1. Planning Functions
- Contribute to relevant policy formulation
- Health workforce planning with regard to pre-service training (National and Regional)
- Maintenance of current training statistics for pre-service training (National and Regional)
- Projection of pre-service training inputs and outputs to meet requirements (National and Regional)
- Projection of staffing and other pre-service training costs (National and Regional)
- Support pre-service training institutions in their planning activities, ensuring consistency with HRD strategic and operational plans

2. Training Functions
- Contribute to pre-service training policy formulation
- Contribute to Training Master Plan (re pre-service training)
- Organise/supervise implementation of teacher training for pre-service teachers
- Monitor development of curriculum and training materials for pre-service training
- Make recommendations re programming, commissioning and accreditation of pre-service training courses
- Coordinate and supervise pre-service training activites of Regional Training Schools
- Monitor and evaluate pre-service training courses

3. Quality Enhancement Functions
- Contribute to regulation and accreditation of pre-service training courses
- Supervision and regulation of examinations for pre-service training courses
- Regulation of issuing of certificates for successful completion of pre-service training
- Contribute to regular updating of database of health worker training