills to contribute to society but lack the accompanying certification to prove their worth.
Recognition of Prior Learning is an international practice recommended, endorsed and recognised by organisations such as the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
RPL identifies what people know and matches their practical knowledge to specific standards. Individuals are assessed against those standards and receive credit for the skills, knowledge and experience built up through non- formal training.
The applicant will be required to provide certified evidence or demonstrate their current level of competency in a particular field.
Evidence usually takes the form of a portfolio of documents which detail the equivalent study, work or life experience for which credit is being sought. This is known as a Portfolio of Evidence .
The assessment of RPL learners can be conducted one on one or in a group setting similar to full time learners.
There are many education and training providers who offer RPL services in their respective fields of learning. Education and Training Quality Assurance bodies can be contacted to find accredited RPL centres within their sectors, or view a comprehensive list of institutions that offer RPL.
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Originally posted 2013-10-03 23:14:15. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Criteria for selecting Accredited Training Providers
Criteria for selecting Accredited Training Providers
We often have questions regarding Accreditation:
- What does it really mean?
- How can I confirm that someone or something is accredited?
This falls into two different categories, namely a) provider accreditation b) programme accreditation. These are two totally different processes, meaning that a Training Provider must be Accredited with one of the ETQA's (SETA's) and each programme they use must carry its own accreditation.
"Provider accreditation can only be with one SETA, but they have the approval to train different programmes in different SETA's. These programmes has been approved by the relevant SETA who gave them the approval to train these programmes"
Lets see what SAQA say about Training Provider Accreditation:
(Or click here to download this document)
A body may be accredited as a provider by an Education and Training Quality Assurance Body whose primary focus coincides with the primary focus of the provider, provided that the body seeking accreditation –
(a) is registered as a provider in terms of the applicable legislation at the time of application for accreditation;
(b) has a quality management system which includes but is not limited to –
(i) quality management policies which define that which the provider wishes to achieve;
(ii) quality management procedures which enable the provider to practise its defined quality management policies; or
(iii) review mechanisms which ensure that the quality management policies and procedures defined are applied and remain effective;
(c) is able to develop, deliver and evaluate learning programmes which culminate in specified registered standards or qualifications;
(d) has the –
(i) necessary financial, administrative and physical resources;
(ii) policies and practices for staff selection, appraisal and development;
(iii) policies and practices for learner entry, guidance and support systems;
(iv) policies and practices for the management of off-site practical or work-site components where appropriate;
(v) policies and practices for the management of assessment which include appeals systems;
(vi) necessary reporting procedures; and
(vii) the ability to achieve the desired outcomes, using available resources and procedures considered by the Education and Training Quality Assurance Body to be needed to develop, deliver and evaluate learning programmes which culminate in specified registered standards or qualifications contemplated in paragraph (c); and
(e) has not already been granted accreditation by or applied for accreditation to another Education and Training Quality Assurance Body contemplated in Regulation 2 of the ETQA Regulations.
So how can I check if a Training Provider is accredited?
Firstly we must understand/use the correct terminology. There is a big difference between "Accredited Programmes" and "NQF Accredited Programmes".
|Accreditation / Accredited is a process in which certification of competency, authority, or credibility is presented. In most cases by a higher authority.
|Nowhere does it mention SETA, SAQA or NQF! The terms "higher authority" can also mean your Head Office.
|NQF Accredited is stipulated in the SAQA and the Skills Development ACT as SETA / NQF Accredited courses. You cannot use these terms if you do not have an approval letter from the relevant ETQA (SETA) for the specific programme.
|There is also a big difference between "Unit Standard Aligned" and "NQF Accredited". Question: Why would I want to offer "Unit Standard Aligned" programmes and don't use the words "NQF Accredited"? Makes you think. Most companies use this as a "sales technique" to sell their course to learners.
How to confirm that a Training Provider or Programme is accredited?
Here are some guidelines on this process:
- You can ask for their Accreditation Number or Certificate from the SETA. They should also have this on their website or programme correspondence including manuals. Most of the SETA's do not allow the use of their logos on Websites, Emails or Learning Programmes. Don't be fooled with a SETA logo!
- Contact the relevant SETA (ETQA) directly (click here for a full list of contact details). These SETAS approved the Training Providers and Training Programmes, so why not ask them directly? Alternative you can also check on the SAQA website on this link by confirming the providers name at the bottom of the unit standard or qualification. We had several reports in the past where this information was not 100% correct, so once again, rather check with the relevant SETA directly.
- Contact the local SETA and ask for any feedback from the Training Provider. (Did they receive any serious complaints about the provider in the past?)
- Ask for referrals directly from the Training Provider.
- What is the process or duration till I receive my Final Certificate?
- Ask about their supporting structure and possible re-assessment fees.
- Do they provide ongoing support?
- Do they ask for "registration fees" that is normally used as commission for the middle man between you and the provider?
- Do they make mention of their supporting structure on their website or communication?
- Do they make mention of their fee structure on their website or communication?
(It's always easy to change the terms and conditions of the agreement if you haven't confirmed this in writing)
So what are my rights?
Looking at the above criteria it is clear that the SETA / NQF Accredited Training Provider must have all the required documentation, processes and supporting structures in place. Not providing the necessary support during the learning process must be reported directly to SAQA or the relevant ETQA (SETA).
After all, it is one of the key criteria provided by SAQA for Provider Accreditation.
Originally posted 2013-10-16 19:54:22. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
SAQA Aligned Training Material
In order to become accredited with most Seta's – a Training Provider needs to have learning material which meets SAQA's (South African Qualifications Authority) www.SAQA.org.za standards and requirements. Some Seta's allow you to have 1 Unit Standard and some need you to have a Skills Programme (A training programme made up of a few Unit Standards). The […]
Originally posted 2013-09-23 12:41:03. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
SETA LANDSCAPE – TRAINYOUCAN Comments 2016
Below is TRAINYOUCAN's feedback on the DHET's proposals concerning the National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS) and the Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) landscape.
In its capacity as a Private Training Provider, TRAINYOUCAN has brought together the input of its business partners, service providers, clients and other stakeholders in drafting this response.
(Government Gazette No. 39386 on 10 November 2015 refers).
Option 1 can only be accepted on condition that its "minimal changes" include
- Conducting an analysis of the best practices of effective SETAs and incorporate these into any changes to the skills development system.
- Establishing and implementing effective mechanisms to deal with under-performing and dysfunctional SETAs.
- Not reducing industry representation on SETA Boards.
- Giving professional bodies a stronger role in the system for improving occupational competence.
Option 2 is supported to the extent that SETAs can share their resources and save costs, but there'd be the risk that they could monopolise the sector. This would make it more difficult for the private sector to approach them for projects and needs. Large SETAs like the WRSETA only seem to award learnerships to the likes of Shoprite, PnP, Edcon. Smaller companies are left out.
