The Stakeholder Relations Unit is mandated through the 6 regional offices to:

• Offer Skills Development Committees’ support to the mining industry;
• Support SMMEs in the mining areas create alternative employment for rural communities;
• Document MQA’s skills development initiatives and report these to relevant HRD forums in the nine provinces;
• Devise stakeholder management plans and inform the various stakeholders on the work of the MQA;
• Represent the MQA in various corporate events thus profile the work of the MQA;
• Support stakeholders in ensuring that their issues related to the business of the MQA are speedily resolved;
• Assist TVET colleges ready themselves to be accredited for work skills programs;
• Participate in post grade 8 career guidance sessions both in the schooling and TVET educations systems, and;
• Implement mine community support programs.