Meet our People

  • Marietta van Rooyen - Executive Chair

    Mariétta is the founder of Assessment College. She has been involved in education and training all her life, the last eight years in leading the Assessment College.

    She has been a keen participant in the creation of a new education and training policy for the country. She is

    • member of the ETQA Sub-committee of SAQA
    • member of the Appeals Committee of SAQA
    • member of the Board of the South African Board for Personnel Practices (SABPP)
    • Chair of the HRD Committee of SABPP
    • founder member of the Association of Private Providers of ETD (APPETD).

    Mariétta has a B.Ed. degree from RAU and is registered at the SABPP as an HRD Practitioner and Mentor.

  • Gerda Magnus - Managing Director

    Gerda is presently a member of the SAQA Board. She also serves on the ETQA Committee and the Appeals Committee of SAQA. She also serves on the Assessor SGB.

    She comes from an industry background where she was involved in a variety of human resource functions, specialising in training and development. While involved with ESKOM and Rotek, Gerda played a role in setting up the ESETA and helped establish technical training in other African countries.

    At Assessment College Gerda has been proven her worth in leading large multimillion Rand contracts. She is now the Managing Director and is once again living up to all expectations.

    Gerda has a degree in Industrial Psychology and an Honours Degree in Human Resources Development from UJ.

  • Leon Sinclair - Sales and Marketing Manager

    Leon was involved in teacher training for 13 years, including eight years as Senior Head of Department with the SA College for Teacher Education. Since joining the College, he has been instrumental in signing up the Air Force, Navy and various other large organisations as licensees of the Assessment College. Leon is ably assisted by Mia Waterson.

    Leon has a Masters Degree in Education Management.

  • Rita Waterson - Learner Admin and QA Manager

    Being accredited requires top-quality learner administrative systems. Our team of learner admin people is headed by Rita Waterson. She has been instrumental in helping the Assessment College to keep its ISO 9001:2008 listing. The admin team is responsible for materials distribution, certification, record-keeping and other administrative support. Rita is ably assisted by Sybil Rowles and Phumla Ntoyakhe.

  • Fransie Terblanché - Project Manager

    Fransie Terblanche was involved in professional library and information education and training for more than 35 years. She chaired the Department of Information Science at Unisa for the last 5 years of her career at Unisa, and retired at the end of May 2004. For her Masters and Doctoral qualifications she did extensive research on professional development of staff as well as on the utilisation of human resources in the organisation.

    She is a qualified Assessor and Moderator and is involved in assessments, moderations, alignment of learning programmes, designing of Quality Management Systems, accreditation of service providers as well as the training of ETD practitioners.

  • Thabang Sebotsane - Business Development Adviser

    Thabang has over 10 years experience in Sales and Marketing in various industries, i.e. Personal and Auxiliary Services and Manufacturing.His role in the Sales and Marketing department include the facilitation of the sales and marketing function for the group of companies across all sectors local and in the SADEC.

     He is a member of:

    • GIBS/NEF BB – BEE Thought Leadership Dialogue
    • Institute of People Management (where he was nominated to serve on the Jhb Branch Committee)

    Thabang holds a Diploma in Business Management and is a trained Assessor & Moderator.

  • Financial Management - Finances

    Our bookkeepers, Wendy Malan and Mandy Alberts, looks after matters such as invoicing, debtors and financial reporting.

What You Can Expect

Use us to save your organisation money and improve the effectiveness of your staff. You can expect:

  • One or both national and international certification from SAQA and City and Guilds

  • BBBEE recognition of 135% for purchases made from us

  • Informed and sophisticated knowledge provided through lively, participative workshops, conferences and newsletters

  • Professionally produced material and content relevant to the NQF and customised to your needs

  • ETD Practitioners and SDFs who understand the context within which they function

  • A thorough knowledge of evidence guides, assessment tools and assessment methods suited to particular occupations or professions

  • Support in setting up a complete assessment system, including policy and procedures