These risks exist with the third option as well except instead of SETAs, the pros and cons sit this time with the Skills Council and the other bodies.
Option 4 is not supported. It is believed that improved controls and efficiencies via standardized processes are needed, not SETA integration into DHET. The remainder of this document focuses the most on this Option.
These aspects of the proposal are believed to be positive:
- Introduction of uniform processes to reduce confusion when interacting with more than one SETA
- Control over the remuneration of SETA managers, staff and Boards
- Attempts to address the uneven funding of SETAs in key sectors such as agriculture.
However, the DHET proposals will have a negative impact on skills development as a key mechanism for economic growth and job creation because
- Employers, employees and job-market entrants will be negatively affected by the decreased availability of funding for workplace competence development training
- Decisions on skills development for the economy will be taken by government entities that have limited insight into the skills required to ensure business productivity, growth and staff retention
- The proposals fail to incorporate best practices of SETAs that perform well and the professional bodies that make a significant contribution to occupational competence
- The proposals alienate employers, the key constituency that the Minister relies on to achieve the NSDS targets
- The proposal confirms that in order to perform the function "(determine the skills needs of employers), it is desirable that the SETABs remain as close to their constituent workplaces as possible" (p.37). In its argument against clustering the SETAs, the NSLP raises concerns about increasing "the distance between the management of the SETA and the companies it serves … with more layers between beneficiaries and service provision inevitably being introduced. This may well further slow service delivery rather than achieve the desired acceleration" (p.14). However, this would be exactly the outcome of the implementation of the NSLP proposal to move SETAs into a government department.
- The premise that centralised control by a government department will improve the relevance and responsiveness of the skills development system to the skills needs in the labour market
- Reflects unrealistic expectations of the outcomes of the proposed changes and lack of understanding of the major disruptions to service delivery that will result from them
- SETA reduction from 25 to 23 and then to 21 caused disruptions to service delivery. The DHET's proposed changes on the systems' level will require corrective measures
- May result in large-scale delays in skilling the unemployed and employed
- May further erode employer trust in and support for the skills development system
- Incorporating SETAs into a government department will distance them from their key constituency, the private sector employers. Furthermore;
- Funds intended for skills development for industry, sector and economic growth will be diverted to fund an expanded DHET bureaucracy and other government priorities.
In response to the "problem statements":
- It is strongly felt that the logic of the problems listed concerning the SETAs (as they currently perform) does not square with the logic of the proposed legislation
- For this and other reasons (current events), there is a perception that the proposed changes are intended to seize policy and financial control more than they are about about stakeholder consultation on a publically raised tax for up-skilling the workforce in partnership with government
- Further work needs to be done in conceptualising the SETAs within DHET as little has been done other than change the administrative route from the Labour to HE ministries. Further consideration needs to be given to the networking of PSE to workplace learning and Continuing Workplace Focused Learning.
It is clear from the current performance of Higher Education that the following problems exist:
- Where employers once got funding for un-employed learnerships, arranging training providers and workplace experience in exchange for guaranteeing employment for 70% of un-employed learners who completed programs, much of the funding is now going to colleges for that training and it becomes their responsibility to find employers for the workplace experience. This creates a disconnect between what colleges teach and what employers require, which is especially unfair seeing that the colleges receive the funding but employers, the responsibility.
- Cost effectiveness of graduates produced by higher education institutions versus what is achieved by private providers
- Lack of alignment with industry needs by higher education
It is proposed
- That DHET should not radically change the SETA System and only deal with those SETAs which do not perform efficiently
- That the Mandatory Grant change from 20% to 50% (as per BUSA judgement).
- That financial incentives in the proposed legislation are simply not enough to encourage employers to train beyond the skills needs of their own businesses.
- DHET should only "fix what is broken" with minimal change to the system
- Focus on building skills for workers
- Avoid putting forth other bureaucracies.
The language of 'occupations' becomes the accepted terminology for workplaces and learning institutions
The proposal that the unit of analysis should be the "occupation" is accepted.
The National Skills Fund manages the share of the levy funds historically known as the Professional, Vocational, Technical and Academic Learning (PIVOTAL) grant.
Skills Funding has traditionally been intended for Workplace employees, not students (Funded by employers for their employees) to ensure workforce is skilled.
The allocation of these funds will be made in line with the National Skills Development Strategy IV
There is a concern that the function of the SDF (Skills Development Facilitator) will phase out as they are primarily funded by organisations (not SETAs).
The strength of this model is that it permits the Minister to bring alignment between the work of the skills system and the education and training provider system by means of a single, integrated Ministerial Policy Statement, and ensures that collectively the system meets not only sectorally determined priorities but also national strategic priorities.
The recommended changes to the funding model invest too much control of funds in a single entity – the DHET.
We believe the DHET and the NSA under-exercise the powers they have in terms of Section 15 of the Skills Development Act of 1998 to take action in cases of SETA mismanagement, fraud or non-compliance. The Services SETA is one example: it was under DHET "Administration" for a number of years from April 2011 when the Minister removed the CEO. This SETA remained dysfunctional for many years under different Administrators who were appointed, monitored and controlled by the DHET. The Minister has taken the same action in the SETAs for Construction, Local Government and Culture, Arts, Tourism & Hospitality. The problem is failure of DHET to manage the performance of SETAs through the Service Levels Agreements the DHET Director-General signs with each SETA.
The Skills Development Branch in DHET has clearly failed in its responsibility towards "developing and implementing appropriate legislation and policies for a sustained quality and accessible post-school education and training system (and) managing annual Service Level Agreements between the department and the SETAs and monitoring them in line with the SLA regulations."
Creating five new director (and related staff) posts in this DHET Branch is unlikely to achieve the desired result.
Finally, the government's poor service delivery record and the unacceptable state of many State Owned Enterprises don't support the assumption that incorporating SETAs into DHET will improve their efficiency, effectiveness and impact.
Option 4: SETAs as an integral part of the larger PSET system (2)
Option 4, as with Option 3, proposes the introduction of a 'shared services' system to address the effectiveness and efficiency challenges which face the current system and to bring into alignment the criteria, application and disbursement systems of the levy funds.
We note that DHET's Proposed SETA Landscape changes have not come with SETA Statistics year ending 2014 to 2015. Without these, effectiveness and efficiency challenges remain partially anecdote.
Option 4 permits sectors that hold their promises of job creation to claim more funds than they contribute, whilst declining sectors will contribute to growth and development elsewhere – painful for some, but nationally necessary and ultimately in the collective interest of all.
