Introduction to Professional Registration
Professional registration with the South African Board for Personnel Practice has major advantages -- both for the HR practitioner and for his or her organisation. This section of our website contains all the information you need to evaluate these benefits and to proceed with your application.
Professional Levels
Qualifications and experience and proven competence determine the LEVEL of registration. The Board registers those in the HR field at 5 different professional levels:
* Master HR Practitioner
* Chartered HR Practitioner
* HR Practitioner
* HR Associate
* HR Technician
Pre-professional or non-professional levels
* HR Candidate (either qualified but without experience or experienced but still
studying towards a qualification
* Affiliate No requirements set - open to all that are interested in HR
* Full-time HR Student No requirements set
Categories Of Professional Registration
The field of operation determines the category of registration, which can be either Generalist (at all levels) or Specialist (at all levels).
Generalist
For registration in the Generalist category, exposure (theory and practical application experience) is required in at least two thirds of the full human resource spectrum at the level applied for. General registration also requires that all other aspects, i.e. the areas not concentrated on, should also have been covered.
Specialist
Registration as a specialist implies that evidence can be provided of exposure to more than one third of the theory and/or practical application in one specialist area
SABPP point system as a rough guide to determine level of registration - can be printed out for ease of reference
SABPP registrations levels are aligned with the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) levels.
The National Qualifications Framework is currently under review.
The Board is following the developments on NQF levels closely, as we have aligned our registration levels to the NQF. The SAQA document on Level Descriptors and the CHE's draft New Academic Policy both have a qualification framework for higher education with four postgraduate sub-levels in Level 8.
The Study Team, however recommends a ten-level NQF that treats bachelor, master and doctoral degrees as distinct levels (8, 9 and 10 respectively).
Their recommendation reflects -
* common international practice
* the principle that the framework should be simple, avoiding sub-levels
* the needs of the sectors involved.
The Study Team, however recommends a ten-level NQF that treats bachelor, master and doctoral degrees as distinct levels (8, 9 and 10 respectively).
Their recommendation reflects -
* common international practice
* the principle that the framework should be simple, avoiding sub-levels
* the needs of the sectors involved.
In order to gain recognition and respect for human resources as a mainstream profession, HR practitioners are prepared to meet the same stringent standards and ethical accountability that all other professions subscribe to.
Professional registration achieves this goal.