Nationals 2017 Edition Project Focus group Agriculture Livestock and Fishery Sector 26 October 2016 An NQA Happiness Initiative Todays focus group 1 Welcome 2 Participant introductions ID: 787529
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Occupations and Careers Handbook for UAE
Nationals 2017 Edition ProjectFocus group – Agriculture, Livestock and Fishery Sector26 October 2016
An NQA Happiness Initiative
Slide2Today’s focus group
1. Welcome
2. Participant
introductions
3. Introduction to the 2017 Handbook Project
4. UAE
Agriculture, Livestock and Fishery
Sector
:
Facts
& Figures5. Industry sector paragraph from Handbook6. Current occupational profiles in 2013 Handbook7. New occupational profiles for 2017 Handbook8. Career clusters diagram9. Observer wrap-up10. Next steps
Slide3Participant introductions
State your name, position and organisationFocus group question 1: What has been your experience in the UAE Agriculture, Livestock and Fishery
Sector?
Slide4About the Handbook
Patron
Developed under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh
Khalifa bin
Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates.
National priorities
Absher
initiative and
pillar
to boost the number of UAE Nationals in the labour force
A UAE operational program for “vocational guidance”
Committee for first editionMinistry of Presidential Affairs (MOPA), Ministry of Labour (MoL), National Qualifications Authority (Handbook custodian), Abu Dhabi Tawteen Council and the Abu Dhabi Centre for Technical and Vocational education and Training (ACTVET). Key outcomes first edition of HandbookCritical industry sectors the UAE - Energy resources, Agriculture, Livestock and Fishery, Utilities and Infrastructure, Building and Construction, and Manufacturing.155 occupations regarded as critical, sustainable and attractive to UAE Nationals – presented as occupational profiles that cover key duties, knowledge, skills and experience, essential qualifications, remuneration indicators, and future prospects.Role of NQANQA is custodian - responsible for making sure it remains
relevant and current.
Slide5About the Handbook
Slide62017 Edition Handbook Project
YOU ARE HERE
Slide7Agriculture, Livestock and Fishery
Industry Sector Paragraphs
Slide8Focus Group Question 2:
What have been some of the developments in the UAE Agriculture, Livestock and Fishery
Sector over the past
4 years that should be referred to in the revised sector
paragraph for the 2017 edition? Focus Group Question 3:
What impact are these developments
having on occupations in the
sector
?
For example, what occupations are in greater demand? What occupations are in less demand?
Agriculture, Livestock and Fishery
Industry Sector Paragraphs
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urrent occupational profiles are based on ISCO
The profiles in the Handbook are based on occupational profiles from International Labour Organisation’s International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) System 2008:
Hierarchically structured classification with occupations arranged into unit groups (436 groups), minor groups (130), sub-major groups (43) and major groups (10), based on their similarity in terms of the skill level and skill specialisation required.
Allows the production of relatively detailed internationally comparable data
Facilitates communication between countries about occupations.
Provides a titling and code convention for the listed occupations as well the main tasks and duties performed in the occupations.
Gives more emphasis to the nature of work performed than to education and training requirements of occupations.
Slide10Example occupational profile
Slide11Slide12The first edition of the Handbook included profiles for the following occupations that exist in the
ISCO-08 and met the following criteria:Some level of long-term sustainability and criticality in the economy/industry underpinned by prospective multiple career options, exit points and pathways for future self-growth and recognition.Security, support, and good conditions/remuneration.Perceived attractiveness and occupational status.Current occupational profiles in 2013 Handbook
Slide13Current occupational profiles – keep or remove?
Sustainable/critical to UAE economy?
Offer security, support and good conditions/ remuneration?
Perceived as attractive and with occupational status by Emiratis?
Yes/No?
Yes/No?
Yes/No?
1312 Aquaculture and fisheries production managers
2131 Biologists, botanists, zoologists and related professionals
2250 Veterinarians
3240 Veterinary technicians and assistants
2133 Environmental protection professionals
Focus Group Question
4:
Do occupational profiles included in the first edition
still meet the above
criteria
and therefore should remain in the 2017 edition?
Slide14New occupational profiles?
New profiles
Sustainable/critical to UAE economy?
Offer security, support and good conditions/ remuneration?
Perceived as attractive and with occupational status by Emiratis?
Focus Group Question
5:
What
occupational profiles for the
Agriculture, Livestock and Fishery
sector
should be added to 2017 edition because they also meet the
three criteria
?
Slide15Career Clusters- Career Pathways
The UAE Industry Groupings Career Clusters-Career Pathways diagram:Strategic pillars as per UAE Vision 2021 and Emirates plan e.g. The
Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030 – influences future direction and future demand for requisite skills
Strategic enablersCore
“Life Skills”Industry groupings with hierarchy level career clusters
Career clusters and pathways
Slide16Career Clusters –
Industry Group 6The Handbook has classified career clusters and career pathways into industry groups.
One benefit in particular is that common underpinning bodies of knowledge and skills, often recognized in an educational and training discipline, or which support a pre-existing discipline for a newly created job, can be drawn together for educational and training efficiency and efficacy. (p. 50 of Handbook).
Focus Group Question 6:
Should NQA change the clustering for
the sector?
Slide17Observer wrap-up
Observers to wrap up participant responses to the focus group questions that will impact on the second edition of the Handbook.
Slide18Next steps
You can:provide feedback on observer’s focus group noteswork with NQA to review existing occupational profileswork with NQA to write new occupational profiles.