For the first time labour market employers will also be able to influence not only the work of the SETAs but also that of the education and training Institutions, and consequently not only influence the spending of the levy but also of the fiscal allocations.
The 1% salary allocations through Skills Development Levies Act is not enough for the current economic unemployment status.
Current un-employment status is estimated at 25.4% in 2016. Proposed changes will not address skills in the workplace. As a result of proposed changes, there will be less skilled people and a higher unemployment rate.
(Unemployment figures as reported by SA Breaking News and Trading Economics).
The DHET control over the skills levy funding will reduce the money available for skills development to drive economic growth:
- "The targets set under the NSDS, interpreted in the proposed Ministerial Statement, will broadly frame the allocation of grants although discretion will be given to the Director-General to respond to national priorities (p.44).
- 'The role of government departments will be strengthened on SETAB boards … The government representatives will have a veto right in relation to the adoption of the sectoral brief to be submitted to the DHET to ensure that the strategic priorities are addressed therein' in terms of a mandate for the veto provided by their respective Directors-General (p.38).
- The SETABs will manage the disbursement of the Mandatory and Sector Specific Grant (previously the sectoral component of the Discretionary Grant) 'under streamlined, national prescriptions" (p.36).
Despite the above bullets, the NSLP claims that "For the first time labour market employers will also be able to influence not only the work of the SETAs but also that of the education and training institutions, and consequently not only influence the spending of the levy but also of the fiscal allocations" (p.16).
This gives the impression that sections of the proposal were written by people who had not read or understood the implications of other sections.
An integrated PSET system provides employers, at a systemic level, with an opportunity to input into matters such as the prioritisation of programmes to be delivered, curriculum design, lecturer capability, areas of needed specialisation and the like, for which they have called for a long time. In other words, this option aims to usher in a responsive PSET system which serves the goals of society, as well as economic growth and job creation for the nation.
No longer semi-autonomous entities
SETAs will be established as a Specialised Delivery Unit of the Department of Higher Education and Training in terms of Section 7B of the Public Service Act (1994, Proclamation 103 of 1994) – Sector Education and Training Advisory Boards (SETAs)
The proposal states that "To better integrate the SETAs into the post-school education and training system, the SETAs to be located as specialised service delivery units within the Department of Higher Education and Training and to be renamed Sector Education and Training Advisory Boards (SETABs)" (p.3).
This is a significant departure from the current situation in which the SETAs are not part of the DHET structure, but their relationship to DHET is governed by Service Level Agreements with the Department.
SETAs are currently public institutions listed by the National Treasury in Schedule 3A of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), together with institutions such as the Estate Agency Affairs Board, Luthuli Museum, the Mine Health and Safely Council, SAQA and SARS.
The proposal to incorporate SETAs into DHET is accompanied by an increase in government representatives on the Boards of SETABs where they will have veto power (p.38). This will increase the distance between SETAs and employers, who will see SETAs as part of government and no longer committed and positioned to address the skills needs in their sectors. Therefore, the proposed landscape changes will not achieve the aim "to ensure that the proposed SETABs: continue to build relationships developed by SETAs with employers in their sectors; and better understand the current and future training needs in and for workplaces" (p.4).
NSDS IV (1 April 2018 – 31 March 2023)
We are in agreement that the NSDS4 should run from March 2018 to March 2023.
It is understood that NSDS4 will be drafted by DHET with input from the Human Resources Development Council. Consultation with sector specific employer organisations and professional bodies is recommended instead of the formulation of new bodies within DHET.
In the three references to professional bodies in the NSLP,
- There is no mention of their contribution in the recommended changes or
- Their role in the proposed Occupational Teams that will function under DHET control
Professional bodies are better placed than these Occupational Teams to 'bring together representatives of employer, education and training providers, and others' (p.21). These are already their stakeholders; they have an in-depth understanding of the occupations they represent and they make a substantial contribution to skills development in those occupations, for example through competency profiling, standards setting, qualifications development and Continuous Professional Development (CPD).
The model of the structure of Occupational Teams (p.22) is flawed in that it separates the development work of occupational teams in three areas for developing the theoretical foundation, practical training and structured workplace learning for occupations. The separation of these three components is a fundamental flaw in the structure of occupational qualifications (in Knowledge, Practical Skills and Work Experience Modules) that should not be repeated by Occupational Teams.
The most effective way to develop occupational profiles and curricula is to work back from what constitutes competent performance in the workplace. Then one needs to consider: what do people need to know to demonstrate this competence; what skills must they have; and what learning activities in a real or simulated context will give them the opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills in an integrated way in the actual work situation. One cannot really determine the knowledge that is required without considering how the knowledge will be used in acquiring the skills and applying those skills in a workplace context.
The Role of SETAs in NSDS IV
Role 4: Support the development of institutions to meet these
Support for the governance and management of institutions.
The current SETA provincial offices will increasingly be integrated into a coherent network of service delivery units that will interface with providers, employers and government agencies in the province in a streamlined fashion.
The building of capacity of providers and the relevance of their programmes to occupational learning is indeed a good idea, but must include private providers and not only public institutions.
Further Questions and Concerns Specific to the Proposal of Option 4:
- What will happen to private providers? They fill a niche in certain sectors where recognised public institutions do not provide essential training e.g. the banking and insurance sectors.
- How will the changes in skills development funding impact current private providers who are mostly SMMEs that benefit from grant funding and work largely with corporate businesses?
- What will happen with the accreditation of private providers?
- What assurance is there that the skills development levy will not be channelled into areas/objectives that do not form part of employee skills development for employed people? It is strongly suggested that this money continue to be used specifically for employed people as it was originally intended. Points 4, 7 and 9 need to be integrated and the wording improved.
- Has thought been given to the impact on small business entrepreneurs who are facilitating employment?
- Where does business have a say in the spending of the levies and at whose discretion will funding decisions be made?
- What engagement has been undertaken with youth and access to opportunities to gain experience? While this is currently the role of SETAs it can be drastically improved to impact on the employment of youth into businesses via SETA intervention. It is agreed that SETAs as public sector intermediaries must be strengthened.
- Within the structure (option 4) the Minister of Higher Education and Training has "arrested" decision making power from relevant stakeholders (i.e. Labour and Business) to maintain full authority as a higher education decision maker. Will the Minister have power to dictate to Business how their Skills Development levies will be spent?
It is suggested that a diagnostic exercise be undertaken to determine why the relevant SETAs are under performing and that appropriate actions be taken, instead of changing structural and funding landscape.
Grant Structure 1 April 2018
A greater portion of the Skills Levy should be managed at a cross-sectoral level – more funds transferred to the National Skills Fund, and be managed centrally, without sectors having guaranteed access to these funds going forward
80% of current Discretionary Fund to be located in the National Skills Fund – allocations made in line with NSDS IV
The recommendation that 80% of the current SETA discretionary grant funding be shifted to the National Skills Fund is rejected.
