Services
Sparrow Consulting is the primary author of NCV and Nated textbooks in South Africa, having written more than 100 textbooks for 6 different publishers. Sparrow Consulting also develops lecturer guides, workbooks and presentations for almost all its textbooks.
Sparrow Consulting develops learning material that meets and exceeds the requirements of the new Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO) qualifications. In contrast with previous qualifications, the QCTO qualifications are divided into three categories: knowledge, practical skill and workplace experience. Sparrow Consulting has a unique approach to each of these fields.
One of the most time consuming activities in any educational institution is the setting of questions and exams. Sparrow Consulting develops question banks consisting of between 200 and 1000 questions. These questions are balanced according to chapter, difficulty, length of question and type of question to ensure that lecturers can easily create high-quality exams.
Sparrow Consulting helps you to develop a Moodle training and assessment solution for your company. e-Learning and e-Assessment is ideally suited for self-directed learning, online learning and the training and assessing of large groups of people.
Sparrow Consulting presents specialised 3- and 5-day courses for NC(V) and Report 191 college lecturers. Subject-specific training courses guide lecturers through their subject’s technical content and didactics, while also providing them with the resources they need to increase students’ marks and pass rates!
As part of its services, Sparrow Consulting sells all textbooks developed in South Africa to private and public colleges.
Sparrow Consulting develops customised training materials for many of South Africa’s largest companies. These training materials have been used to teach employees a wide variety of skills, including how to manage a company’s finances, install free WiFi towers, maintain and operate earth moving equipment, supervise a team, improve productivity and operate the most complex chemical plants in the country.
Standard operating procedures (SOPs) are detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to complete a specific task. It is Sparrow Consulting’s belief that all engineering-related, mining and manufacturing companies should have SOPs to ensure that staff are able to complete tasks correctly and safely, regardless of their experience or education.
With more than 1 000 developed training courses, Sparrow Consulting provides training and recognition of prior learning programs in a wide variety of fields.
Sparrow Consulting works closely with the Department of Higher Education and various SETAs to complete special projects. This includes the development of 40 full qualifications, more than 500 curriculum frameworks, and the complete learning material for multiple sectors.
With more than 10 years of experience in the private education sector, Sparrow Consulting works with its clients to ensure they meet all their training and educational needs.
What can Sparrow do?
No project is too big or too small for Sparrow Consulting. We have completed projects as small as training three learners, developing one training manual and creating one question bank. We have also completed the projects shown below:
What has Sparrow developed?
Numbers help to put things in perspective. Here are some development figures that we at Sparrow Consulting are particularly proud of:
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Curriculum frameworksWhat has Sparrow developed?
Numbers help to put things in perspective. Here are some development figures that we at Sparrow Consulting are particularly proud of: