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This chapter focuses on the authors' work on the design and development of learning programs for sustainability education and training, and flexible and responsive modes of course delivery, reviewing the South African National Qualifications Framework (NQF) competency framework which seeks to enhance applied competence in the workplace. It reports on a research project undertaken to influence the national skills development strategy (NSDS) and the sector skill planning (SSP) process. This research was commissioned because it was felt that the NQF was not creating adequate opportunities for environmental and sustainability learning, with few qualifications in this area. The project found that the SSPs and the NSDS had not adequately interpreted the country's sustainable development policies and was therefore not responding proactively to them.