SETAs to be funded from the current 10% administration grant but % to be reviewed
It is recommended that SETA administration costs remain 10% of the Skills Development levy, with a view to reducing this as they become more efficient due to standardized systems and procedures.
- The recommendation is the standardization of systems and procedures for SETA's along the lines of the "focus areas" listed under Shared Services (12.3.2) and below:
- Corporate governance (risk management, Audit)
- Business management (planning, monitoring, control, performance management, communication, culture development)
- Human resources Management support (development, HR Admin, payroll structures and admin, recruitment)
- Financial management
- Information and Communication Technology management
- Knowledge management
- Facilities management
- Document management
- Project management
- Contract management
- Central grant management services.
- It is proposed that the number of SETA's remain at 21 with a life span linked to the NSDS and that underperforming SETA's are carefully performance managed.
- SETA board structures to remain the same (i.e. a balance of input from Business and Labour and Government influence to remain with Public Sector SETA's).
- Outcomes of audits should be used to rectify governance problems in underperforming SETA's and this must be a tightly managed process.
SETAs to retain Mandatory grant (20% or 40%) to disburse to levy paying employers
We would propose that the Mandatory grant be returned to the original 50% in line with the outcome of the court case initiated by BUSA.
Remaining 20% of Discretionary Grant to be retained by SETAs a Sector Specific Grant
Funding for workplace learning via the Skills Development levy should not be combined with voted funds, as this will remove any influence that Business has in their disbursement.
"In the longer-term, having secured the workplace based learning opportunity will be set as a pre-condition for enrolment of learners into programmes where this is a requirement. This implies that securing such workplace-based learning will become a precondition for the allocation of voted funds to an institution" (p.30).
But the current post-school system delivers thousands of students who cannot complete their qualifications because they cannot find an employer where they can complete the compulsory workplace experience of the qualification.
This requirement particularly disadvantages learners from rural areas and small towns such as Nqutu, Qunu, Lebowakgomo and Pofadder where it is almost impossible to find employers willing to give them the work experience in their specific fields of study, for example dental technology or mechatronics.
This new funding model is not in line with the "spirit" of building workplace competence, developing employees and their progress in the workplace through skills development.
NSF to allocate funds directly to QCTO
Access to NSF funding has always been difficult and further centralisation will compound this problem.
SETABs role with regards to levy funds
Their administrative budgets linked to the execution of their mandated functions, although the quantum of these budgets will be reviewed in the light of their changed functions
The management of the Mandatory Grant
The management of 20% of their traditional discretionary grant – to become known as Sector Specific Grants – which will address matters of strategic importance to the sector which fall outside of the National Skills Fund
The management of 'projects' approved and funded by the National Skills Fund derived from their sector skills plans (including those linked to the achievement of occupational targets).
If there is less Skills Funding to organisations, there will be less organisational participation in SETA projects likes WSP/ATR's, and less planning into skills projects in the workplace.
It is recommended that DHET
- Provide stronger incentives for employers to provide learning opportunities in their workplaces and to support other training for occupational competence.
- Keep the skills levy funding for skills for the economy out of the centralised control of the National Skills Fund (NSF).
- Keep SETAs out of DHET and don't implement the changes that will transform them into Sector Education Advisory Boards (SETAs) incorporated into DHET structures.
- Conduct a thorough analysis of the best practices of effective SETAs and incorporate these into any changes to the skills development system.
- Establish and implement effective mechanisms to deal with under-performing and dysfunctional SETAs.
- Not reduce industry representation on SETA Boards.
- Give professional bodies a stronger role in the system for improving occupational competence.
- Rethink the proposals on Occupational Teams and adopt a more realistic approach to the Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO).
Implement the following NSLP proposals: establish a shared service system for all SETAs; develop common procedures that apply across SETAs based on the best practices identified; and establish the Skills Planning Unit.
It is believed that the problems listed concerning the SETAs (as they currently perform) do not call for the legislation suggested. There is a perception that the proposed changes are intended to "capture" policy and financial control more than they are about about stakeholder consultation on a publically raised tax for up-skilling the workforce in partnership with government.
Further work needs to be done in conceptualising the SETAs within DHET as little has been done other than change the administrative route from the Labour to HE ministries. Further consideration needs to be given to the networking of PSE to workplace learning and Continuing Workplace Focused Learning.
Written by Siya Khumalo
TRAINYOUCAN Team
- Moderator Course ETDP SETA 10438
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WASHINGTON — The United States will keep its terror alert on high for mass transit as British officials try to determine the culprits and methods used in the London bus and rail bombings, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Sunday.
Chertoff said the code orange alert for mass transit would remain at least through Monday while the U.S. government monitors the British investigation for information about who was responsible and "what kinds of tactics we have to worry about."
After four bombs exploded Thursday throughout the London subway and bus system, the U.S. raised its terror alert amid concern about a possible copycat attack.
Code orange indicates a high risk of attack, and in the U.S. system is the second-highest terror alert behind red. The lowest level is green, followed by blue and then yellow. Chertoff is considering changing the system amid complaints that it is to vague and confuses the public.
"I'd love to say we're going to see green in our lifetime," Chertoff told NBC's "Meet the Press." "It's kind of an aspirational state, but I can't tell you in the foreseeable future we're going to be below yellow."
In a round of interviews on Sunday talk shows, Chertoff and White House homeland security adviser Fran Townsend said people in the U.S. traveling by rail and bus face risks of an attack similar to London's despite security improvements in recent years.
Townsend said authorities have improved mass transit safety since Sept. 11, 2001. "But there are no guarantees in this world," she said on "Fox News Sunday."
Chertoff said authorities can try to prevent a mass transit attack with intelligence and bomb detectors and plan to respond effectively if something happens. But he added that they can't eliminate the danger. "There is no perfect security in life," Chertoff said on ABC's "This Week."
While both Townsend and Chertoff said the U.S. is gathering intelligence to prevent an attack, both acknowledged that the government had no warning that the London system was going to be hit Thursday.
Townsend said the counterterrorism legislation that passed after the Sept. 11 attacks helps authorities gather intelligence to prevent attacks, and she argued that the war in Iraq is keeping terrorists off U.S. public transportation.
"If we're waiting until the very last second, where an individual is going to strap on a bomb on or plant a bomb in a subway system, we've waited until a point where we're least likely to be successful to prevent it," she said. "That's why you fight them away. That's why you're in Iraq and Afghanistan, fighting them there so you don't have to fight them here.
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The Buccaneers are moving quickly to line up a staff.
Of course, head coach Lovie Smith had part of it in pocket when he interviewed, which makes it easier.
