TVET Educator
OFO Code: 232130
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 232130
- Occupation
- TVET Educator
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- PROFESSIONALS
- Unit group
- 2321 · Vocational or Further Education Teachers
Official description
Vocational or further education teachers teach or instruct vocational or occupational subjects in adult and further education institutions and to senior students in secondary schools and colleges. They prepare students for employment in specific occupations or occupational areas for which university or higher education is not normally required.
More official OFO detail
Specialisations: Community Education and Training Lecturer - Inactive
- Providing individualized instruction and tutorial or remedial instruction; conducting on-the-job training sessions to teach and demonstrate principles, techniques, procedures, or methods of designated subjects
- Supervising independent or group projects, field placements, laboratory work, or other training;
- Preparing reports and maintaining records such as student grades, attendance rolls, and training activity details;
- Observing and evaluating students' work to determine progress, provide feedback, and make suggestions for improvement; Administering oral, written or performance tests to measure progress, evaluate training effectiveness and assess competency;
- Conducting discussions to increase students' knowledge and competence; instructing and monitoring students in the use of tools, equipment and materials and the prevention of injury and damage;
2. Demand status
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3. Salary evidence
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5. Qualification
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7. Industry, sector and provincial context
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10. Sources for this page
- DHET Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO 2021) · Planned
- DHET Occupations in High Demand · Planned
- Critical Skills List · Planned
- QCTO qualifications and occupational certificates · Planned
- Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey · Planned
- SETA Sector Skills Plans / hard-to-fill vacancy tables · Planned