The Quality Council for Trades and Occupation is a Quality Council established in 2010 in terms of the Skills Development Act No. 97 of 1997 and mandated to oversee the design, implementation, assessment and certification of all occupational and trade-related qualifications within its sub-framework.

The QCTO is responsible for:

• Establishing and maintaining occupational standards and qualifications
• The quality assurance of occupational standards and qualifications and learning in and for the workplace
• Designing and developing occupational standards and qualifications and submitting them to the SAQA for registration on the NQF