The Buccaneers officially announced the hiring of Jeff Tedford as offensive coordinator this morning.
"We are very fortunate to have Jeff as our offensive coordinator," Smith said in a statement. "I have a great deal of respect for the job Jeff did at Cal for more than a decade and I believe he will be a great fit for what we are attempting to do in Tampa. Jeff has a successful and proven track record as a teacher and developer of young talent and I know our players, and the organization as a whole, will benefit from his experience."
Tedford gets a lot of credit for developing Aaron Rodgers at Cal, but he's also worked with numerous styles of quarterbacks, having success at the college level with guys as diverse as Trent Dilfer and Akili Smith.
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Josh Cabrera would love to play basketball in college, but the Northside senior knows football is likely his free pass to the next level � a pass that he is more than willing to catch and run with as far as it takes him.
Josh Cabrera would love to play basketball in college, but the Northside senior knows football is likely his free pass to the next level � a pass that he is more than willing to catch and run with as far as it takes him.
And why not, the 6-foot-2 3/4, 187-pound wide receiver, who a year ago led the area in catches (30), receiving yards (625) and touchdown receptions (13), seems to catch about everything that�s thrown his way.
�I would love to play basketball,� Cabrera said before a recent passing league session at Southwest. �But I�m pretty sure I�m going to play football. I love playing basketball. Football, it�s OK.�
A number of �smaller schools� have contacted Cabrera about playing basketball but have basically shied away from offering for the simple reason that he�s already received scholarship offers for football from six schools.
Duke was the first to offer, when he was a 10th grader in Georgia. He said he�s also received offers from Virginia Tech, North Carolina, N.C. State, East Carolina and Louisville. And while he said he has no favorite at this point, he already knows where he�ll make two official visits � Virginia Tech and Louisville.
�I definitely want to visit Louisville. That�s just because I think it�s pretty cool,� he said. �It�s a long drive. So it�s not like I can go up there any time I want to like I can for UNC and Duke and all of them. I just want to try to get up there, and Virginia Tech, of course.�
And while he knows it�s not likely, Cabrera smiled broadly when asked what he would do if Louisville, coming off a national championship in basketball, offered him a chance to play hoops along with football.
�If they did that, I would be like, �All right, I�m going,�� he said.
For now, however, he knows the reality is he�ll probably be playing college football in 2014 � after his final season at Northside, which will only be his second since he transferred in from Albany, Ga., before his junior year.
Heading into his final high school season, Cabrera said he�s been working on �the little things,� which includes meshing with his teammates, both old and new, while also working to improve on his list of things he knows he�ll need to compete against college defensive backs.
�I�m working to get better with my footwork, disguising my routes more from the defender so they would be clueless when I run around,� he said. �Just stuff like that that I think will help me in the next level.
�I know in the next level DBs are going to be a lot better than high school DBs. So I�ll have to be a lot smarter and have to think more on my feet. So I�m going to work on my footwork, speed, agility, things like that, so I can be at the top of my game all the time.�
Cabrera, who has an effortless stride and has run a �4.5 something� in the 40-yard dash, may just be tapping his potential as a football player. While having played basketball for years, he did not take up football until the eighth grade, which is also a reason why he doesn�t have a favorite college team.
�I wish I did,� he said. �It�d probably make it (choosing a college) a little bit easier.�
Cabrera does like Duke, but that�s as a basketball player. One of his teams growing up was named the Blue Devils.
�But,� he added, �I really don�t know much about the team. And football, I can�t even chose one if I tried. I never really watched it.�
Cabrera said the recruiting process hasn�t been bad, calling it a �learning experience.�
�Getting to talk to a whole bunch of different people from different places�, I�m enjoying it,� he said. �It�s pretty nice.�
Cabrera, who is leaning toward going into the medical field once his playing days are over, said he�s already plotted out what he�ll be looking for from colleges as he decides where to play college football.
�How I feel around the whole staff and how the staff acts and how they coach, that�s a big part. And just the whole campus and if I�d like enjoy being there for four years since this is a long decision,� he said. �I�ve got to think about a lot of things.
�And academics is big time. I�m still looking into stuff. I look at what type of offense they play because I don�t want to go somewhere where they don�t throw the ball.�
Cabrera said he doesn�t expect to commit early, but he�ll likely decide �probably� during his senior season or right after it. And make no mistake, if you�re interested in Cabrera, you�ll have to take him as a wide receiver.
While he does play in the secondary for the Monarchs, wide receiver is where it�s at for him.
�I play for receiver. It�s the most fun. It�s real enjoyable. DB is OK. Once you get a pick, you�ll be OK. But other than that it�s not fun,� he said. �I like to score.�
So far, all the schools that have offered him want him as a wide receiver. Whatever happens, Cabrera said he�s using his recruitment to make him better on and off the field.
