Qualification Title: National Certificate: Business Administration

SAQA Qualification ID: 50334

Minimum Credits: 126

NQF Level: 5

Purpose: This qualification will provide practitioners with the general ETD skills required at NQF level 5 across five key ETD roles, with the opportunity to specialise further in one of the following four roles:

• Design and develop learning interventions.
• Facilitate learning.
• Design and conduct assessments.
• Facilitate skills development.

Practitioners will generally carry out their role within the context of:

• Given Quality Assurance policies, procedures and processes.
• A guided and supported learning environment.

Duration: This qualification is run over 12 months.

Entry Criteria

It is assumed that practitioners have expertise in the subject/occupation field in which they intend to provide education, training and development, at a level required to engage meaningfully in ETD within that field.

It is also assumed that learners working towards this qualification hold a FETC (Matric Certificate) or equivalent. Further learning assumptions are specified within the associated unit standards where required.

Learning Outcomes

• Communicate in a variety of ETD settings.
• Design and develop learning programmes and processes.
• Facilitate and evaluate learning.
• Engage in and promote assessment practices.
• Provide learning support to learners and organisations.
• Conduct skills developmentfacilitation.

Credits: 126 Credits

• Fundamental: all 10 credits for Communications.
• Core: all 61 Core credits.
• Elective: 55 Elective credits.

Modules

• Cluster 1 - Fundamentals
• Cluster 2 - Facilitator
• Cluster 3 – Assessor
• Cluster 4 - Moderator
• Cluster 5 – Skills Development Facilitator
• Module 6: Design and Develop Assessments Tools
• Module 7: Design and Develop Learning Material
• Module 8: Learner Support / Mentoring