�It�s a humbling experience,� he said. �I know I�ve got a lot of ways to go. I just try to look for guidance from all the all coaches that are looking for me and use all their tips and try to get myself better as a player and as a person. So I feel like it�s just really helped me as a person and makes me better all together.�


text: Full cast announced for Trevor Nunn's production of Alan Ayckbourn's A Chorus Of Disapproval Posted on Jul 25, 2012 | By London Theatre Direct Trevor Nunn is to direct Rob Brydon, Nigel Harman and Ashley Jensen in Alan Ayckbourn's A Chorus of Disapproval opening at the Harold Pinter Theatre in the Autumn. Jessica Ellerby, Barrie Rutter, Paul Thornley and Susan Tracy will join previously announced company members Teresa Banham, Daisy Beaumont, Georgia Brown, Rob Compton, Matthew Cottle and Steven Edis. Produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Robert G. Bartner & Norman Tulchin and Adam Kenwright, A Chorus of Disapproval begins previews on 17 September 2012 with booking open until 5 January 2013. Press performances are 25 September at 7.30pm, 26 September at 7.30pm and opening night on 27 September at 7.00pm. Reviews are under embargo until 28 September. Designs are by Robert Jones, with lighting by Tim Mitchell, sound by Fergus O'Hare and music direction by Steven Edis. This production continues Sonia Friedman's collaboration with Ayckbourn, having previously presented his Absent Friends at the Harold Pinter Theatre and his The Norman Conquests on Broadway. The Pendon Amateur Light Operatic Society's production of The Beggar's Opera is going off the rails, that is until a handsome but shy young widower Guy (Harman) joins the group. An instant hit with the company's ferociously zealous director Dafydd (Brydon) and the show's leading ladies, including Dafydd's wife Hannah (Jensen), Guy soon gets more than he bargained for as he discovers that all the best action happens off-stage. Classic songs fill the air as the drama on stage is mirrored by the romantic rivalry and small town squabbles causing a stir in the wings of this ambitious local show. Rob Brydon (Dafydd ap Llewellyn), who is making his West End acting debut in A Chorus of Disapproval, studied at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama before joining BBC Wales as a radio and television presenter. He first came to the public's attention in 2000 with the television shows Marion and Geoff and Human Remains, winning British Comedy Awards for both. Since then his extensive comedy credits have included I'm Alan Partridge, Little Britain, Live at the Apollo, Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive, QI, Have I Got News For You, Gavin and Stacey, for which he was BAFTA nominated, Rob Brydon's Identity Crisis, The Trip and Would I Lie To You?. His television acting credits include Oliver Twist, Heroes and Villains: Napoleon, Kenneth Tynan: In Praise of Hardcore and Marple and his self-titled, BAFTA nominated TV chat show which is currently in its third series on BBC2. On film he has been seen in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, 24 Hour Party People, MirrorMask, A Cock and Bull Story and the big screen version of The Trip. Brydon has worked extensively on the radio with appearances on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue and on April Fool's Day in 2011 he hosted Radio 2's Ken Bruce Show in character as Ken Bruce for the whole show. In 2009, he completed an eighty-seven date tour of the UK with his stand-up show, Rob Brydon Live, which included a three-week run in London's West End. He returned to the stage in the Autumn of 2011 alongside Kenneth Branagh in The Painkiller at The Lyric in Belfast. Also in 2011 Brydon released his autobiography, titled Small Man in a Book which he made into a nationwide tour. He will star in the BBC Paralympic drama Best of Men alongside Eddie Marsan which will air mid August ahead of the Paralympic Games. The 90-minute feature tells the story of Dr Ludwig Guttmann, a German doctor whose use of sport to treat patients in the 1940s led to the birth of the Paralympics. Nigel Harman (Guy Jones) won a 2012 Laurence Olivier award and Whatsonstage award for his portrayal of Lord Farquaad in Shrek The Musical at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. His other theatre credits include School for Scandal for the Theatre Royal Bath, Harold Pinter's Celebration for the Gate Theatre, Dublin, Sam Shepard's True West for Sheffield Theatres, Public Property at the Trafalgar Studios, Three Days of Rain at the Apollo Theatre, The Common Pursuit for the Menier Chocolate Factory, The Caretaker for Sheffield Theatres/Tricycle, The Exonerated at Riverside Studios and Privates on Parade at the Donmar Warehouse. His other musical theatre credits include Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls at the Piccadilly Theatre, Eddie in Mamma Mia at the Prince Edward Theatre and Mickey in Damn Yankees at the Adelphi Theatre. On television Harman played Dennis Rickman in the BBC soap EastEnders and Sam in Hotel Babylon as well as roles in Miss Marple, City of Vice, The Outsiders and Plus One. On film his credits include Telstar, Patience and Blood Diamond. British Comedy and BAFTA award-winning Ashley Jensen (Hannah Llewellyn) returns to the theatre having recently enjoyed a hugely successful career on television playing Maggie opposite Ricky Gervais in Extras for which she was also Emmy nominated, Christina McKinney in ABC's Ugly Betty and Olivia in the CBS sitcom Accidentally on Purpose. Having trained with the National Youth Theatre her previous theatre credits include Attempts on Her Life, Uganda and Storming for the Royal Court and King Lear and Howard Katz for the Royal Exchange Theatre as well as many productions for Glasgow Citizen's and Tron Theatres. Her recent film credits include The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists, Arthur Christmas, Gnomeo and Juliet, A Cock and Bull Story and Topsy Turvy. Teresa Banham (Enid Washbrook) has previously worked with Trevor Nunn on both Measure for Measure and Blue Angel at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her other stage credits include playing the title role in Anna Karenina for Shared Experience for which she won the Evening Standard and London Fringe awards for Best Actress and The Heresy of Love and The White Devil and The Herbal Bed also for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her television credits include Robin Hood, Silent Witness and the Governor in Doctor Who. Daisy Beaumont's (Fay Hubbard) theatre credits include Enlightenment for Hampstead Theatre, Boeing-Boeing at the Comedy Theatre, Alan Ayckbourn's Virtual Reality for the Stephen Joseph Theatre as well as Private Lives and The Twelve Pound Look also for the Stephen Joseph Theatre. Her television credits include Star Stories, A Touch of Cloth, Great Night Out, The Border and New Tricks. On film her credits include Foster, Swinging with the Finkels and I'll Sleep When I'm Dead. Georgia Brown (Bridget Baines) trained at LAMDA and most recently appeared in New Cross, one of Touchpaper Television's Coming Up films for Channel 4. She has also appeared in The Bill for ITV and has performed her own show on the Edinburgh Fringe and the London comedy circuit. A Chorus Of Disapproval marks her West End debut. Rob Compton's (Crispin Usher) theatre credits include Christmas in New York at the Prince of Wales Theatre, the UK tour of All the Fun of the Fair, As You Like It and Merlin and the Woods of Time for Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre, the English Touring Theatre's production of Great Expectations at the Watford Palace and A Christmas Carol at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. Matthew Cottle (Ted Washbrook) has worked extensively with Alan Ayckbourn, recently appearing in his productions of Neighbourhood Watch and Dear Uncle for the Stephen Joseph Theatre and Taking Steps at the Orange Tree. His other stage credits include The Habit of Art for the National Theatre and Racing Demon for Sheffield Theatres. On television he is probably best known for playing Martin in the cult 90's comedy, Game On. His other television credits include Holby City, Spooks and Eastenders. His film credits include Blessed, Bright Young Things and Chaplin. Steven Edis (Mr Ames) is also the Music Director for A Chorus of Disapproval. Edis has composed and arranged music for film, television and theatre. His recent theatre credits include The Lion In Winter, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and Flare Path for the Trevor Nunn season at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, Birdsong at the Harold Pinter Theatre, Inherit The Wind and The Entertainer for the Old Vic, Cyrano de Bergerac and The Music Man for Chichester Festival Theatre and The Merchant of Venice and The Royal Hunt of the Sun for the National Theatre. Jessica Ellerby's (Linda Washbrook) theatre credits include Triptych for Southwark Playhouse, Word Play 2 for Theatre503, Dreamboats and Petticoats at the Playhouse Theatre and Fanta Orange at the Finborough Theatre. Her film credits include Get Him to the Greek, Magpie, Hollow and Svengali. On television she has been seen in The Bill and Eastenders. Barrie Rutter's (Jarvis Huntley-Pike) theatre credits include Henry IV, Henry V, Coriolanus and The Taming of the Shrew for the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Mysteries, The Crucible, Guys and Dolls, The Oresteia, The Rivals, Animal Farm, Martine, The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus for the National Theatre and Jack Lear for the Stephen Joseph Theatre. Rutter is the Artistic Director and founder of Northern Broadsides, with which he has toured with Richard III, The Merry Wives, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Antony and Cleopatra and The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus. Recent productions include Romeo and Juliet, The Blood of Dracula, King Lear, The Mysteries, Much Ado About Nothing, Oedipus, Macbeth, The Merchant Of Venice, The Comedy of Errors, Sweet William, War Of The Roses, The Tempest, Lisa's Sex Strike, Medea and The Game. Barrie Rutter directed the critically-acclaimed production of Othello, with Lenny Henry in the title role. Paul Thornley (Ian Hubbard) is currently performing in London Road at the National Theatre. His other theatre credits include Kiss Me Kate, The Tempest and A Midsummer Night's Dream for the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, Spend, Spend, Spend for West Yorkshire Playhouse, Noises Off at the National Theatre and in the West End and Private Fears In Public Places for the Stephen Joseph Theatre. His film credits include Metamorphosis; The Somnambulists and Les Miserables and on television he has been seen in series 1, 2 and 3 of Life Begins, The Brief, Green Wing, Foyle's War, Ashes to Ashes, Mutual Friends and Above Suspicion. Susan Tracy's (Rebecca Huntley-Pike) theatre credits include The Relapse, Three Sisters. Anna Christie and The Merry Wives of Windsor for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Much Ado About Nothing for the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, Long Day's Journey into Night at the Cambridge Theatre Company, Anything Goes at the National Theatre and at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, A Passage to India for Shared Experience on a UK tour and at BAM in New York, Richard II and Inherit the Wind for the Old Vic and The Deep Blue Sea and Playhouse Creatures for Chichester Festival Theatre. Her television credits include Midsomer Murders, The Stars Look Down, Born and Bred and The Diary of Anne Frank. Olivier and Tony award-winning playwright Alan Ayckbourn has written more than 75 plays, over half of which have been produced in the West End as well as on Broadway. Ayckbourn was Artistic Director at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough from 1972-2009 and was an Associate Director at the National Theatre from 1986-88. He was awarded a CBE in 1987 and in 1997 was knighted for services to the theatre. Trevor Nunn was the longest-serving Artistic Director and Chief Executive of the Royal Shakespeare Company (1968 to 1986). During that time he directed most of the Shakespeare canon, as well as Nicholas Nickleby and Les Misérables. He returned to the RSC to direct King Lear and The Seagull. From 1997 to 2003 he was Director of the National Theatre where his 21 productions included award-winning revivals of The Merchant of Venice, Summerfolk and The Cherry Orchard, as well as Oklahoma! and Anything Goes. He has directed the world premieres of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, Starlight Express, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard and The Woman in White as well as Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, The Coast of Utopia and Rock 'n' Roll. His more recent theatre credits include A Little Night Music for the Menier Chocolate Factory, in the West End and on Broadway, Cyrano de Bergerac for Chichester Festival Theatre, Richard II and Inherit the Wind for The Old Vic and Birdsong at the Comedy Theatre. As Artistic Director of the Theatre Royal Haymarket Company Nunn directed Flare Path, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Tempest and The Lion In Winter. Nunn recently directed Kiss Me Kate for Chichester Festival Theatre, which will transfer to the Old Vic in November. The world premiere of A Chorus of Disapproval was directed by Alan Ayckbourn at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough in 1984 with a cast including Lenox Greaves, Russell Dixon and Alwyne Taylor. The London premiere at the National Theatre in 1985, also directed by Ayckbourn, starred Bob Peck, Michael Gambon and Imelda Staunton. The production then transferred to the West End the following year. 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According to its Wikipedia page, the group is now an NGO and "has become one of the major vehicles for the development of feminism in mainland China" ( Wikipedia notes there is a "citation needed" there).
However, the way it goes about that is strange. In an op-ed for the New York Times, Leta Hong Fincher, an American doctoral student at Tsinghua University's Department of Sociology evaluates some of the advice the Federation has published on its website.
In particular, the Federation has spent a lot of time doling out advice on how not to become a "leftover woman"— a term the group coined in 2007 to describe unmarried women over the age of 27. For example:
Pretty girls don't need a lot of education to marry into a rich and powerful family, but girls with an average or ugly appearance will find it difficult. These kinds of girls hope to further their education in order to increase their competitiveness. The tragedy is, they don't realize that as women age, they are worth less and less, so by the time they get their M.A. or Ph.D., they are already old, like yellowed pearls.
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When you find out that he is having an affair, you may be in a towering rage, but you must know that if you make a fuss, you are denying the man "face" ... No man is capable of spending a lifetime being loyal to an outmoded wife who never changes ... Try changing your hairstyle or your fashion. Women must constantly change for the better.
Yes, there are many, many more examples. Read Hong Fischer's full evaluation of the All-China Women's Federation's advice over at the New York Times >
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Most Systems are built with cheap labor and cheap labor means very sketchy characters. Before you hire a company, make sure you know who is going to be in your home. FAST SERVICE! (One Day Installs) We know that having people working in your home can be inconvenient. Our Team approach gets your install started about and gets it completed by late afternoon of that same day.
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Radon Removal and Radon Mitigation TechniquesRadon is reduced via the installation and operation of a Mitigation System. The first part of a system is a "Collection Zone" and is installed in the lowest level in your home where the Radon enters. We create suction on either: (1) an existing sump pit, (2) a 6 inch hole that we core in your concrete slab, or (3) the soil under a vapor barrier that we place and seal in your crawlspace - or some combination of the three - depending on your home. The second part of the system is the fan. This runs all the time to depressurize the soil under your home and is typically located on the outside of an exterior wall of your home or, occasionally, in the garage. The fan is connected to the Collection Zone via a 4 inch white PVC pipe. The final section is the Exhaust. This vents the radon from the fan to the roofline as dictated by EPA requirements. We have found that when PVC is exposed to the sun and elements, it often stains and yellows. Therefore, at our company, we use 4 inch by 3 inch white aluminum downspout to make the exhaust system as visually appealing as possible. More information on this can be found on our Systems Page.
Radon TestingOur company typically doesn't perform testing in order to avoid situations where we would face a conflict of interest. However, we provide all our customers with a re-test - that is sent to an independent lab - to verify the functionality of our systems. And, of course, all our systems are guaranteed.
Radon Mitigation SuppliesWe use only the highest quality parts and supplies in our systems. From the fans to the membranes to the exhaust we strive of offer the finest systems possible. You can learn more about this on our systems page.
Radon Levels
Radon Mitigation CostThe cost of Radon Systems varies widely depending on the home and foundation that we are working with. If you call the office at 303-462-5000 and answer about 5 minutes worth of questions, we can email you a custom 4 page proposal with guaranteed pricing within the hour.
Radon Effects and SymptomsRadon, when inhaled into the lungs in large quantities or over a long period of time, can damage lung tissues. This damage can lead to lung cancer. You can find links to the EPA's brochures with more info about this elsewhere on this page.
Other Ways to Fix Radon and Radon RemediationWhile there are a variety of other methods that can assist with mitigating Radon, we find that in our experience, here in Colorado, the methods described above - active soil depressurization - including a collection zone, a fan, and an exhaust are by far the most effective and comprehensive way to solve the problem.
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US EPA's Citizen's Guide to Radon www.epa.gov/radon/pubs/citguide.html
US EPA's Home Buyer's and Seller's Guide www.epa.gov/radon/pubs/hmbyguid.html
US EPA's Consumer's Guide to Radon Reduction www.epa.gov/radon/pubs/consguid.html
Radon Test Kits and Facts from leading Test Kit company http://www.radon.com/radon/radon_mitigation.html
Radon mitigation - Wikipedia www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radon_mitigation
Radon Videos:
How to Install Radon Mitigation This Old House www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/video/0,,20046344,00.html
EPA's The Facts About Radon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S8vr27plZs
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Phone: 607-729-9821
Lourdes and Positron Imaging of the Southern Tier are pleased to add a powerful resource to the cancer-fighting tools of the Lourdes Regional Cancer Center. The cutting-edge advances offered by our PET scanner means that one of the latest advances in oncology diagnosis is now available in our community.
What is PET?
PET (Positron Emission Tomography) is a powerful diagnostic tool that, in many cases, renders answers that no other imaging tests can provide. This noninvasive procedure helps physicians in their diagnosis and treatment of certain diseases. Biochemical changes are detected by a PET scan after a compound that contains radioactive molecules, bound to a sugar-like substance, is injected into the body. These molecules provide the tracers that allow the measurement of metabolic activity within the body. A computer records this information and converts it into pictures for diagnostic purposes.
Clinical Applications of PET
Most common application of PET is in the field of Oncology.
Oncology (cancer) is the most important application of PET and provides vital diagnostic information that can alter the course of cancer treatment and sometimes help in avoiding unwarranted surgery. PET provides critical information about whether a tumor is malignant or not; the extent of cancer; whether it has spread to other organs or not; monitoring of cancer recurrences; and monitoring the effectiveness of chemotherapy or radiotherapy. PET works with Lourdes CT Simulator to permit more precise treatments.
What are the benefits of PET for patients?
- Detailed diagnostic information, not available from other tests (like CT, MRI)
- Shorter time for definitive diagnosis
- Earlier detection of disease with fewer invasive diagnostic procedures
- Precise staging of the disease and better monitoring of cancer recurrences
- More effective tracking of the results of chemotherapy
- May avoid some surgical intervention
- Can contribute to lowering the overall cost of care
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q. How long does it take and does it hurt?
A. In most cases you will be on the scanner table for about an hour. However, you could be in the department for up to three hours. The scan itself causes no pain. An IV line may be started in your hand or arm in order to infuse the radioactive labeled glucose.
Q. What is being injected for the scan?
A. A very small amount of radioactive labeled glucose (FDG) is infused. The amount of radiation you will receive is about the same as any other radiology procedure (CT scans or Nuclear Medicine procedures). You should not feel any side effects from the material. Most of the radioactivity will be gone by the time you leave the department.
Q. How do I prepare for the exam?
A. Eating & Medication: On the day of your exam, you should have no food for 6 hours prior to your appointment. If your schedule allows, you may eat a light breakfast. For example, 2 eggs with cheese and meat (no bread, jam/jelly, honey, fruit, fruit juice, cereal, coffee, or tea), and water only with breakfast. For the remainder of the day, you may drink only water (please remember that you will be undergoing a one hour long scan, so do not drink gallons of water. A few glasses throughout the day is fine). Please do not chew gum on the day of your exam until the scan is complete. You may take any medications prescribed by your physician.
If you are a diabetic patient, you should eat small protein only meals (i.e., meat, fish, or chicken) as needed to control your blood sugar. You should adhere to your normal insulin schedule or modify it only under your physician's supervision.
Claustrophobic: Most claustrophobic patients are able to tolerate our PET/CT due to the unique design of the "open Gantry" and shorter scan duration. Patients that are claustrophobic are encouraged to ask their physician for a mild sedative to aid them and increase their comfort level.
Activity during the scan: You should not sleep during a brain scan because sleep changes the way your brain works. If you are having a whole body scan which does not include a brain scan, you can sleep. During the scan, we ask that you are in a quiet, resting state. It is extremely important that you lie still throughout the scan.
Q. What will happen after the scan?
A. It is important that you drink as much as possible for the rest of the day and empty your bladder as often as possible. This will result in a more rapid clearance of radioactivity from your body. You can drive and resume normal activities immediately after leaving the department, unless you have received sedation.
Q. When will I get the results?
A. The final results will be given to your referring physician as soon as the images are analyzed, usually within one working day.
Q. Will my insurance cover PET?
A. Most insurance companies reimburse for PET procedures. It is important to contact our office regarding coverage. We should be able to assist you with pre-authorizations or other specific insurance company requirements.
In the rare instances that medical insurance does not include PET coverage, our policy is to work with you so that no person for whom a PET would be a critical diagnostic or treatment related tool is denied access to this technology.
For more information call Positron Imaging of the Southern Tier at 607-729-9821.


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Sony has begun pitching the first EV-DO Revision A-enabled notebook to Sprint customers, touting the machine's readiness for the carrier's soon-to-be-upgraded PowerVision network.
The Vaio VGN-TXN10 sports a carbon-fibre chassis into which Sony has fitted an 11.1in XBrite display, an ultra-low voltage Core Solo single-core processor, dual-layer DVD+R/RW optical drive and almost every wireless technology you can get in a notebook. In addition to EV-DO Rev A, the 1.3kg (2.8lb) TXN10 packs in Bluetooth and 802.11b/g.
Sprint's PowerVision network current provides standard EV-DO downloads speeds of up to 2.5Mbps but upload rates of around 150Kbps. The Rev A upgrade boosts those maxima to 3.1Mbps and 1.8Mbps, respectively, though Sprint cautiously warns users to expect real-world speeds of 450-800Kbps for downloads and 300-400kbps for uploads.
Sprint began upgrading its EV-DO network to Rev A this year, though it's not due to be accessible to the public until Q4.
Sony's new Vaio, meanwhile, will go on sale this week for around $2,300 and will be offered in a choice of four colours: charcoal, platinum, sienna and slate blue. ®


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